diff --git a/src/game/game.ts b/src/game/game.ts
index 49b0707..32d87f3 100644
--- a/src/game/game.ts
+++ b/src/game/game.ts
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ export class Game {
   private demoMode = false;
   /** The Inspector's Shadow: the kitchen's words go dark; you cook by eye and ear. */
   private shadowMode = false;
+  /** Rush hour: ticket one's verdict, parked on the pass while you cook two. */
+  private rushFirst: { total: number; seconds: number } | null = null;
   private demoSnapshot: string | null = null;
   private rng = new Rng(20260716);
   private order!: Order;
@@ -204,6 +206,12 @@ export class Game {
         this.beginDay();
         return;
       }
+      if (this.rushFirst) {
+        // Ticket two of the rush: same day, different deal, the clock restarts
+        // but the FIRST ticket's decay is measured by ticket two's service.
+        this.beginDay();
+        return;
+      }
       this.save.day++;
       this.save.maxDay = Math.max(this.save.maxDay, this.save.day);
       writeSave(this.save);
@@ -452,10 +460,6 @@ export class Game {
     const v = judgeBruschetta(slice, this.order, this.kitchen.toolId, seconds, result);
     this.lastBruschetta = { result, verdict: v };
     this.recordVerdict(v);
-    this.save.total += v.total;
-    const key = `day${this.order.day}`;
-    this.save.best[key] = Math.max(this.save.best[key] ?? 0, v.total);
-    writeSave(this.save);
 
     this.hideTempToggle();
     this.hideAllScenes();
@@ -514,6 +518,7 @@ export class Game {
 
   /** Test hook: jump straight to a day, through the real order table. */
   setDay(day: number): void {
+    this.rushFirst = null;
     this.save.day = day;
     this.save.maxDay = Math.max(this.save.maxDay ?? day, day);
     writeSave(this.save);
@@ -586,6 +591,7 @@ export class Game {
   }
 
   startDaily(): void {
+    this.rushFirst = null;
     const date = new Date().toISOString().slice(0, 10);
     this.dailyDate = date;
     let h = 2166136261;
@@ -642,10 +648,13 @@ export class Game {
     // re-deals the identical order (no reroll-scumming), and the harness can
     // reproduce any day by number.
     const dayRng = new Rng((day * 2654435761) >>> 0);
+    // Ticket two of a rush re-deals the same day from a twisted seed — a
+    // different order, deterministically, so reloads still can't scum it.
+    const rng2 = this.rushFirst ? new Rng(((day * 2654435761) ^ 0x9e3779b9) >>> 0) : dayRng;
     const o =
       day <= DAYS.length
         ? DAYS[day - 1]
-        : proceduralOrder(day, () => dayRng.next());
+        : proceduralOrder(day, () => rng2.next());
     if (!o.text) o.text = `${o.browningName}, ${o.amount} ${o.spread === 'mitey' ? 'MITEY' : o.spread}. ${o.noChar ? 'No burnt bits.' : ''}`;
     this.order = o;
     this.orderSeconds = 0;
@@ -734,10 +743,6 @@ export class Game {
     const slice = this.kitchen.currentSlice;
     const v = judgeBenedict(slice, this.order, poach, seconds);
     this.recordVerdict(v);
-    this.save.total += v.total;
-    const key = `day${this.order.day}`;
-    this.save.best[key] = Math.max(this.save.best[key] ?? 0, v.total);
-    writeSave(this.save);
     this.hideAllScenes();
     this.judgeView.root.visible = true;
     this.judgeView.show(slice, v, this.order, this.kitchen.toolId, () => this.rng.next());
@@ -765,10 +770,6 @@ export class Game {
     const slice = this.kitchen.currentSlice;
     const v = judgePoach(result, this.order, seconds);
     this.recordVerdict(v);
-    this.save.total += v.total;
-    const key = `day${this.order.day}`;
-    this.save.best[key] = Math.max(this.save.best[key] ?? 0, v.total);
-    writeSave(this.save);
     this.hideAllScenes();
     this.judgeView.root.visible = true;
     this.judgeView.show(slice, v, this.order, this.kitchen.toolId, () => this.rng.next());
@@ -797,10 +798,6 @@ export class Game {
     const slice = this.kitchen.currentSlice;
     const v = judgeEggs(result, this.order, seconds);
     this.recordVerdict(v);
-    this.save.total += v.total;
-    const key = `day${this.order.day}`;
-    this.save.best[key] = Math.max(this.save.best[key] ?? 0, v.total);
-    writeSave(this.save);
     this.hideAllScenes();
     this.judgeView.root.visible = true;
     this.judgeView.show(slice, v, this.order, this.kitchen.toolId, () => this.rng.next());
@@ -840,10 +837,6 @@ export class Game {
     const slice = this.kitchen.currentSlice;
     const v = judgeSteak(result, this.order, seconds);
     this.recordVerdict(v);
-    this.save.total += v.total;
-    const key = `day${this.order.day}`;
-    this.save.best[key] = Math.max(this.save.best[key] ?? 0, v.total);
-    writeSave(this.save);
     this.hideAllScenes();
     this.judgeView.root.visible = true;
     this.judgeView.show(slice, v, this.order, this.kitchen.toolId, () => this.rng.next());
@@ -874,10 +867,6 @@ export class Game {
     this.save.fridge = serializeStore(result.store);
     const v = judgeFridge(result, this.order, seconds);
     this.recordVerdict(v);
-    this.save.total += v.total;
-    const key = `day${this.order.day}`;
-    this.save.best[key] = Math.max(this.save.best[key] ?? 0, v.total);
-    writeSave(this.save);
     this.hideAllScenes();
     this.judgeView.root.visible = true;
     this.judgeView.show(slice, v, this.order, this.kitchen.toolId, () => this.rng.next());
@@ -926,10 +915,6 @@ export class Game {
     const slice = this.kitchen.currentSlice;
     const v = judgePan(result, this.order, seconds, this.panIngredient ?? undefined);
     this.recordVerdict(v);
-    this.save.total += v.total;
-    const key = `day${this.order.day}`;
-    this.save.best[key] = Math.max(this.save.best[key] ?? 0, v.total);
-    writeSave(this.save);
     this.hideAllScenes();
     this.judgeView.root.visible = true;
     this.judgeView.show(slice, v, this.order, this.kitchen.toolId, () => this.rng.next());
@@ -957,10 +942,6 @@ export class Game {
     const slice = this.kitchen.currentSlice;
     const v = judgeGrill(result, this.order, seconds);
     this.recordVerdict(v);
-    this.save.total += v.total;
-    const key = `day${this.order.day}`;
-    this.save.best[key] = Math.max(this.save.best[key] ?? 0, v.total);
-    writeSave(this.save);
 
     this.hideAllScenes();
     this.judgeView.root.visible = true;
@@ -1065,8 +1046,38 @@ export class Game {
       d[this.dailyDate] = Math.max(d[this.dailyDate] ?? 0, v.total);
       extras.push('The Daily. Same deal for everyone today — come back tomorrow.');
     }
+    // RUSH HOUR (endless only): the day dealt TWO tickets. The first verdict
+    // goes on the pass; the second closes the pair — and the first decays for
+    // every second it sat there while you cooked. One combined line in the book.
+    if (this.rushDay(this.order.day) && !this.dailyDate) {
+      if (!this.rushFirst) {
+        this.rushFirst = { total: v.total, seconds: this.orderSeconds };
+        extras.push('Ticket one, on the pass. The second is already up — NEXT. Cook.');
+        this.judgeView.extraLines = extras;
+        this.judgeView.shareText = '';
+        return; // nothing is written until the pair closes
+      }
+      const passSec = this.orderSeconds;
+      const decay = Math.min(1.5, (passSec / 60) * 0.5);
+      const aAdj = Math.max(0, Math.round((this.rushFirst.total - decay) * 10) / 10);
+      extras.push(`Ticket one sat ${Math.round(passSec)}s on the pass: ${this.rushFirst.total.toFixed(1)} fell to ${aAdj.toFixed(1)}.`);
+      v.total = Math.round(((aAdj + v.total) / 2) * 10) / 10;
+      v.grade = gradeOf(v.total);
+      extras.push('Two tickets, one verdict — the rush is scored as a pair.');
+      this.rushFirst = null;
+    }
     this.judgeView.extraLines = extras;
     this.judgeView.shareText = this.shareLine(v);
+    this.save.total += v.total;
+    const key = `day${this.order.day}`;
+    this.save.best[key] = Math.max(this.save.best[key] ?? 0, v.total);
+    writeSave(this.save);
+  }
+
+  /** Endless-only, deterministic by day number: ~1 in 4 days past the card
+   *  are a rush, never on a Critic day (one cruelty at a time). */
+  private rushDay(day: number): boolean {
+    return day > DAYS.length && day % 10 !== 0 && ((day * 2654435761) >>> 0) % 4 === 1;
   }
 
   private renderTicket(): void {
@@ -1075,6 +1086,7 @@ export class Game {
     el('div', 'ticket-day', this.ticketEl, `DAY ${o.day}`);
     el('div', 'ticket-who', this.ticketEl, o.who);
     if (o.day % 10 === 0 && !this.dailyDate) el('div', 'ticket-critic', this.ticketEl, 'THE CRITIC is in today. The flaw will be the headline.');
+    if (this.rushDay(o.day) && !this.dailyDate) el('div', 'ticket-critic', this.ticketEl, this.rushFirst ? 'TICKET TWO — the first is dying on the pass.' : 'RUSH HOUR — two tickets on the rail. The first will wait for the second.');
     const demos = (window as unknown as { __t?: { demos?: Record<number, unknown> } }).__t?.demos;
     if (!this.demoMode && demos && demos[o.day]) {
       const watch = el('button', 'btn ghost watch-btn', this.ticketEl, '▶ watch him do it');
@@ -1150,10 +1162,6 @@ export class Game {
     const extra = this.juiceResult ? juiceCriteria(this.juiceResult) : [];
     const v = judge(slice, this.order, this.kitchen.toolId, seconds, this.prepResult ?? undefined, extra);
     this.recordVerdict(v);
-    this.save.total += v.total;
-    const key = `day${this.order.day}`;
-    this.save.best[key] = Math.max(this.save.best[key] ?? 0, v.total);
-    writeSave(this.save);
 
     this.kitchen.root.visible = false;
     this.judgeView.root.visible = true;