Suggestion: How to Handle Episode Numbers for BONUS Content

There are hundreds of podcasts and YouTube channels that self-number their episodes, but also provide BONUS content.

This makes things difficult for IMDb contributors. Should we leave the episode-number field blank? Should we add episode numbers?

The trouble with adding episode numbers is they will conflict with the pre-existing episode numbers.

See the screenshot below. You can see the producers of "The Michael Knowles Show" have given the three most recent REGULAR episodes the numbers #1277, #1278, and #1279. The REGULAR episodes are followed by two BONUS episodes.

As a contributor, I have two choices for the BONUS episodes.

(1) I can leave the episode-number field blank. (Currently, the best choice.)
(2) I can number the two BONUS episodes #1280 and #1281.

The trouble with choosing (2) is: the pre-existing numbers on the next two REGULAR episodes will also be #1280 and #1281. I would have to give these REGULAR episodes numbers that are different from the pre-existing ones.

If IMDb used episode numbers that differed from the pre-existing ones, it would be a nightmare of confusion.

May I suggest giving us the option of putting the word BONUS in the episode number field?