diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/NzbDrone.Core.csproj b/NzbDrone.Core/NzbDrone.Core.csproj
index c30073aa3..3bacbe752 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Core/NzbDrone.Core.csproj
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/NzbDrone.Core.csproj
@@ -140,11 +140,14 @@
     <Compile Include="Providers\EpisodeProvider.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Providers\HttpProvider.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Providers\IDownloadProvider.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Providers\IEpisodeProvider.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Providers\IHttpProvider.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Providers\ISeasonProvider.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Providers\ISeriesProvider.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Providers\ITvDbProvider.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Providers\SabProvider.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Repository\Config.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Repository\Season.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Repository\RemoteEpisode.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Repository\LocalEpisode.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Repository\Episode.cs" />
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/EpisodeProvider.cs b/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/EpisodeProvider.cs
index 54a870870..1f292e219 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/EpisodeProvider.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/EpisodeProvider.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ using SubSonic.Repository;
 
 namespace NzbDrone.Core.Providers
 {
-    public class EpisodeProvider
+    public class EpisodeProvider : IEpisodeProvider
     {
         //TODO: Remove parsing of the series name, it should be done in series provider
         private static readonly Regex ParseRegex = new Regex(@"(?<showName>.*)
@@ -44,6 +44,16 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Providers
             throw new NotImplementedException();
         }
 
+        public IList<Episode> GetEpisodesBySeason(long seasonId)
+        {
+            throw new NotImplementedException();
+        }
+
+        public IList<Episode> GetEpisodeBySeries(long seriesId)
+        {
+            throw new NotImplementedException();
+        }
+
         public String GetSabTitle(Episode episode)
         {
             var series = _seriesProvider.GetSeries(episode.SeriesId);
@@ -59,7 +69,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Providers
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="episode">Episode that needs to be checked</param>
         /// <returns></returns>
-        public bool IsEpisodeNeeded(Episode episode)
+        public bool IsNeeded(Episode episode)
         {
             throw new NotImplementedException();
         }
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/IEpisodeProvider.cs b/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/IEpisodeProvider.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2ce9b962c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/IEpisodeProvider.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Repository;
+
+namespace NzbDrone.Core.Providers
+{
+    public interface IEpisodeProvider
+    {
+        Episode GetEpisode(long id);
+        Episode SaveEpisode(Episode episode);
+        IList<Episode> GetEpisodesBySeason(long seasonId);
+        IList<Episode> GetEpisodeBySeries(long seriesId);
+        String GetSabTitle(Episode episode);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Comprehensive check on whether or not this episode is needed.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="episode">Episode that needs to be checked</param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        bool IsNeeded(Episode episode);
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/ISeasonProvider.cs b/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/ISeasonProvider.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dfd084ec8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/ISeasonProvider.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Repository;
+
+namespace NzbDrone.Core.Providers
+{
+    public interface ISeasonProvider
+    {
+        Season GetSeason(long seasonId);
+        List<Season> GetSeasongs(long seriesId);
+
+        int SaveSeason(Season season);
+    }
+
+}
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diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/ISeriesProvider.cs b/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/ISeriesProvider.cs
index d9f51e0b8..ad1df8db4 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/ISeriesProvider.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/ISeriesProvider.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using System.Linq;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Repository;
 
 namespace NzbDrone.Core.Providers
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/SeriesProvider.cs b/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/SeriesProvider.cs
index a6f2786c5..00afce4e3 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/SeriesProvider.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/SeriesProvider.cs
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Providers
             return _sonioRepo.Single<Series>(s => s.TvdbId == tvdbId.ToString());
         }
 
+        public IList<Season> GetSeasons(long tvdbId)
+        {
+            return _sonioRepo.Find<Season>(c => c.SeriesId == tvdbId);
+        }
+
+    
         public void SyncSeriesWithDisk()
         {
             foreach (string seriesFolder in _diskProvider.GetDirectories(_config.SeriesRoot))
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/Repository/Season.cs b/NzbDrone.Core/Repository/Season.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d324d7fd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/Repository/Season.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+using System;
+using System.ServiceModel.Syndication;
+using SubSonic.SqlGeneration.Schema;
+
+namespace NzbDrone.Core.Repository
+{
+    public class Season
+    {
+        [SubSonicPrimaryKey]
+        public string SeasonId { get; set; }
+        public long SeriesId { get; set; }
+        public int SeasonNumber { get; set; }
+        public bool Monitored { get; set; }
+        public string Folder { get; set; }
+    }
+}
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