diff --git a/src/blacktv/black-tv.sh b/src/blacktv/black-tv.sh
index af17424..7cb4ea7 100644
--- a/src/blacktv/black-tv.sh
+++ b/src/blacktv/black-tv.sh
@@ -266,7 +266,22 @@ case "$cmd" in
     target="$1"; [ -e "$target" ] || die "no such path: $target"
     if [ -d "$target" ]; then
       n=$(build_dir_playlist "$target")
-    else printf '%s\n' "$target" > "$PLAYLIST"; n=1; fi
+    else
+      # Single file → build a continuation playlist from this episode onward
+      # (siblings in the same release), so the next episode auto-plays. Falls
+      # back to just the file (movies / loose files / unknown layout).
+      sd=$(showdir_of "$target" 2>/dev/null || true)
+      relroot=""
+      if [ -n "$sd" ]; then rel="${target#"$sd"/}"; relroot="$sd/${rel%%/*}"; fi
+      if [ -n "$relroot" ] && [ -d "$relroot" ]; then
+        find "$relroot" -type f -iregex "$VIDEO_RE" ! -ipath '*/Specials/*' ! -ipath '*/Extras/*' \
+          | sort > "$PLAYLIST.all"
+        start=$(grep -nF "$target" "$PLAYLIST.all" | head -1 | cut -d: -f1)
+        if [ -n "$start" ]; then tail -n +"$start" "$PLAYLIST.all" > "$PLAYLIST"
+        else printf '%s\n' "$target" > "$PLAYLIST"; fi
+        rm -f "$PLAYLIST.all"; n=$(wc -l < "$PLAYLIST")
+      else printf '%s\n' "$target" > "$PLAYLIST"; n=1; fi
+    fi
     [ "${n:-0}" -gt 0 ] || die "no playable files under $target"
     launch "$PLAYLIST"; echo "playing $n item(s)" ;;
   play-show)