diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/TvTests/SeriesTitleNormalizerFixture.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/TvTests/SeriesTitleNormalizerFixture.cs
index ddc8bb879..e8af79cbf 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/TvTests/SeriesTitleNormalizerFixture.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/TvTests/SeriesTitleNormalizerFixture.cs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Test.TvTests
         [TestCase("The Mentalist", "mentalist")]
         [TestCase("The Good Wife", "good wife")]
         [TestCase("The Newsroom (2012)", "newsroom 2012")]
+        [TestCase("Special Agent Oso", "special agent oso")]
         public void should_normalize_title(String title, String expected)
         {
             SeriesTitleNormalizer.Normalize(title, 0).Should().Be(expected);
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Parser/Parser.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Parser/Parser.cs
index 400d4f9fb..1eb7bb1ed 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Parser/Parser.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Parser/Parser.cs
@@ -323,13 +323,20 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Parser
             return MultiPartCleanupRegex.Replace(title, string.Empty).Trim();
         }
 
+        public static string NormalizeEpisodeTitle(string title)
+        {
+            return SpecialEpisodeWordRegex.Replace(title, String.Empty)
+                                          .Trim()
+                                          .ToLower();
+        }
+
         public static string NormalizeTitle(string title)
         {
-            string singleSpaces  = WordDelimiterRegex.Replace(title, " ");
-            string noPunctuation = PunctuationRegex.Replace(singleSpaces, String.Empty);
-            string noCommonWords = CommonWordRegex.Replace(noPunctuation, String.Empty);
-            string normalized    = SpecialEpisodeWordRegex.Replace(noCommonWords, String.Empty);
-            return normalized.Trim().ToLower();
+            title = WordDelimiterRegex.Replace(title, " ");
+            title = PunctuationRegex.Replace(title, String.Empty);
+            title = CommonWordRegex.Replace(title, String.Empty);
+
+            return title.Trim().ToLower();
         }
 
         public static string ParseReleaseGroup(string title)
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Tv/EpisodeService.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Tv/EpisodeService.cs
index a968fff9b..81852354d 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Tv/EpisodeService.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Tv/EpisodeService.cs
@@ -106,12 +106,13 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Tv
         public Episode FindEpisodeByName(int seriesId, int seasonNumber, string episodeTitle) 
         {
             // TODO: can replace this search mechanism with something smarter/faster/better
-            var search = Parser.Parser.NormalizeTitle(episodeTitle);
+            var search = Parser.Parser.NormalizeEpisodeTitle(episodeTitle);
+
             return _episodeRepository.GetEpisodes(seriesId, seasonNumber)
                 .FirstOrDefault(e => 
                 {
                     // normalize episode title
-                    string title = Parser.Parser.NormalizeTitle(e.Title);
+                    var title = Parser.Parser.NormalizeEpisodeTitle(e.Title);
                     // find episode title within search string
                     return (title.Length > 0) && search.Contains(title); 
                 });