How to break out of an async series inside an async.each loop - node.js

I need to skip functions or breakout of a an async.series, and was wondering how I should go about it. I have an array of items that I need to iterate through. I put that list in a async.each function. Each item in the array then goes through a list of functions needed before moving on, in a series (as info from one is needed in the next). But in some cases, I only need to go through the first function, then if a condition isn't met (example, it is a category we don't use), then callback to the async.each loop for the next item. Here is an example of my code:

exports.process_items = function(req, res, next){
var user = res.locals.user;
var system = res.locals.system;
var likes = JSON.parse(res.locals.likes);
var thecat;

 //process each item
 async.each(items, function(item, callback){
   //with each item, run a series of functions on it...
   thecat = item.category;

   async.series([
    //Get the category based on the ID from the DB...
    function(callback) {
        //do stuff
        callback(); 
    },

    //before running other functions, is it an approved category?
    //if it is not an approved category, SKIP THE OTHER FUNCTIONS IN THE LIST (but how?)
    function(callback) {
         //do stuff
         callback();
    },

     //some other functionality run on that item, 
    function(callback){
        //do stuff
        callback():
    }


  ], function(err) {
    if (err) return next(err);
    console.log("done with series of functions, next item in the list please");
});

//for each like callback...
callback();

}, function(err){
     //no errors
  });
}