'Parse the user\'s `season_packs` option, and turn it in to a more useful form.'

def season_pack_opts(self, season_packs):

    if (season_packs in [False, None]):
        return False
    opts = {u'threshold': 0, u'reject_eps': False}
    if (season_packs is True):
        return opts
    elif isinstance(season_packs, int):
        opts[u'threshold'] = season_packs
    elif isinstance(season_packs, str):
        if (season_packs == u'always'):
            opts[u'threshold'] = sys.maxsize
        else:
            opts[u'reject_eps'] = True
    elif isinstance(season_packs, dict):
        opts = season_packs
    return opts
