diff --git a/api/src/controllers/entries.ts b/api/src/controllers/entries.ts
index cdf4ea48..7a3783cb 100644
--- a/api/src/controllers/entries.ts
+++ b/api/src/controllers/entries.ts
@@ -111,9 +111,9 @@ async function getEntries({
 		.from(entryVideoJoin)
 		.where(eq(entryVideoJoin.entryPk, entries.pk))
 		.leftJoin(videos, eq(videos.pk, entryVideoJoin.videoPk))
-		.as("video");
+		.as("videos");
 	const videosJ = db
-		.select({ videos: sql`json_agg("video")`.as("videos") })
+		.select({ videos: sql`coalesce(json_agg("videos"), '[]'::json)`.as("videos") })
 		.from(videosQ)
 		.as("videos_json");
 
@@ -130,9 +130,9 @@ async function getEntries({
 		.select({
 			...entryCol,
 			...transCol,
-			videos: sql`${videosJ.videos}`.as("videos"),
+			videos: videosJ.videos,
 			// specials don't have an `episodeNumber` but a `number` field.
-			number: sql<number>`${episodeNumber}`.as("number"),
+			number: episodeNumber,
 
 			// merge `extraKind` into `kind`
 			kind: sql<EntryKind>`case when ${kind} = 'extra' then ${extraKind} else ${kind}::text end`.as(
@@ -140,11 +140,11 @@ async function getEntries({
 			),
 
 			// assign more restrained types to make typescript happy.
-			externalId: sql<any>`${externalId}`.as("externalId"),
-			order: sql<number>`${order}`.as("order"),
-			seasonNumber: sql<number>`${seasonNumber}`.as("seasonNumber"),
-			episodeNumber: sql<number>`${episodeNumber}`.as("episodeNumber"),
-			name: sql<string>`${name}`.as("name"),
+			externalId: sql<any>`${externalId}`,
+			order: sql<number>`${order}`,
+			seasonNumber: sql<number>`${seasonNumber}`,
+			episodeNumber: sql<number>`${episodeNumber}`,
+			name: sql<string>`${name}`,
 		})
 		.from(entries)
 		.innerJoin(transQ, eq(entries.pk, transQ.pk))
diff --git a/api/src/controllers/seed/insert/entries.ts b/api/src/controllers/seed/insert/entries.ts
index a17e41b6..126e2562 100644
--- a/api/src/controllers/seed/insert/entries.ts
+++ b/api/src/controllers/seed/insert/entries.ts
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ export const insertEntries = async (
 			entryPk: retEntries[i].pk,
 			entrySlug: retEntries[i].slug,
 			// The first video should not have a rendering.
-			needRendering: j && seed.videos!.length > 1,
+			needRendering: j !== 0 && seed.videos!.length > 1,
 		}));
 	});
 
diff --git a/api/src/controllers/shows/movies.ts b/api/src/controllers/shows/movies.ts
index 44e0c0f4..4d3eca69 100644
--- a/api/src/controllers/shows/movies.ts
+++ b/api/src/controllers/shows/movies.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export const movies = new Elysia({ prefix: "/movies", tags: ["movies"] })
 			if (!ret) {
 				return error(404, {
 					status: 404,
-					message: "Movie not found",
+					message: `No movie found with id or slug: '${id}'.`,
 				});
 			}
 			if (!ret.language) {
diff --git a/api/src/models/entry/episode.ts b/api/src/models/entry/episode.ts
index 8b07b74c..05478465 100644
--- a/api/src/models/entry/episode.ts
+++ b/api/src/models/entry/episode.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {
 	SeedImage,
 	TranslationRecord,
 } from "../utils";
-import { Video } from "../video";
+import { EmbeddedVideo } from "../video";
 import { BaseEntry, EntryTranslation } from "./base-entry";
 
 export const BaseEpisode = t.Intersect([
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export const Episode = t.Intersect([
 	EntryTranslation(),
 	BaseEpisode,
 	t.Object({
-		videos: t.Optional(t.Array(Video)),
+		videos: t.Optional(t.Array(EmbeddedVideo)),
 	}),
 	DbMetadata,
 ]);
diff --git a/api/src/models/entry/extra.ts b/api/src/models/entry/extra.ts
index 5f1d1007..72149a88 100644
--- a/api/src/models/entry/extra.ts
+++ b/api/src/models/entry/extra.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { type Prettify, comment } from "~/utils";
 import { madeInAbyss, registerExamples } from "../examples";
 import { DbMetadata, SeedImage } from "../utils";
 import { Resource } from "../utils/resource";
-import { Video } from "../video";
+import { EmbeddedVideo } from "../video";
 import { BaseEntry } from "./base-entry";
 
 export const ExtraType = t.UnionEnum([
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export const Extra = t.Intersect([
 	Resource(),
 	BaseExtra,
 	t.Object({
-		video: t.Optional(Video),
+		video: t.Optional(EmbeddedVideo),
 	}),
 	DbMetadata,
 ]);
diff --git a/api/src/models/entry/movie-entry.ts b/api/src/models/entry/movie-entry.ts
index 77447d91..ceab00c4 100644
--- a/api/src/models/entry/movie-entry.ts
+++ b/api/src/models/entry/movie-entry.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {
 	SeedImage,
 	TranslationRecord,
 } from "../utils";
-import { Video } from "../video";
+import { EmbeddedVideo } from "../video";
 import { BaseEntry, EntryTranslation } from "./base-entry";
 
 export const BaseMovieEntry = t.Intersect(
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export const MovieEntry = t.Intersect([
 	MovieEntryTranslation,
 	BaseMovieEntry,
 	t.Object({
-		videos: t.Optional(t.Array(Video)),
+		videos: t.Optional(t.Array(EmbeddedVideo)),
 	}),
 	DbMetadata,
 ]);
diff --git a/api/src/models/entry/special.ts b/api/src/models/entry/special.ts
index e9fb851f..c062f6d4 100644
--- a/api/src/models/entry/special.ts
+++ b/api/src/models/entry/special.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {
 	SeedImage,
 	TranslationRecord,
 } from "../utils";
-import { Video } from "../video";
+import { EmbeddedVideo } from "../video";
 import { BaseEntry, EntryTranslation } from "./base-entry";
 
 export const BaseSpecial = t.Intersect(
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export const Special = t.Intersect([
 	EntryTranslation(),
 	BaseSpecial,
 	t.Object({
-		videos: t.Optional(t.Array(Video)),
+		videos: t.Optional(t.Array(EmbeddedVideo)),
 	}),
 	DbMetadata,
 ]);
diff --git a/api/src/models/entry/unknown-entry.ts b/api/src/models/entry/unknown-entry.ts
index efe1d380..e845a438 100644
--- a/api/src/models/entry/unknown-entry.ts
+++ b/api/src/models/entry/unknown-entry.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { t } from "elysia";
 import { type Prettify, comment } from "~/utils";
 import { bubbleImages, registerExamples, youtubeExample } from "../examples";
 import { DbMetadata, Resource } from "../utils";
+import { EmbeddedVideo } from "../video";
 import { BaseEntry, EntryTranslation } from "./base-entry";
 
 export const BaseUnknownEntry = t.Intersect(
@@ -27,6 +28,9 @@ export const UnknownEntry = t.Intersect([
 	Resource(),
 	UnknownEntryTranslation,
 	BaseUnknownEntry,
+	t.Object({
+		video: t.Optional(EmbeddedVideo),
+	}),
 	DbMetadata,
 ]);
 export type UnknownEntry = Prettify<typeof UnknownEntry.static>;
diff --git a/api/src/models/video.ts b/api/src/models/video.ts
index 7f8f6681..6822cbb2 100644
--- a/api/src/models/video.ts
+++ b/api/src/models/video.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export const SeedVideo = t.Object({
 					season: t.Optional(t.Array(t.Integer(), { default: [] })),
 					episode: t.Optional(t.Array(t.Integer(), { default: [] })),
 					// TODO: maybe replace "extra" with the `extraKind` value (aka behind-the-scene, trailer, etc)
-					type: t.Optional(t.UnionEnum(["episode", "movie", "extra"])),
+					kind: t.Optional(t.UnionEnum(["episode", "movie", "extra"])),
 
 					from: t.String({
 						description: "Name of the tool that made the guess",
@@ -71,4 +71,8 @@ export type SeedVideo = typeof SeedVideo.static;
 export const Video = t.Intersect([Resource(), SeedVideo, DbMetadata]);
 export type Video = Prettify<typeof Video.static>;
 
+// type used in entry responses
+export const EmbeddedVideo = t.Omit(Video, ["createdAt", "updatedAt"]);
+export type EmbeddedVideo = Prettify<typeof EmbeddedVideo.static>;
+
 registerExamples(Video, bubbleVideo);
diff --git a/api/tests/manual.ts b/api/tests/manual.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0fcd9d2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/tests/manual.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { db, migrate } from "~/db";
+import { shows, videos } from "~/db/schema";
+import { madeInAbyss, madeInAbyssVideo } from "~/models/examples";
+import { createSerie, createVideo } from "./helpers";
+
+// test file used to run manually using `bun tests/manual.ts`
+
+await migrate();
+await db.delete(shows);
+await db.delete(videos);
+
+const [_, vid] = await createVideo(madeInAbyssVideo);
+console.log(vid);
+const [__, ser] = await createSerie(madeInAbyss);
+console.log(ser);
diff --git a/api/tests/movies/get-movie.test.ts b/api/tests/movies/get-movie.test.ts
index 2d9c8e54..b282c882 100644
--- a/api/tests/movies/get-movie.test.ts
+++ b/api/tests/movies/get-movie.test.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ describe("Get movie", () => {
 		expectStatus(resp, body).toBe(404);
 		expect(body).toMatchObject({
 			status: 404,
-			message: "Movie not found",
+			message: expect.any(String),
 		});
 	});
 	it("Retrive by slug", async () => {
diff --git a/api/tests/series/get-entries.test.ts b/api/tests/series/get-entries.test.ts
index f22416b9..d8dce9cd 100644
--- a/api/tests/series/get-entries.test.ts
+++ b/api/tests/series/get-entries.test.ts
@@ -3,12 +3,19 @@ import { createSerie, createVideo, getEntries, getExtras } from "tests/helpers";
 import { expectStatus } from "tests/utils";
 import { db } from "~/db";
 import { shows, videos } from "~/db/schema";
-import { madeInAbyss, madeInAbyssVideo } from "~/models/examples";
+import { madeInAbyss as base, madeInAbyssVideo } from "~/models/examples";
+
+// make a copy so we can mutate it.
+const madeInAbyss = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(base)) as typeof base;
 
 beforeAll(async () => {
 	await db.delete(shows);
 	await db.delete(videos);
-	console.log(await createVideo(madeInAbyssVideo));
+	const [_, vid] = await createVideo(madeInAbyssVideo);
+	for (const entry of madeInAbyss.entries.filter((x) => x.videos?.length))
+		entry.videos = [vid[0].id];
+	for (const entry of madeInAbyss.extras.filter((x) => x.video))
+		entry.video = vid[0].id;
 	await createSerie(madeInAbyss);
 });