diff --git a/Futonizer.csproj b/Futonizer.csproj
index c44dbbf..da12e26 100644
--- a/Futonizer.csproj
+++ b/Futonizer.csproj
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
     <AssemblyName>Futonizer</AssemblyName>
     <RootNamespace>Futonizer</RootNamespace>
-    <Version>1.0.12</Version>
-    <FileVersion>1.0.12.0</FileVersion>
+    <Version>1.0.13</Version>
+    <FileVersion>1.0.13.0</FileVersion>
     <ApplicationIcon>Assets\app.ico</ApplicationIcon>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
diff --git a/MainWindow.xaml.cs b/MainWindow.xaml.cs
index e5633d3..de8e0aa 100644
--- a/MainWindow.xaml.cs
+++ b/MainWindow.xaml.cs
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ public partial class MainWindow : FluentWindow
         if (matchedSubtitles > 0 || unmatchedSubtitles > 0)
         {
             StatusText.Text = unmatchedSubtitles > 0
-                ? $"Matched {matchedSubtitles} subtitle(s); {unmatchedSubtitles} couldn't be matched to an episode code (S04E06 style)."
+                ? $"Matched {matchedSubtitles} subtitle(s); {unmatchedSubtitles} couldn't be matched to an episode (S04E06, E06, or plain episode number like 06/6/16)."
                 : $"Matched {matchedSubtitles} subtitle(s) to their episode.";
         }
     }
@@ -275,22 +275,32 @@ public partial class MainWindow : FluentWindow
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Attempts to attach a dropped subtitle file to whichever queued video(s)
-    /// share the same episode code (e.g. S04E06). Falls back to the single
-    /// queued file when there's exactly one and no episode code could be
-    /// extracted from the subtitle's filename. Returns false if no target
-    /// could be determined, in which case the file is kept pending until a
-    /// matching video is dropped later.
+    /// share the same episode. Prefers a full season+episode code (e.g.
+    /// S04E06) when the subtitle's filename has one; otherwise falls back to
+    /// matching by bare episode number alone (e.g. "06", "6", "16", "E06"),
+    /// season-agnostic. Falls back further to the single queued file when
+    /// there's exactly one and no episode info at all could be extracted
+    /// from the subtitle's filename. Returns false if no target could be
+    /// determined, in which case the file is kept pending until a matching
+    /// video is dropped later.
     /// </summary>
     private bool MatchSubtitleToQueue(string subtitlePath)
     {
         string subFileName = Path.GetFileName(subtitlePath);
-        string? code = SubtitleMatcher.ExtractEpisodeCode(subFileName);
+        string? subCode = SubtitleMatcher.ExtractEpisodeCode(subFileName);
+        int? subEpisodeNumber = subCode == null ? SubtitleMatcher.ExtractEpisodeNumber(subFileName) : null;
 
         List<QueuedFileItem> targets;
-        if (code != null)
+        if (subCode != null)
         {
             targets = _fileQueue
-                .Where(q => string.Equals(SubtitleMatcher.ExtractEpisodeCode(q.FileName), code, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                .Where(q => string.Equals(SubtitleMatcher.ExtractEpisodeCode(q.FileName), subCode, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                .ToList();
+        }
+        else if (subEpisodeNumber != null)
+        {
+            targets = _fileQueue
+                .Where(q => SubtitleMatcher.ExtractEpisodeNumber(q.FileName) == subEpisodeNumber)
                 .ToList();
         }
         else if (_fileQueue.Count == 1)
@@ -312,19 +322,29 @@ public partial class MainWindow : FluentWindow
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Called whenever a new video is added to the queue: checks the pending
-    /// (previously unmatched) subtitle files for one sharing this video's
-    /// episode code, and attaches + removes any matches from the pending list.
+    /// (previously unmatched) subtitle files for one matching this video's
+    /// episode — by full season+episode code when both have one, or by bare
+    /// episode number otherwise — and attaches + removes any matches from
+    /// the pending list.
     /// </summary>
     private void MatchPendingSubtitlesToFile(QueuedFileItem item)
     {
         if (_pendingSubtitles.Count == 0) return;
 
-        string? code = SubtitleMatcher.ExtractEpisodeCode(item.FileName);
-        if (code == null) return;
+        string? videoCode = SubtitleMatcher.ExtractEpisodeCode(item.FileName);
+        int? videoEpisodeNumber = SubtitleMatcher.ExtractEpisodeNumber(item.FileName);
+        if (videoCode == null && videoEpisodeNumber == null) return;
 
-        var matches = _pendingSubtitles
-            .Where(p => string.Equals(SubtitleMatcher.ExtractEpisodeCode(Path.GetFileName(p)), code, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
-            .ToList();
+        var matches = _pendingSubtitles.Where(p =>
+        {
+            string subName = Path.GetFileName(p);
+            string? subCode = SubtitleMatcher.ExtractEpisodeCode(subName);
+            if (subCode != null)
+                return videoCode != null && string.Equals(subCode, videoCode, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+
+            int? subEpisodeNumber = SubtitleMatcher.ExtractEpisodeNumber(subName);
+            return subEpisodeNumber != null && subEpisodeNumber == videoEpisodeNumber;
+        }).ToList();
 
         foreach (var match in matches)
         {
diff --git a/Models/ExternalSubtitleTrack.cs b/Models/ExternalSubtitleTrack.cs
index 96ae994..842fb1c 100644
--- a/Models/ExternalSubtitleTrack.cs
+++ b/Models/ExternalSubtitleTrack.cs
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ namespace Futonizer.Models;
 
 /// <summary>
 /// Represents one external subtitle file that was drag-and-dropped in and
-/// matched to a <see cref="QueuedFileItem"/> by episode code (e.g. S04E06),
-/// to be muxed in as an additional subtitle track when the file is processed.
+/// matched to a <see cref="QueuedFileItem"/> by episode (e.g. "S04E06", or
+/// just a bare episode number like "06"), to be muxed in as an additional
+/// subtitle track when the file is processed.
 /// </summary>
 public class ExternalSubtitleTrack : INotifyPropertyChanged
 {
diff --git a/Models/QueuedFileItem.cs b/Models/QueuedFileItem.cs
index 839eca4..efbab97 100644
--- a/Models/QueuedFileItem.cs
+++ b/Models/QueuedFileItem.cs
@@ -45,8 +45,9 @@ public class QueuedFileItem : INotifyPropertyChanged
 
     /// <summary>
     /// External subtitle files (dropped separately and matched to this file by
-    /// episode code, e.g. S04E06) that will be muxed in as additional
-    /// subtitle tracks when this file is processed.
+    /// episode — e.g. "S04E06", or just a bare episode number like "06") that
+    /// will be muxed in as additional subtitle tracks when this file is
+    /// processed.
     /// </summary>
     public ObservableCollection<ExternalSubtitleTrack> ExternalSubtitles { get; } = new();
 
diff --git a/Services/SubtitleMatcher.cs b/Services/SubtitleMatcher.cs
index f832bdc..a95edc2 100644
--- a/Services/SubtitleMatcher.cs
+++ b/Services/SubtitleMatcher.cs
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 namespace Futonizer.Services;
 
 /// <summary>
-/// Recognises subtitle files by extension and extracts a normalized episode
-/// code (e.g. "S04E06") from a filename, used to match dropped subtitle
-/// files to the video file with the same episode code.
+/// Recognises subtitle files by extension and extracts episode information
+/// from a filename — either a normalized season+episode code (e.g.
+/// "S04E06") or, failing that, a bare episode number (e.g. "06", "6",
+/// "16") — used to match dropped subtitle files to the video file for the
+/// same episode.
 /// </summary>
 public static class SubtitleMatcher
 {
@@ -39,11 +41,43 @@ public static class SubtitleMatcher
     private static readonly Regex SeasonXEpisodeRegex =
         new(@"(?<![\d.])(\d{1,2})x(\d{2,3})(?!\d)", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase | RegexOptions.Compiled);
 
+    // Explicit episode marker with no season prefix: "E06", "EP06", "Episode 06".
+    // Requires a non-alphanumeric character (or start of string) right before
+    // the marker so it doesn't fire on the "e" inside an unrelated word.
+    private static readonly Regex ExplicitEpisodeMarkerRegex =
+        new(@"(?:^|[^A-Za-z0-9])(?:episode|ep|e)[\s._-]*(\d{1,3})(?!\d)", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase | RegexOptions.Compiled);
+
+    // Whole filename stem is just a number, e.g. "06", "6", "16".
+    private static readonly Regex BareWholeNumberRegex =
+        new(@"^\d{1,4}$", RegexOptions.Compiled);
+
+    // A number cleanly delimited at the very start of the stem by a
+    // separator, e.g. "06 - Title", "06_Title", "06.Title".
+    private static readonly Regex BareLeadingNumberRegex =
+        new(@"^(\d{1,3})(?=[\s._-])", RegexOptions.Compiled);
+
+    // A number delimited by a " - " (or "-") release-style dash separator
+    // that isn't at the very end of the stem, e.g. "Show - 06 - Title",
+    // "[Group] Show Name - 06 [1080p]". Requires whitespace immediately
+    // before the dash so it doesn't fire on glued tokens like "x264-06".
+    private static readonly Regex DashDelimitedNumberRegex =
+        new(@"(?<=\s-\s)(\d{1,3})(?!\d)|(?<=\s-)(\d{1,3})(?!\d)", RegexOptions.Compiled);
+
+    // A number cleanly delimited at the very end of the stem by a
+    // separator, e.g. "Show - 06", "Show_06", "Show.06". A "." only counts
+    // as a separator here when it isn't itself preceded by a digit, so
+    // decimal-looking tokens like audio channel counts ("DD5.1") aren't
+    // mistaken for an episode number.
+    private static readonly Regex BareTrailingNumberRegex =
+        new(@"(?<=[\s_-]|(?<!\d)\.)(\d{1,3})$", RegexOptions.Compiled);
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Extracts and normalizes the episode code from a filename (e.g.
     /// "Show.S4E6.1080p.mkv" and "Show - 04x06 - Title.srt" both return
     /// "S04E06"), so files can be matched regardless of zero-padding or
-    /// separator style. Returns null if no episode code is found.
+    /// separator style. Returns null if no season+episode code is found —
+    /// use <see cref="ExtractEpisodeNumber"/> for the season-agnostic
+    /// fallback (plain episode numbers like "06").
     /// </summary>
     public static string? ExtractEpisodeCode(string fileName)
     {
@@ -58,4 +92,50 @@ public static class SubtitleMatcher
 
         return $"S{season:D2}E{episode:D2}";
     }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Extracts just the episode number from a filename, ignoring season.
+    /// Tries, in order: a full season+episode code (e.g. "S04E06" → 6), an
+    /// explicit marker with no season ("E06", "EP06", "Episode 06" → 6), or
+    /// a bare number that is either the entire filename stem ("06", "6",
+    /// "16") or cleanly delimited from the rest of the name by a separator
+    /// ("06 - Title", "Show - 06"). Bare numbers are capped at a few digits
+    /// so resolutions (1080p), years, and bitrates aren't mistaken for an
+    /// episode number. Returns null if nothing usable is found.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static int? ExtractEpisodeNumber(string fileName)
+    {
+        string stem = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(fileName);
+
+        var seasonMatch = SeasonEpisodeRegex.Match(stem);
+        if (!seasonMatch.Success)
+            seasonMatch = SeasonXEpisodeRegex.Match(stem);
+        if (seasonMatch.Success && int.TryParse(seasonMatch.Groups[2].Value, out int fromSeasonCode))
+            return fromSeasonCode;
+
+        var markerMatch = ExplicitEpisodeMarkerRegex.Match(stem);
+        if (markerMatch.Success && int.TryParse(markerMatch.Groups[1].Value, out int fromMarker))
+            return fromMarker;
+
+        if (BareWholeNumberRegex.IsMatch(stem) && int.TryParse(stem, out int wholeStem))
+            return wholeStem;
+
+        var leadingMatch = BareLeadingNumberRegex.Match(stem);
+        if (leadingMatch.Success && int.TryParse(leadingMatch.Groups[1].Value, out int fromLeading))
+            return fromLeading;
+
+        var dashMatch = DashDelimitedNumberRegex.Match(stem);
+        if (dashMatch.Success)
+        {
+            string dashValue = dashMatch.Groups[1].Success ? dashMatch.Groups[1].Value : dashMatch.Groups[2].Value;
+            if (int.TryParse(dashValue, out int fromDash))
+                return fromDash;
+        }
+
+        var trailingMatch = BareTrailingNumberRegex.Match(stem);
+        if (trailingMatch.Success && int.TryParse(trailingMatch.Groups[1].Value, out int fromTrailing))
+            return fromTrailing;
+
+        return null;
+    }
 }