diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/IndexerSearch/SeriesSearchService.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/IndexerSearch/SeriesSearchService.cs
index b198e96fa..86db0dae1 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/IndexerSearch/SeriesSearchService.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/IndexerSearch/SeriesSearchService.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+using System;
 using System.Linq;
 using NLog;
+using NzbDrone.Common.Extensions;
 using NzbDrone.Common.Instrumentation.Extensions;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Download;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Messaging.Commands;
@@ -10,16 +12,19 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.IndexerSearch
     public class SeriesSearchService : IExecute<SeriesSearchCommand>
     {
         private readonly ISeriesService _seriesService;
+        private readonly IEpisodeService _episodeService;
         private readonly ISearchForReleases _releaseSearchService;
         private readonly IProcessDownloadDecisions _processDownloadDecisions;
         private readonly Logger _logger;
 
         public SeriesSearchService(ISeriesService seriesService,
+                                   IEpisodeService episodeService,
                                    ISearchForReleases releaseSearchService,
                                    IProcessDownloadDecisions processDownloadDecisions,
                                    Logger logger)
         {
             _seriesService = seriesService;
+            _episodeService = episodeService;
             _releaseSearchService = releaseSearchService;
             _processDownloadDecisions = processDownloadDecisions;
             _logger = logger;
@@ -28,19 +33,39 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.IndexerSearch
         public void Execute(SeriesSearchCommand message)
         {
             var series = _seriesService.GetSeries(message.SeriesId);
-
             var downloadedCount = 0;
+            var userInvokedSearch = message.Trigger == CommandTrigger.Manual;
 
-            foreach (var season in series.Seasons.OrderBy(s => s.SeasonNumber))
+            if (series.Seasons.None(s => s.Monitored))
             {
-                if (!season.Monitored)
+                _logger.Debug("No seasons of {0} are monitored, searching for all monitored episodes", series.Title);
+
+                var episodes = _episodeService.GetEpisodeBySeries(series.Id)
+                    .Where(e => e.Monitored &&
+                                !e.HasFile &&
+                                e.AirDateUtc.HasValue &&
+                                e.AirDateUtc.Value.Before(DateTime.UtcNow))
+                    .ToList();
+
+                foreach (var episode in episodes)
                 {
-                    _logger.Debug("Season {0} of {1} is not monitored, skipping search", season.SeasonNumber, series.Title);
-                    continue;
+                    var decisions = _releaseSearchService.EpisodeSearch(episode, userInvokedSearch, false);
+                    downloadedCount += _processDownloadDecisions.ProcessDecisions(decisions).Grabbed.Count;
                 }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                foreach (var season in series.Seasons.OrderBy(s => s.SeasonNumber))
+                {
+                    if (!season.Monitored)
+                    {
+                        _logger.Debug("Season {0} of {1} is not monitored, skipping search", season.SeasonNumber, series.Title);
+                        continue;
+                    }
 
-                var decisions = _releaseSearchService.SeasonSearch(message.SeriesId, season.SeasonNumber, false, true, message.Trigger == CommandTrigger.Manual, false);
-                downloadedCount += _processDownloadDecisions.ProcessDecisions(decisions).Grabbed.Count;
+                    var decisions = _releaseSearchService.SeasonSearch(message.SeriesId, season.SeasonNumber, false, true, userInvokedSearch, false);
+                    downloadedCount += _processDownloadDecisions.ProcessDecisions(decisions).Grabbed.Count;
+                }
             }
 
             _logger.ProgressInfo("Series search completed. {0} reports downloaded.", downloadedCount);