diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 77328d6..eb5ae81 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,37 @@ callers).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Fixed
+
+- **Multi-episode chain (e.g. `S14E09E10E11`) now collapses to a full
+  range.** The parser previously captured `episode=9, episode_end=10`
+  and dropped E11+. It now returns `episode=first, episode_end=last`,
+  with intermediate values implied. Fixture
+  `shitty/archer_multi_episode/` updated from anti-regression-of-bug
+  to anti-regression-of-fix.
+- **Apostrophes in titles no longer push the release through the AI
+  fallback.** `Honey.Don't.2025.2160p.WEBRip.DSNP.DV.HDR.x265-Amen`
+  previously parsed with `parse_path="ai"` and everything UNKNOWN
+  because `'` is in the forbidden-chars list. Apostrophes are now
+  pre-stripped before the well-formed check, so the parse completes
+  normally (`title=Honey.Dont, year=2025, quality=2160p, ...`); only
+  the title text loses its apostrophe. `parse_path` becomes
+  `sanitized` to surface the cleanup. Side win: PoP fixture
+  `the_prodigy_full_chaos/` also moves from total failure to a
+  partially-correct parse (year, source, codec extracted).
+- **Season-range markers (`Sxx-yy`) are now recognized as
+  `tv_complete`.** `Der.Tatortreiniger.S01-06.GERMAN...` previously
+  parsed as `media_type=movie` with `S01-06` glued onto the title.
+  The parser now recognizes the range, sets `season=first`,
+  `media_type=tv_complete`, and removes the marker from the title.
+  `is_season_pack` flips to `true`.
+- **Pure-punctuation TITLE tokens are dropped at assembly.** Releases
+  with surrounding ` - ` separators (`Vinyl - 1x01 - FHD`) previously
+  produced `title="Vinyl.-"`. Such tokens (a stray dash, a wide pipe
+  `｜`, …) carry no title content and are now filtered out. Side
+  effect: PoP fixture `khruangbin_yt_wide_pipe/` also benefits — the
+  YouTube wide-pipe no longer leaks into the title.
+
 ### Added
 
 - **`LanguageRepository` port** in `alfred.domain.shared.ports`. Structural
diff --git a/alfred/domain/release/parser/pipeline.py b/alfred/domain/release/parser/pipeline.py
index 68f8b55..25856aa 100644
--- a/alfred/domain/release/parser/pipeline.py
+++ b/alfred/domain/release/parser/pipeline.py
@@ -91,14 +91,17 @@ def tokenize(name: str, kb: ReleaseKnowledge) -> tuple[list[Token], str | None]:
 
 
 def _parse_season_episode(text: str) -> tuple[int, int | None, int | None] | None:
-    """Parse a single token as ``SxxExx`` / ``SxxExxExx`` / ``Sxx`` / ``NxNN``.
+    """Parse a single token as ``SxxExx`` / ``SxxExxExx`` / ``Sxx`` /
+    ``Sxx-yy`` (season range) / ``NxNN``.
 
     Returns ``(season, episode, episode_end)`` or ``None`` if the token
-    is not a season/episode marker.
+    is not a season/episode marker. For ``Sxx-yy``, returns the first
+    season with no episode info — the caller is expected to detect the
+    range form and promote ``media_type`` to ``tv_complete`` separately.
     """
     upper = text.upper()
 
-    # SxxExx form
+    # SxxExx form (and Sxx, Sxx-yy)
     if len(upper) >= 3 and upper[0] == "S" and upper[1:3].isdigit():
         season = int(upper[1:3])
         rest = upper[3:]
@@ -106,6 +109,15 @@ def _parse_season_episode(text: str) -> tuple[int, int | None, int | None] | Non
         if not rest:
             return season, None, None
 
+        # Sxx-yy season-range form: capture the first season, treat as a
+        # complete-series marker (no episode info).
+        if (
+            len(rest) == 3
+            and rest[0] == "-"
+            and rest[1:3].isdigit()
+        ):
+            return season, None, None
+
         episodes: list[int] = []
         while rest.startswith("E") and len(rest) >= 3 and rest[1:3].isdigit():
             episodes.append(int(rest[1:3]))
@@ -113,7 +125,9 @@ def _parse_season_episode(text: str) -> tuple[int, int | None, int | None] | Non
 
         if not episodes:
             return None
-        return season, episodes[0], episodes[1] if len(episodes) >= 2 else None
+        # For chained multi-episode markers (E09E10E11), the range is the
+        # first → last episode. Intermediate values are implied.
+        return season, episodes[0], episodes[-1] if len(episodes) >= 2 else None
 
     # NxNN form
     if "X" in upper:
@@ -616,7 +630,14 @@ def assemble(
     layer in additional fields (``parse_path``, ``raw``, …) before
     instantiation.
     """
-    title_parts = [t.text for t in annotated if t.role is TokenRole.TITLE]
+    # Pure-punctuation tokens (e.g. a stray "-" left by ` - ` separators in
+    # human-friendly release names) carry no title content and would leak
+    # into the joined title as ``"Show.-.Episode"``. Drop them here.
+    title_parts = [
+        t.text
+        for t in annotated
+        if t.role is TokenRole.TITLE and any(c.isalnum() for c in t.text)
+    ]
     title = ".".join(title_parts) if title_parts else (
         annotated[0].text if annotated else raw_name
     )
@@ -636,6 +657,7 @@ def assemble(
     edition: str | None = None
     distributor: str | None = None
     languages: list[str] = []
+    is_season_range = False
 
     for tok in annotated:
         # Skip non-primary members of a multi-token sequence.
@@ -649,6 +671,16 @@ def assemble(
             parsed = _parse_season_episode(tok.text)
             if parsed is not None:
                 season, episode, episode_end = parsed
+                # Detect Sxx-yy range form to flag it as a multi-season pack.
+                upper = tok.text.upper()
+                if (
+                    len(upper) == 6
+                    and upper[0] == "S"
+                    and upper[1:3].isdigit()
+                    and upper[3] == "-"
+                    and upper[4:6].isdigit()
+                ):
+                    is_season_range = True
         elif role is TokenRole.RESOLUTION:
             quality = tok.text
         elif role is TokenRole.SOURCE:
@@ -696,6 +728,8 @@ def assemble(
         media_type = "documentary"
     elif upper_tokens & concert_tokens:
         media_type = "concert"
+    elif is_season_range:
+        media_type = "tv_complete"
     elif (
         edition in {"COMPLETE", "INTEGRALE", "COLLECTION"}
         or upper_tokens & integrale_tokens
diff --git a/alfred/domain/release/services.py b/alfred/domain/release/services.py
index d8ba8e3..a13b989 100644
--- a/alfred/domain/release/services.py
+++ b/alfred/domain/release/services.py
@@ -46,7 +46,16 @@ def parse_release(
     """
     parse_path = ParsePath.DIRECT.value
 
-    clean, site_tag = _v2.strip_site_tag(name)
+    # Apostrophes inside titles ("Don't", "L'avare") are common and should
+    # not push the release through the AI fallback. Strip them up front so
+    # both strip_site_tag and tokenize see "Dont" / "Lavare", which is good
+    # enough for token-level matching. The raw name is preserved on the VO.
+    working_name = name
+    if "'" in working_name:
+        working_name = working_name.replace("'", "")
+        parse_path = ParsePath.SANITIZED.value
+
+    clean, site_tag = _v2.strip_site_tag(working_name)
     if site_tag is not None:
         parse_path = ParsePath.SANITIZED.value
 
@@ -77,7 +86,7 @@ def parse_release(
         )
         return parsed, report
 
-    tokens, v2_tag = _v2.tokenize(name, kb)
+    tokens, v2_tag = _v2.tokenize(working_name, kb)
     annotated = _v2.annotate(tokens, kb)
     fields = _v2.assemble(annotated, v2_tag, name, kb)
 
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/releases/path_of_pain/khruangbin_yt_wide_pipe/expected.yaml b/tests/fixtures/releases/path_of_pain/khruangbin_yt_wide_pipe/expected.yaml
index 8834621..63196f2 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/releases/path_of_pain/khruangbin_yt_wide_pipe/expected.yaml
+++ b/tests/fixtures/releases/path_of_pain/khruangbin_yt_wide_pipe/expected.yaml
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 release_name: "Khruangbin ｜ Austin City Limits Music Festival 2024 ｜ Full Set [V_-7WWPPeBs].webm"
 
 # yt-dlp slug: UTF-8 wide pipe '｜' (U+FF5C, not the ASCII '|'), trailing
-# YouTube video ID in brackets, .webm extension. Parser extracts the year
-# (2024) correctly but mistakes the YouTube ID '7WWPPeBs' for a release
-# group, and the wide pipe survives the tokenizer (not a separator).
+# YouTube video ID in brackets, .webm extension. The wide pipe survives
+# the tokenizer (not a separator) but is now dropped at title assembly
+# (pure-punctuation TITLE tokens carry no content). Year (2024) parses
+# correctly; the YouTube ID '7WWPPeBs' is still mistaken for a release
+# group (separate gap, see PoP backlog).
 # This is a concert recording — closer to "live music" than "movie", but
 # media_type=movie is the current degenerate best guess.
 parsed:
-  title: "Khruangbin.｜.Austin.City.Limits.Music.Festival"
+  title: "Khruangbin.Austin.City.Limits.Music.Festival"
   year: 2024
   season: null
   episode: null
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/releases/path_of_pain/the_prodigy_full_chaos/expected.yaml b/tests/fixtures/releases/path_of_pain/the_prodigy_full_chaos/expected.yaml
index 091e757..c943d90 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/releases/path_of_pain/the_prodigy_full_chaos/expected.yaml
+++ b/tests/fixtures/releases/path_of_pain/the_prodigy_full_chaos/expected.yaml
@@ -1,28 +1,26 @@
 release_name: "The Prodigy World's on Fire 2011 Blu-ray Remux 1080i AVC DTS-HD MA 5.1 - KRaLiMaRKo.mkv"
 
-# Apocalypse case combining every horror:
-# - Unescaped apostrophe ("World's") → forces parse_path="ai" fallback
-# - Spaces AND dashes used as separators inconsistently
-# - "Blu-ray" with a dash (vs. canonical BluRay)
-# - "1080i" interlaced flag (not 1080p)
-# - "DTS-HD MA 5.1" multi-word audio codec
-# - " - GROUP.mkv" trailing format (space-dash-space before group)
+# Apocalypse case combining every horror — partially tamed by the
+# apostrophe fix. Remaining gaps (still PoP-worthy):
+# - "1080i" interlaced flag (not in quality KB)
+# - "Blu-ray" with a dash (vs. canonical BluRay) — recognized as source
+#   but with the dash form
+# - "DTS-HD MA 5.1" multi-word audio codec — the trailing "HD" leaks
+#   into the group
 # - Trailing .mkv extension survives in title
-# Result: total degeneration — UNKNOWN across the board, title=raw input.
-# Once the apostrophe + multi-word-audio + 1080i are handled this fixture
-# should be revisited. For now: anti-regression of the failure shape.
+# - " - GROUP" trailing format (space-dash-space before group)
 parsed:
-  title: "The Prodigy World's on Fire 2011 Blu-ray Remux 1080i AVC DTS-HD MA 5.1 - KRaLiMaRKo.mkv"
-  year: null
+  title: "The.Prodigy.Worlds.on.Fire"
+  year: 2011
   season: null
   episode: null
   quality: null
-  source: null
-  codec: null
-  group: "UNKNOWN"
-  tech_string: ""
-  media_type: "unknown"
-  parse_path: "ai"
+  source: "Blu-ray"
+  codec: "AVC"
+  group: "HD"
+  tech_string: "Blu-ray.AVC"
+  media_type: "movie"
+  parse_path: "sanitized"
   is_season_pack: false
 
 tree:
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/releases/shitty/archer_multi_episode/expected.yaml b/tests/fixtures/releases/shitty/archer_multi_episode/expected.yaml
index c63881d..75469f1 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/releases/shitty/archer_multi_episode/expected.yaml
+++ b/tests/fixtures/releases/shitty/archer_multi_episode/expected.yaml
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 release_name: "Archer.S14E09E10E11.1080p.WEB.h264-ETHEL"
 
-# Tech debt: triple-episode chain (E09E10E11) — current parser captures
-# episode=9 and episode_end=10, but E11 is lost. Anti-regression: lock in
-# the partial behavior so any future improvement is intentional.
+# Triple-episode chain (E09E10E11) — the parser collapses the chain to a
+# range (episode=first, episode_end=last). Intermediate values are implied.
 parsed:
   title: "Archer"
   year: null
   season: 14
   episode: 9
-  episode_end: 10
+  episode_end: 11
   quality: "1080p"
   source: "WEB"
   codec: "h264"
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/releases/shitty/honey_uhd_hdr/expected.yaml b/tests/fixtures/releases/shitty/honey_uhd_hdr/expected.yaml
index ff6f975..1b73c7c 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/releases/shitty/honey_uhd_hdr/expected.yaml
+++ b/tests/fixtures/releases/shitty/honey_uhd_hdr/expected.yaml
@@ -1,21 +1,22 @@
 release_name: "Honey.Don't.2025.2160p.WEBRip.DSNP.DV.HDR.x265.EAC3.5.1-Amen"
 
-# Tech debt: the unescaped apostrophe in "Don't" pushes the whole release
-# through the AI fallback path (parse_path="ai") and the parse degenerates to
-# UNKNOWN across the board. Anti-regression here — once the tokenizer learns
-# to handle apostrophes, this fixture should be revisited.
+# Apostrophes inside titles ("Don't", "L'avare") used to push the release
+# through the AI fallback (parse_path="ai", everything UNKNOWN). They are
+# now pre-stripped before well-formed check and tokenize, so the parse
+# completes normally — only the title text loses its apostrophe
+# ("Honey.Dont").
 parsed:
-  title: "Honey.Don't.2025.2160p.WEBRip.DSNP.DV.HDR.x265.EAC3.5.1-Amen"
-  year: null
+  title: "Honey.Dont"
+  year: 2025
   season: null
   episode: null
-  quality: null
-  source: null
-  codec: null
-  group: "UNKNOWN"
-  tech_string: ""
-  media_type: "unknown"
-  parse_path: "ai"
+  quality: "2160p"
+  source: "WEBRip"
+  codec: "x265"
+  group: "Amen"
+  tech_string: "2160p.WEBRip.x265"
+  media_type: "movie"
+  parse_path: "sanitized"
   is_season_pack: false
 
 tree:
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/releases/shitty/tatortreiniger_flat_multiseason/expected.yaml b/tests/fixtures/releases/shitty/tatortreiniger_flat_multiseason/expected.yaml
index 80ca66f..b6a83c0 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/releases/shitty/tatortreiniger_flat_multiseason/expected.yaml
+++ b/tests/fixtures/releases/shitty/tatortreiniger_flat_multiseason/expected.yaml
@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
 release_name: "Der.Tatortreiniger.S01-06.GERMAN.1080p.WEB.x264-WAYNE"
 
-# Tech debt: range syntax 'S01-06' is not recognized as TV — falls through
-# to media_type=movie with the range glued onto the title. Captured here so a
-# future ranger-aware parser change is intentional.
+# Range syntax 'S01-06' is now recognized as a season-range marker:
+# season=1 (first of the range), media_type=tv_complete, and the token
+# no longer leaks into the title.
 parsed:
-  title: "Der.Tatortreiniger.S01-06"
+  title: "Der.Tatortreiniger"
   year: null
-  season: null
+  season: 1
   episode: null
   quality: "1080p"
   source: "WEB"
   codec: "x264"
   group: "WAYNE"
   tech_string: "1080p.WEB.x264"
-  media_type: "movie"
+  media_type: "tv_complete"
   languages: ["GERMAN"]
   parse_path: "direct"
-  is_season_pack: false
+  is_season_pack: true
 
 tree:
   - "Der.Tatortreiniger.S01-06.GERMAN.1080p.WEB.x264-WAYNE/"
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/releases/shitty/vinyl_1x01_format/expected.yaml b/tests/fixtures/releases/shitty/vinyl_1x01_format/expected.yaml
index 988552c..67ac313 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/releases/shitty/vinyl_1x01_format/expected.yaml
+++ b/tests/fixtures/releases/shitty/vinyl_1x01_format/expected.yaml
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 release_name: "Vinyl - 1x01 - FHD"
 
-# Tech debt: surrounding ' - ' separators leave a stray '-' token attached
-# to the title ("Vinyl.-"). NxNN form correctly identifies S01E01; everything
-# tech-side empty (no quality token in KB — "FHD" not yet known). Anti-regression
-# the current degenerate title so a future fix is intentional.
+# Surrounding ' - ' separators in human-friendly release names left stray
+# '-' tokens attached to the title. They are now dropped at assembly time
+# (pure-punctuation TITLE tokens carry no content). NxNN form correctly
+# identifies S01E01; tech-side stays empty (no quality token in KB — "FHD"
+# not yet known).
 parsed:
-  title: "Vinyl.-"
+  title: "Vinyl"
   year: null
   season: 1
   episode: 1