diff --git a/src/game/game.ts b/src/game/game.ts
index 32d87f3..543f9f9 100644
--- a/src/game/game.ts
+++ b/src/game/game.ts
@@ -98,8 +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;
+  /** Rush hour: ticket one's total, parked on the pass while you cook two. */
+  private rushFirst: number | null = null;
   private demoSnapshot: string | null = null;
   private rng = new Rng(20260716);
   private order!: Order;
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ export class Game {
         this.beginDay();
         return;
       }
-      if (this.rushFirst) {
+      if (this.rushFirst !== null) {
         // 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();
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ export class Game {
     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 rng2 = this.rushFirst !== null ? new Rng(((day * 2654435761) ^ 0x9e3779b9) >>> 0) : dayRng;
     const o =
       day <= DAYS.length
         ? DAYS[day - 1]
@@ -1014,6 +1014,28 @@ export class Game {
         extras.push('The starter is lively — the crumb held. (+0.2. She did that, not you.)');
       } else if (gap >= 3 && toastDay) extras.push('The jar says nothing today. It is sulking, and the crumb knows.');
     }
+    // RUSH HOUR (endless only): the day dealt TWO tickets. The first verdict
+    // goes on the pass — no streak, no book, no star, nothing written — and
+    // the second closes the pair. The first decays for every second it sat
+    // while you cooked. Only the PAIR reaches the streak, the regulars'
+    // book, the Shadow star and the ledger: one service, one line.
+    if (this.rushDay(this.order.day) && !this.dailyDate) {
+      if (this.rushFirst === null) {
+        this.rushFirst = v.total;
+        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 - decay) * 10) / 10);
+      extras.push(`Ticket one sat ${Math.round(passSec)}s on the pass: ${this.rushFirst.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;
+    }
     // The streak. He notices. He hates that he notices.
     const prev = this.save.streak ?? 0;
     if (v.grade === 'S') {
@@ -1046,26 +1068,6 @@ 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;
@@ -1086,7 +1088,7 @@ 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.');
+    if (this.rushDay(o.day) && !this.dailyDate) el('div', 'ticket-critic', this.ticketEl, this.rushFirst !== null ? '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');