diff --git a/libs/subliminal_patch/providers/subscene.py b/libs/subliminal_patch/providers/subscene.py
index 69d94f9b9..8868a270a 100644
--- a/libs/subliminal_patch/providers/subscene.py
+++ b/libs/subliminal_patch/providers/subscene.py
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ class SubsceneProvider(Provider, ProviderSubtitleArchiveMixin):
 
         # re-search for episodes without explicit release name
         if isinstance(video, Episode):
-            titles = list(set([video.series] + video.alternative_series))[:2]
+            titles = list(set([video.series] + video.alternative_series[:1]))
             # term = u"%s S%02iE%02i" % (video.series, video.season, video.episode)
             more_than_one = len(titles) > 1
             for series in titles:
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ class SubsceneProvider(Provider, ProviderSubtitleArchiveMixin):
                 if more_than_one:
                     time.sleep(self.search_throttle)
         else:
-            titles = list(set([video.title] + video.alternative_titles))[:2]
+            titles = list(set([video.title] + video.alternative_titles[:1]))
             more_than_one = len(titles) > 1
             for title in titles:
                 logger.debug('Searching for movie results: %r', title)
diff --git a/libs/subscene_api/subscene.py b/libs/subscene_api/subscene.py
index 086d31d98..e91f6fdef 100644
--- a/libs/subscene_api/subscene.py
+++ b/libs/subscene_api/subscene.py
@@ -243,20 +243,14 @@ def get_first_film(soup, section, year=None, session=None):
 
     url = None
 
-    if not year:
-        url = SITE_DOMAIN + tag.findNext("ul").find("li").div.a.get("href")
-    else:
-        for t in tag.findNext("ul").findAll("li"):
-            if isinstance(t, NavigableString) or not t.div:
-                continue
-
-            if str(year) in t.div.a.string:
-                url = SITE_DOMAIN + t.div.a.get("href")
-                break
-        if not url:
-            # fallback to non-year results
-            logger.info("Falling back to non-year results as year wasn't found (%s)", year)
-            url = SITE_DOMAIN + tag.findNext("ul").find("li").div.a.get("href")
+    url = SITE_DOMAIN + tag.findNext("ul").find("li").div.a.get("href")
+    for t in tag.findNext("ul").findAll("li"):
+        if isinstance(t, NavigableString) or not t.div:
+            continue
+
+        if str(year) in t.div.a.string:
+            url = SITE_DOMAIN + t.div.a.get("href")
+            break
 
     return Film.from_url(url, session=session)