@JoeDaddy782,
Joe you might invest in a voltmeter. Many a breaker looks ON when it's really OFF. Furthermore shutting it OFF then back ON doesn't necessarily turn it back ON--unless stroke performed more vigorously--but even then if there's a downstream short it may instantly again revert to OFF
Also a voltmeter will help distinguish one circuit (which you've called "series") from another, eg, if there's 220 v, (here) or 440v (there) between two hots then they're opposite phases