diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/Tv/EpisodeRepository.cs b/NzbDrone.Core/Tv/EpisodeRepository.cs
index a539ba78a..e15c6bed8 100644
Binary files a/NzbDrone.Core/Tv/EpisodeRepository.cs and b/NzbDrone.Core/Tv/EpisodeRepository.cs differ
diff --git a/UI/Missing/MissingLayout.js b/UI/Missing/MissingLayout.js
index 08fc99b12..2955f168e 100644
--- a/UI/Missing/MissingLayout.js
+++ b/UI/Missing/MissingLayout.js
@@ -49,12 +49,6 @@ define([
                         editable  : false,
                         cell      : 'airDate',
                         headerCell: 'nzbDrone'
-//                        headerCell: Backgrid.NzbDroneHeaderCell.extend({
-//                                initialize: function(options) {
-//                                    this.constructor.__super__.initialize.apply(this, [options]);
-//                                    this.direction('descending');
-//                                }
-//                            })
                     },
                     {
                         name      : 'edit',
diff --git a/UI/Mixins/backbone.Backgrid.mixin.js b/UI/Mixins/backbone.Backgrid.mixin.js
index e89645285..25343ea83 100644
--- a/UI/Mixins/backbone.Backgrid.mixin.js
+++ b/UI/Mixins/backbone.Backgrid.mixin.js
@@ -25,6 +25,25 @@ Backgrid.NzbDroneHeaderCell = Backgrid.HeaderCell.extend({
 
         if (this.column.get('sortable')) {
             this.$el.append(" <i class='icon-sort pull-right'></i>");
+
+            if (this.collection.state) {
+                var sortKey = this.collection.state.sortKey;
+                var sortDir = this._convertIntToDirection(this.collection.state.order);
+
+                if (sortKey === this.column.get('name')) {
+                    this.$el.children('i').addClass(this._convertDirectionToIcon(sortDir));
+                    this._direction = sortDir;
+                }
+            }
+            else if (this.collection.defaultSortKey) {
+                var sortKey = this.collection.defaultSortKey;
+                var sortDir = this._convertIntToDirection(this.collection.defaultSortDir);
+
+                if (sortKey === this.column.get('name')) {
+                    this.$el.children('i').addClass(this._convertDirectionToIcon(sortDir));
+                    this._direction = sortDir;
+                }
+            }
         }
         this.delegateEvents();
         return this;
@@ -57,9 +76,6 @@ Backgrid.NzbDroneHeaderCell = Backgrid.HeaderCell.extend({
                     return 1;
                 });
             }
-            else if (this.direction() === "descending") {
-                this.sort(columnName, "ascending");
-            }
             else {
                 this.sort(columnName, "ascending", function (left, right) {
                     var leftVal = left.get(columnName);
@@ -80,6 +96,14 @@ Backgrid.NzbDroneHeaderCell = Backgrid.HeaderCell.extend({
         }
 
         return 'icon-sort-down';
+    },
+
+    _convertIntToDirection: function (dir) {
+        if (dir === '-1') {
+            return 'ascending';
+        }
+
+        return 'descending';
     }
 });
 
diff --git a/UI/Series/SeriesCollection.js b/UI/Series/SeriesCollection.js
index 5f56714d4..6d1eb1409 100644
--- a/UI/Series/SeriesCollection.js
+++ b/UI/Series/SeriesCollection.js
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 define(['app', 'Series/SeriesModel'], function () {
     NzbDrone.Series.SeriesCollection = Backbone.Collection.extend({
         url  : NzbDrone.Constants.ApiRoot + '/series',
-        model: NzbDrone.Series.SeriesModel
+        model: NzbDrone.Series.SeriesModel,
+
+        defaultSortKey: 'title',
+        defaultSortDir: '-1',
+
+        comparator: function (model) {
+            return model.get(this.defaultSortKey);
+        }
     });
 });
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