diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2bbab29..ba7a1fe 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -203,6 +203,18 @@ Foxyz left"). A Jellyfin item needs someone with an account on that
 server. Up next is kept by the server while it runs; restarting the
 server empties it.
 
+## Schedule
+
+The week's airing anime, one column per day (AniList), each episode
+marked with what the Jellyfin server has of it when AnimeFlow is
+connected (Settings, Jellyfin & integrations): **on Jellyfin** (Put it
+up, right-click to queue), **downloading**, **waiting for release**
+(aired in Japan, AnimeFlow downloads it by itself once a release
+appears), **failed**, **not monitored** (Request asks AnimeFlow for it),
+or the time left until it airs. A show AnimeFlow does not follow can be asked for with **Request
+series**. Episodes you already watched on Jellyfin carry a check on the
+cover; one you started shows how far you got.
+
 ## Dedicated server
 
 For an always-on box (no display needed): the release tarball also contains
diff --git a/apps/desktop/lib/src/schedule/animeflow.dart b/apps/desktop/lib/src/schedule/animeflow.dart
index 2dfa009..13dee92 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/lib/src/schedule/animeflow.dart
+++ b/apps/desktop/lib/src/schedule/animeflow.dart
@@ -198,6 +198,8 @@ class AnimeFlowEpisode {
   final int episode;
   final int? absolute;
   final String? title;
+  /// Date-only: midnight Japan time of the broadcast day. Compare it as a
+  /// Japan day (`sameAirDay` in schedule_model.dart), never a local one.
   final DateTime? airDate;
   /// The AniList entry of this episode's season (one AnimeFlow series may
   /// span several AniList entries).
diff --git a/apps/desktop/lib/src/schedule/schedule_model.dart b/apps/desktop/lib/src/schedule/schedule_model.dart
index 248bb79..31f4d88 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/lib/src/schedule/schedule_model.dart
+++ b/apps/desktop/lib/src/schedule/schedule_model.dart
@@ -12,8 +12,12 @@ enum ScheduleStatus {
   available,
   downloading,
   upcoming,
+  /// AnimeFlow's `missing`: aired, monitored, no release grabbed yet;
+  /// AnimeFlow grabs it by itself once one appears (nothing to request).
+  /// Also an aired episode of a tracked series AnimeFlow has no row for.
   missing,
   failed,
+  /// AnimeFlow does not monitor it: the only status worth a Request.
   unmonitored,
   /// AnimeFlow does not track this series (or is unreachable).
   notTracked,
@@ -53,11 +57,15 @@ class ScheduleEntry {
   /// The AnimeFlow season of the matched episode (requests); untracked
   /// on Jellyfin: the TVDB season of the AniList entry.
   final int? season;
-  /// Untracked on Jellyfin: the TVDB episode number in [season] (AniList
-  /// episode + the `anilist_map` run's offset).
+  /// The TVDB episode number in [season]: tracked, AnimeFlow's own;
+  /// untracked on Jellyfin, AniList episode + the `anilist_map` run's
+  /// offset.
   final int? jellyfinEpisode;
   /// Play target once available.
   final String? jellyfinSeriesId;
+  /// This user's progress on the Jellyfin episode ([confirmOnJellyfin]);
+  /// null when it is not on Jellyfin or was not looked up.
+  final EpisodeWatch? watch;
   /// The series is on Jellyfin (tracked or not).
   bool get onJellyfin => jellyfinSeriesId != null;
 
@@ -71,11 +79,12 @@ class ScheduleEntry {
     this.season,
     this.jellyfinEpisode,
     this.jellyfinSeriesId,
+    this.watch,
   });
 
-  ScheduleEntry withStatus(ScheduleStatus s) => ScheduleEntry(
+  ScheduleEntry copyWith({ScheduleStatus? status, EpisodeWatch? watch}) => ScheduleEntry(
         airing: airing,
-        status: s,
+        status: status ?? this.status,
         progress: progress,
         reason: reason,
         tracked: tracked,
@@ -83,6 +92,7 @@ class ScheduleEntry {
         season: season,
         jellyfinEpisode: jellyfinEpisode,
         jellyfinSeriesId: jellyfinSeriesId,
+        watch: watch ?? this.watch,
       );
 
   @override
@@ -95,11 +105,59 @@ ScheduleEntry untrackedEntry(Airing a, DateTime now) => ScheduleEntry(
       status: a.airingAt.isAfter(now) ? ScheduleStatus.upcoming : ScheduleStatus.notTracked,
     );
 
-String _day(DateTime d) {
-  final l = d.toLocal();
-  return '${l.year}-${l.month}-${l.day}';
+/// This user's state of a Jellyfin episode (its `UserData`).
+class EpisodeWatch {
+  final bool played;
+  /// 0..1: the resume point of a partly watched episode (0 = none).
+  final double progress;
+  const EpisodeWatch({this.played = false, this.progress = 0});
+
+  @override
+  bool operator ==(Object other) => other is EpisodeWatch && other.played == played && other.progress == progress;
+  @override
+  int get hashCode => Object.hash(played, progress);
+  @override
+  String toString() => 'EpisodeWatch(${played ? 'played' : '$progress'})';
 }
 
+/// One episode Jellyfin has of a series, as the schedule needs it.
+class JellyfinEpisodeRef {
+  final int season;
+  final int episode;
+  /// Jellyfin's date-only premiere date.
+  final DateTime? premiere;
+  final EpisodeWatch watch;
+  const JellyfinEpisodeRef(this.season, this.episode, {this.premiere, this.watch = const EpisodeWatch()});
+}
+
+// Air dates (AnimeFlow's `air_date`, Jellyfin's premiere date) are
+// date-only: the Japanese broadcast day, sent as midnight Japan time (or
+// midnight UTC by older servers). Both land on the right day read as a
+// Japan (UTC+9, no DST) calendar day, never as a local one: midnight JST
+// is the evening before in Europe and America.
+const _jst = Duration(hours: 9);
+
+/// The Japan calendar day of [t].
+DateTime _jstDay(DateTime t) {
+  final j = t.toUtc().add(_jst);
+  return DateTime.utc(j.year, j.month, j.day);
+}
+
+String _dayKey(DateTime d) => '${d.year}-${d.month}-${d.day}';
+
+/// The Japan days whose air date fits a broadcast at [airingAt]: its own
+/// and, for a late-night slot (before 05:00 JST, "25:30"), the evening
+/// before, which listings often give.
+List<DateTime> _airDays(DateTime airingAt) {
+  final j = airingAt.toUtc().add(_jst);
+  final d = DateTime.utc(j.year, j.month, j.day);
+  return [d, if (j.hour < 5) DateTime.utc(j.year, j.month, j.day - 1)];
+}
+
+/// The date-only [airDate] is the broadcast day of [airingAt] (see
+/// [_airDays]).
+bool sameAirDay(DateTime airDate, DateTime airingAt) => _airDays(airingAt).contains(_jstDay(airDate));
+
 class _SeriesRef {
   final int seriesId;
   final String? jellyfinSeriesId;
@@ -155,7 +213,7 @@ List<ScheduleEntry> matchSchedule(
     }
     byEp.putIfAbsent('$id#${e.episode}', () => it);
     if (e.absolute != null) byAbs.putIfAbsent('$id#${e.absolute}', () => it);
-    if (e.airDate != null) byDay.putIfAbsent('$id@${_day(e.airDate!)}', () => it);
+    if (e.airDate != null) byDay.putIfAbsent('$id@${_dayKey(_jstDay(e.airDate!))}', () => it);
   }
   return [
     for (final a in airings)
@@ -164,7 +222,9 @@ List<ScheduleEntry> matchSchedule(
         final ref = refs[id];
         final it = numbered.contains(id)
             ? byAni['$id#${a.episode}']
-            : byEp['$id#${a.episode}'] ?? byAbs['$id#${a.episode}'] ?? byDay['$id@${_day(a.airingAt)}'];
+            : byEp['$id#${a.episode}'] ??
+                byAbs['$id#${a.episode}'] ??
+                _airDays(a.airingAt).map((d) => byDay['$id@${_dayKey(d)}']).nonNulls.firstOrNull;
         if (it != null) {
           final e = it.episode;
           return ScheduleEntry(
@@ -175,6 +235,7 @@ List<ScheduleEntry> matchSchedule(
             tracked: true,
             seriesId: it.seriesId,
             season: e.season,
+            jellyfinEpisode: e.episode,
             jellyfinSeriesId: it.jellyfinSeriesId ?? ref?.jellyfinSeriesId ?? lib[id]?.$1,
           );
         }
@@ -200,26 +261,45 @@ List<ScheduleEntry> matchSchedule(
   ];
 }
 
-/// Checks [matchSchedule]'s [ScheduleStatus.inLibrary] entries (series
-/// on Jellyfin) against the episodes Jellyfin has: [episodes] maps a
-/// Jellyfin series id to its (season, episode) numbers. Found stays
-/// inLibrary, absent becomes [ScheduleStatus.notOnJellyfin], a series
-/// missing from [episodes] (not looked up) [ScheduleStatus.aired].
-List<ScheduleEntry> confirmOnJellyfin(List<ScheduleEntry> entries, Map<String, Set<(int, int)>> episodes) => [
+/// The episodes [confirmOnJellyfin] looks up: on Jellyfin, untracked
+/// ([ScheduleStatus.inLibrary]) or available through AnimeFlow.
+bool needsJellyfinLookup(ScheduleEntry e) =>
+    e.jellyfinSeriesId != null && (e.status == ScheduleStatus.inLibrary || e.status == ScheduleStatus.available);
+
+/// Checks [matchSchedule]'s entries against the episodes Jellyfin has:
+/// [episodes] maps a Jellyfin series id to its episodes. An
+/// [ScheduleStatus.inLibrary] one found stays inLibrary, absent becomes
+/// [ScheduleStatus.notOnJellyfin], a series missing from [episodes] (not
+/// looked up) [ScheduleStatus.aired]. Found episodes (inLibrary or
+/// available) get this user's [ScheduleEntry.watch]: (season, episode),
+/// else the one premiered that day.
+List<ScheduleEntry> confirmOnJellyfin(List<ScheduleEntry> entries, Map<String, List<JellyfinEpisodeRef>> episodes) => [
       for (final e in entries)
-        if (e.status != ScheduleStatus.inLibrary)
+        if (!needsJellyfinLookup(e))
           e
         else
-          switch (episodes[e.jellyfinSeriesId]) {
-            null => e.withStatus(ScheduleStatus.aired),
-            final have when have.contains((e.season, e.jellyfinEpisode)) => e,
-            _ => e.withStatus(ScheduleStatus.notOnJellyfin),
+          switch ((episodes[e.jellyfinSeriesId], e.status)) {
+            (null, ScheduleStatus.inLibrary) => e.copyWith(status: ScheduleStatus.aired),
+            (null, _) => e,
+            (final have?, _) => switch (_episodeOf(have, e)) {
+                final x? => e.copyWith(watch: x.watch),
+                null when e.status == ScheduleStatus.inLibrary => e.copyWith(status: ScheduleStatus.notOnJellyfin),
+                null => e,
+              },
           },
     ];
 
-/// The (season, episode) numbers Jellyfin has of a series; null when it
-/// cannot tell (no linked account for that server).
-typedef JellyfinEpisodeLookup = Future<Set<(int, int)>?> Function(String jellyfinSeriesId);
+JellyfinEpisodeRef? _episodeOf(List<JellyfinEpisodeRef> have, ScheduleEntry e) {
+  final byNumber = have.where((x) => x.season == e.season && x.episode == e.jellyfinEpisode).firstOrNull;
+  if (byNumber != null || !e.tracked) return byNumber;
+  // AnimeFlow's numbering missed (specials, renumbered seasons): the
+  // episode premiered that day, when only one did.
+  return have.where((x) => x.premiere != null && sameAirDay(x.premiere!, e.airing.airingAt)).singleOrNull;
+}
+
+/// The episodes Jellyfin has of a series, as the linked account sees
+/// them; null when it cannot tell (no linked account for that server).
+typedef JellyfinEpisodeLookup = Future<List<JellyfinEpisodeRef>?> Function(String jellyfinSeriesId);
 
 /// One loaded window. Errors are display text; [entries] is empty only
 /// when AniList failed with nothing cached.
@@ -262,8 +342,9 @@ class ScheduleRepository {
   final AniListClient aniList;
   /// Null = not configured (AniList only).
   final AnimeFlowClient? animeFlow;
-  /// Confirms "on Jellyfin" per episode ([confirmOnJellyfin]); null =
-  /// never confirmed (aired entries read [ScheduleStatus.aired]).
+  /// Confirms "on Jellyfin" and this user's watched state per episode
+  /// ([confirmOnJellyfin]); null = never confirmed (aired entries read
+  /// [ScheduleStatus.aired], nothing shows as watched).
   final JellyfinEpisodeLookup? jellyfinEpisodes;
   final DateTime Function() _now;
 
@@ -303,15 +384,16 @@ class ScheduleRepository {
     );
   }
 
-  /// Looks up the episodes of every series an inLibrary entry is on, in
-  /// parallel; a failed or impossible lookup leaves that series out.
+  /// Looks up the episodes of every series an entry on Jellyfin is on
+  /// ([needsJellyfinLookup]), in parallel, one request per series; a
+  /// failed or impossible lookup leaves that series out.
   Future<List<ScheduleEntry>> _confirm(List<ScheduleEntry> entries) async {
     final lookup = jellyfinEpisodes;
     final ids = {
       for (final e in entries)
-        if (e.status == ScheduleStatus.inLibrary && e.jellyfinSeriesId != null) e.jellyfinSeriesId!,
+        if (needsJellyfinLookup(e)) e.jellyfinSeriesId!,
     };
-    final found = <String, Set<(int, int)>>{};
+    final found = <String, List<JellyfinEpisodeRef>>{};
     if (lookup != null) {
       await Future.wait([
         for (final id in ids)
diff --git a/apps/desktop/lib/src/schedule/ui/schedule_actions.dart b/apps/desktop/lib/src/schedule/ui/schedule_actions.dart
index 29b0fe1..0e063ea 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/lib/src/schedule/ui/schedule_actions.dart
+++ b/apps/desktop/lib/src/schedule/ui/schedule_actions.dart
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import 'package:sync_relay_core/core.dart';
 
 import '../../jellyfin/accounts.dart';
-import '../../jellyfin/format.dart' show pickFor;
+import '../../jellyfin/format.dart' show pickFor, progressOf;
 import '../../screens/home/picked_media.dart';
 import '../anilist.dart';
 import '../animeflow.dart';
@@ -47,14 +47,9 @@ String friendlyError(Object e) => switch (e) {
   _ => '$e',
 };
 
-bool _sameDay(DateTime a, DateTime b) {
-  final x = a.toLocal(), y = b.toLocal();
-  return x.year == y.year && x.month == y.month && x.day == y.day;
-}
-
 /// AnimeFlow's episode for [e] (its season and numbering), from the
 /// series detail: same AniList id and episode, else absolute number, else
-/// the same air day. Null when the entry is not tracked or nothing fits.
+/// the same air day ([sameAirDay]). Null when the entry is not tracked or nothing fits.
 Future<AnimeFlowEpisode?> flowEpisodeFor(AnimeFlowClient client, ScheduleEntry e) async {
   final id = e.seriesId;
   if (id == null) return null;
@@ -63,7 +58,7 @@ Future<AnimeFlowEpisode?> flowEpisodeFor(AnimeFlowClient client, ScheduleEntry e
   final mine = eps.where((x) => x.anilistId == null || x.anilistId == a.anilistId).toList();
   return mine.where((x) => x.anilistId == a.anilistId && x.episode == a.episode).firstOrNull ??
       mine.where((x) => x.absolute == a.episode).firstOrNull ??
-      mine.where((x) => x.airDate != null && _sameDay(x.airDate!, a.airingAt)).firstOrNull;
+      mine.where((x) => x.airDate != null && sameAirDay(x.airDate!, a.airingAt)).firstOrNull;
 }
 
 /// The (season, episode) AnimeFlow uses for [e]; falls back to the
@@ -112,11 +107,13 @@ JellyfinAccount? jellyfinAccountFor(JellyfinAccounts accounts, AnimeFlowClient?
   return accounts.defaultAccount;
 }
 
-/// The (season, episode) numbers of the episodes Jellyfin has of
-/// [jellyfinSeriesId], seen by the account AnimeFlow's ids belong to
-/// ([jellyfinAccountFor]); null without a linked account. One request per
-/// series, memoised a few minutes ([JellyfinAccounts.cached]).
-Future<Set<(int, int)>?> jellyfinEpisodeNumbers(
+/// The episodes Jellyfin has of [jellyfinSeriesId] (numbers, premiere
+/// date, this user's watched state), seen by the account AnimeFlow's ids
+/// belong to ([jellyfinAccountFor]): the user's own; null without a
+/// linked account. One request per series, memoised a few minutes
+/// ([JellyfinAccounts.cached]; a stop report drops it,
+/// [JellyfinAccounts.watched]).
+Future<List<JellyfinEpisodeRef>?> jellyfinScheduleEpisodes(
   JellyfinAccounts accounts,
   AnimeFlowClient? flow,
   String jellyfinSeriesId,
@@ -125,10 +122,20 @@ Future<Set<(int, int)>?> jellyfinEpisodeNumbers(
   final account = jellyfinAccountFor(accounts, flow);
   final client = account == null ? null : accounts.clientFor(account.serverId);
   if (account == null || client == null) return null;
-  return accounts.cached(account.serverId, 'schedule-episodes:$jellyfinSeriesId', () async => {
-    for (final x in await client.episodes(jellyfinSeriesId))
-      if (x.parentIndexNumber != null && x.indexNumber != null) (x.parentIndexNumber!, x.indexNumber!),
-  });
+  return accounts.cached(
+    account.serverId,
+    'schedule-episodes:$jellyfinSeriesId',
+    () async => [
+      for (final x in await client.episodes(jellyfinSeriesId))
+        if (x.parentIndexNumber != null && x.indexNumber != null)
+          JellyfinEpisodeRef(
+            x.parentIndexNumber!,
+            x.indexNumber!,
+            premiere: x.premiereDate,
+            watch: EpisodeWatch(played: x.userData.played, progress: x.userData.played ? 0 : progressOf(x)),
+          ),
+    ],
+  );
 }
 
 /// The Jellyfin episode of an available [e] as a media pick. Throws
@@ -153,7 +160,7 @@ Future<JellyfinMedia> resolveJellyfinEpisode(JellyfinAccounts accounts, AnimeFlo
   final a = e.airing;
   final item =
       eps.where((x) => x.parentIndexNumber == n.season && x.indexNumber == n.episode).firstOrNull ??
-      eps.where((x) => x.premiereDate != null && _sameDay(x.premiereDate!, a.airingAt)).singleOrNull ??
+      eps.where((x) => x.premiereDate != null && sameAirDay(x.premiereDate!, a.airingAt)).singleOrNull ??
       eps.where((x) => x.indexNumber == a.episode).singleOrNull;
   if (item == null) {
     throw ScheduleActionException('Episode ${a.episode} of ${a.title} is not on Jellyfin yet');
diff --git a/apps/desktop/lib/src/schedule/ui/schedule_card.dart b/apps/desktop/lib/src/schedule/ui/schedule_card.dart
index 0f5302e..ba7f31b 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/lib/src/schedule/ui/schedule_card.dart
+++ b/apps/desktop/lib/src/schedule/ui/schedule_card.dart
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import '../schedule_model.dart';
 
 // One day of the Schedule board and its airing cards: cover poster on the
-// left (air time on it, download progress under it), title, episode and
-// status on the right, one full-width action below. Compact mode is a
-// slim row.
+// left (air time on it, download progress or this user's watch progress
+// under it, a check once watched), title, episode and status on the
+// right, one full-width action below. Compact mode is a slim row.
 
 /// What a card's action does, decided by the page.
 enum CardAction {
@@ -35,23 +35,39 @@ String countdownText(DateTime at, DateTime now) {
   return 'in ${d.inMinutes}m';
 }
 
+/// Aired, tracked, no release yet: AnimeFlow downloads it by itself.
+bool _waiting(ScheduleEntry e, DateTime now) =>
+    e.status == ScheduleStatus.missing ||
+    (e.status == ScheduleStatus.upcoming && e.tracked && !e.airing.airingAt.isAfter(now));
+
+const waitingHint = 'Aired in Japan; downloads automatically when a release appears';
+
 /// Status line: text, colour, icon.
-(String, Color, IconData) statusBadge(ScheduleEntry e, DateTime now) => switch (e.status) {
-  ScheduleStatus.available => ('on Jellyfin', Colors.greenAccent, Icons.check_circle),
-  ScheduleStatus.downloading => (
-    e.progress == null ? 'downloading' : 'downloading ${(e.progress! * 100).round()}%',
-    Colors.lightBlueAccent,
-    Icons.downloading,
-  ),
-  ScheduleStatus.upcoming => (countdownText(e.airing.airingAt, now), Colors.amber, Icons.schedule),
-  ScheduleStatus.missing => ('missing', Colors.orangeAccent, Icons.report_gmailerrorred),
-  ScheduleStatus.failed => ('failed${e.reason == null ? '' : ' · ${e.reason}'}', Colors.redAccent, Icons.error_outline),
-  ScheduleStatus.unmonitored => ('not monitored', Colors.grey, Icons.visibility_off_outlined),
-  ScheduleStatus.notTracked => ('not in AnimeFlow', Colors.grey, Icons.public),
-  ScheduleStatus.inLibrary => ('on Jellyfin', Colors.greenAccent, Icons.video_library_outlined),
-  ScheduleStatus.notOnJellyfin => ('aired · not on Jellyfin yet', Colors.grey, Icons.hourglass_empty),
-  ScheduleStatus.aired => ('aired', Colors.grey, Icons.done),
-};
+(String, Color, IconData) statusBadge(ScheduleEntry e, DateTime now) => _waiting(e, now)
+    ? ('waiting for release', Colors.amber.shade200, Icons.hourglass_top)
+    : switch (e.status) {
+        ScheduleStatus.available => ('on Jellyfin', Colors.greenAccent, Icons.check_circle),
+        ScheduleStatus.downloading => (
+          e.progress == null ? 'downloading' : 'downloading ${(e.progress! * 100).round()}%',
+          Colors.lightBlueAccent,
+          Icons.downloading,
+        ),
+        ScheduleStatus.upcoming => (countdownText(e.airing.airingAt, now), Colors.amber, Icons.schedule),
+        ScheduleStatus.missing => ('waiting for release', Colors.amber.shade200, Icons.hourglass_top),
+        ScheduleStatus.failed => (
+          'failed${e.reason == null ? '' : ' · ${e.reason}'}',
+          Colors.redAccent,
+          Icons.error_outline,
+        ),
+        ScheduleStatus.unmonitored => ('not monitored', Colors.grey, Icons.visibility_off_outlined),
+        ScheduleStatus.notTracked => ('not in AnimeFlow', Colors.grey, Icons.public),
+        ScheduleStatus.inLibrary => ('on Jellyfin', Colors.greenAccent, Icons.video_library_outlined),
+        ScheduleStatus.notOnJellyfin => ('aired · not on Jellyfin yet', Colors.grey, Icons.hourglass_empty),
+        ScheduleStatus.aired => ('aired', Colors.grey, Icons.done),
+      };
+
+/// What the status line means, when its text alone does not say.
+String? statusHint(ScheduleEntry e, DateTime now) => _waiting(e, now) ? waitingHint : null;
 
 class DayColumn extends StatelessWidget {
   final DateTime day;
@@ -157,6 +173,56 @@ class AiringCard extends StatelessWidget {
   Widget _image(String? url, Widget fallback) =>
       url == null ? fallback : Image.network(url, fit: BoxFit.cover, errorBuilder: (_, _, _) => fallback);
 
+  static Widget _hinted(String? hint, Widget child) => hint == null ? child : Tooltip(message: hint, child: child);
+
+  bool get _played => entry.watch?.played ?? false;
+
+  /// A watched episode's cover is a little dimmer.
+  Widget _dimmed(Widget cover) => _played ? Opacity(opacity: 0.6, child: cover) : cover;
+
+  /// This user's state of the episode on Jellyfin: the library cards'
+  /// green check once watched, else a thin bar to the resume point.
+  List<Widget> _watchMarks({bool small = false}) {
+    final w = entry.watch;
+    if (w == null) return const [];
+    if (w.played) {
+      final size = small ? 16.0 : 22.0;
+      return [
+        Positioned(
+          top: small ? 2 : 4,
+          right: small ? 2 : 4,
+          child: Tooltip(
+            message: 'Watched',
+            child: Container(
+              key: ValueKey('watched-$_id'),
+              constraints: BoxConstraints(minWidth: size, minHeight: size),
+              alignment: Alignment.center,
+              decoration: BoxDecoration(color: const Color(0xCC1B5E20), borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(size / 2)),
+              child: Icon(Icons.check, size: small ? 11 : 14, color: Colors.white),
+            ),
+          ),
+        ),
+      ];
+    }
+    if (w.progress <= 0) return const [];
+    return [
+      Positioned(
+        left: 0,
+        right: 0,
+        bottom: 0,
+        child: Tooltip(
+          message: '${(w.progress * 100).round()}% watched',
+          child: LinearProgressIndicator(
+            key: ValueKey('watch-progress-$_id'),
+            value: w.progress,
+            minHeight: small ? 2 : 3,
+            backgroundColor: Colors.black54,
+          ),
+        ),
+      ),
+    ];
+  }
+
   Widget? _button(BuildContext context) {
     final enabled = disabledHint == null && !busy;
     final spinner = const SizedBox(width: 16, height: 16, child: CircularProgressIndicator(strokeWidth: 2));
@@ -184,6 +250,7 @@ class AiringCard extends StatelessWidget {
     final scheme = Theme.of(context).colorScheme;
     final a = entry.airing;
     final (label, color, icon) = statusBadge(entry, now);
+    final hint = statusHint(entry, now);
     final time = clockText(a.airingAt);
     final tintColor = a.color ?? Colors.blueGrey;
     final tint = DecoratedBox(
@@ -195,7 +262,9 @@ class AiringCard extends StatelessWidget {
         ),
       ),
     );
-    final tap = (action == CardAction.putUp || action == CardAction.play) && disabledHint == null && !busy ? onAction : null;
+    final tap = (action == CardAction.putUp || action == CardAction.play) && disabledHint == null && !busy
+        ? onAction
+        : null;
     final onMenu = this.onMenu;
     final menu = onMenu == null || busy ? null : () => onMenu(context);
     if (compact) {
@@ -214,7 +283,14 @@ class AiringCard extends StatelessWidget {
               children: [
                 ClipRRect(
                   borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(6),
-                  child: SizedBox(width: 34, height: 48, child: _image(a.cover, tint)),
+                  child: SizedBox(
+                    width: 34,
+                    height: 48,
+                    child: Stack(
+                      fit: StackFit.expand,
+                      children: [_dimmed(_image(a.cover, tint)), ..._watchMarks(small: true)],
+                    ),
+                  ),
                 ),
                 const SizedBox(width: 8),
                 Expanded(
@@ -244,7 +320,7 @@ class AiringCard extends StatelessWidget {
                   )
                 else
                   Tooltip(
-                    message: label,
+                    message: hint == null ? label : '$label: $hint',
                     child: Icon(icon, size: 16, color: color),
                   ),
               ],
@@ -279,7 +355,7 @@ class AiringCard extends StatelessWidget {
                       child: Stack(
                         fit: StackFit.expand,
                         children: [
-                          _image(a.cover, tint),
+                          _dimmed(_image(a.cover, tint)),
                           Positioned(
                             left: 4,
                             top: 4,
@@ -295,6 +371,7 @@ class AiringCard extends StatelessWidget {
                               ),
                             ),
                           ),
+                          ..._watchMarks(),
                           if (entry.status == ScheduleStatus.downloading)
                             Positioned(
                               left: 0,
@@ -331,19 +408,22 @@ class AiringCard extends StatelessWidget {
                             style: TextStyle(color: scheme.onSurfaceVariant, fontSize: 12),
                           ),
                           const Spacer(),
-                          Row(
-                            children: [
-                              Icon(icon, size: 14, color: color),
-                              const SizedBox(width: 4),
-                              Expanded(
-                                child: Text(
-                                  label,
-                                  maxLines: 2,
-                                  overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis,
-                                  style: TextStyle(color: color, fontSize: 12),
+                          _hinted(
+                            hint,
+                            Row(
+                              children: [
+                                Icon(icon, size: 14, color: color),
+                                const SizedBox(width: 4),
+                                Expanded(
+                                  child: Text(
+                                    label,
+                                    maxLines: 2,
+                                    overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis,
+                                    style: TextStyle(color: color, fontSize: 12),
+                                  ),
                                 ),
-                              ),
-                            ],
+                              ],
+                            ),
                           ),
                         ],
                       ),
diff --git a/apps/desktop/lib/src/schedule/ui/schedule_page.dart b/apps/desktop/lib/src/schedule/ui/schedule_page.dart
index d3e13b4..38eeffe 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/lib/src/schedule/ui/schedule_page.dart
+++ b/apps/desktop/lib/src/schedule/ui/schedule_page.dart
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ import 'schedule_card.dart';
 // weeks out (AniList), each airing with what AnimeFlow has of it, and the
 // one thing to do about it (put it up, request it; right-click an
 // available one to queue it). Refreshes every minute while visible; ETags
-// keep that cheap.
+// keep that cheap. Episodes on Jellyfin show this user's watched state,
+// reloaded after a playback stops (JellyfinAccounts.watched).
 
 enum ScheduleFilter { jellyfin, all }
 
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ class _SchedulePageState extends State<SchedulePage> {
   bool _refreshing = false;
   int _gen = 0;
   Timer? _timer;
+  StreamSubscription<String>? _watchedSub;
   final _scroll = ScrollController();
   bool _jumped = false;
 
@@ -81,7 +83,6 @@ class _SchedulePageState extends State<SchedulePage> {
   /// The sheet stays built while it slides out.
   bool _sheetBuilt = false;
 
-
   /// Requested in this run: "anilistId#episode" or "series:anilistId".
   final _requested = <String>{};
 
@@ -106,6 +107,11 @@ class _SchedulePageState extends State<SchedulePage> {
     _timer = Timer.periodic(SchedulePage.refreshEvery, (_) {
       if (mounted && !_refreshing && TickerMode.valuesOf(context).enabled) _load();
     });
+    // Back from watching: the cards' watched marks follow (the stop report
+    // already dropped the cached episode lists).
+    _watchedSub = _accounts.watched.listen((_) {
+      if (mounted) _load();
+    });
   }
 
   ScheduleRepository _ownRepo() {
@@ -113,13 +119,14 @@ class _SchedulePageState extends State<SchedulePage> {
     return ScheduleRepository(
       aniList: AniListClient(),
       animeFlow: flow,
-      jellyfinEpisodes: (id) => jellyfinEpisodeNumbers(_accounts, flow, id),
+      jellyfinEpisodes: (id) => jellyfinScheduleEpisodes(_accounts, flow, id),
     );
   }
 
   @override
   void dispose() {
     _timer?.cancel();
+    _watchedSub?.cancel();
     _scroll.dispose();
     if (_ownsRepo) {
       _repo.aniList.close();
@@ -228,9 +235,10 @@ class _SchedulePageState extends State<SchedulePage> {
     final me = _me;
     final CardAction kind;
     if (e.tracked) {
-      kind = e.status == ScheduleStatus.missing || e.status == ScheduleStatus.failed
-          ? CardAction.request
-          : CardAction.none;
+      // Only an unmonitored episode is worth asking for: AnimeFlow grabs
+      // a missing one (no release yet) by itself once a release appears,
+      // and retries a failed one.
+      kind = e.status == ScheduleStatus.unmonitored ? CardAction.request : CardAction.none;
     } else {
       // On Jellyfin already (owner added it by hand): nothing to request.
       kind = me != null && !e.onJellyfin ? CardAction.requestSeries : CardAction.none;
diff --git a/apps/desktop/test/schedule_model_test.dart b/apps/desktop/test/schedule_model_test.dart
index 1ad1f8d..ceac49a 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/test/schedule_model_test.dart
+++ b/apps/desktop/test/schedule_model_test.dart
@@ -102,11 +102,43 @@ void main() {
       );
       expect(matched.map((e) => e.jellyfinEpisode), [13, 14, 3]);
       final out = confirmOnJellyfin(matched, {
-        'jfJ': {(6, 12), (6, 13), (1, 14)},
+        'jfJ': const [
+          JellyfinEpisodeRef(6, 12),
+          JellyfinEpisodeRef(6, 13, watch: EpisodeWatch(progress: 0.4)),
+          JellyfinEpisodeRef(1, 14),
+        ],
       });
       expect(out.map((e) => e.status),
           [ScheduleStatus.inLibrary, ScheduleStatus.notOnJellyfin, ScheduleStatus.aired]);
       expect(out[1].jellyfinSeriesId, 'jfJ');
+      expect(out.map((e) => e.watch), [const EpisodeWatch(progress: 0.4), null, null]);
+    });
+
+    test("confirmOnJellyfin: AnimeFlow's available episodes get this user's watched state", () {
+      final matched = matchSchedule(
+        [
+          airing(100, 3, DateTime(2026, 10, 1, 18)), // S1E3 by number
+          airing(100, 4, DateTime.utc(2026, 10, 7, 14)), // numbering misses: premiere day
+          airing(200, 1, DateTime(2026, 10, 1, 18)), // series not looked up
+        ],
+        schedule: [
+          item(100, 3, EpisodeStatus.available),
+          item(100, 40, EpisodeStatus.available, absolute: 4),
+          item(200, 1, EpisodeStatus.available),
+        ],
+        now: now,
+      );
+      expect(matched.map((e) => e.jellyfinEpisode), [3, 40, 1]);
+      final out = confirmOnJellyfin(matched, {
+        'jf7': [
+          const JellyfinEpisodeRef(1, 3, watch: EpisodeWatch(played: true)),
+          // Midnight JST of Oct 7.
+          JellyfinEpisodeRef(1, 4, premiere: DateTime.utc(2026, 10, 6, 15), watch: const EpisodeWatch(progress: 0.5)),
+        ],
+      });
+      expect(out.map((e) => e.status), everyElement(ScheduleStatus.available));
+      expect(out.map((e) => e.watch),
+          [const EpisodeWatch(played: true), const EpisodeWatch(progress: 0.5), null]);
     });
 
     test("AnimeFlow's anilist_episode wins over TVDB numbering (split cour)", () {
@@ -170,15 +202,22 @@ void main() {
       expect(out.single.tracked, isFalse);
     });
 
-    test('absolute number, then same local air day', () {
+    test('absolute number, then the same Japan air day', () {
       final out = matchSchedule(
         [
           airing(300, 1100, DateTime(2026, 10, 5, 9)), // AniList counts absolute
-          airing(400, 13, DateTime(2026, 10, 6, 23, 30)), // numbering differs
+          // Numbering differs; Oct 6 23:30 JST, the evening before in
+          // Europe and America.
+          airing(400, 13, DateTime.utc(2026, 10, 6, 14, 30)),
+          // Oct 8 01:30 JST, a late-night slot listed on Oct 7.
+          airing(401, 13, DateTime.utc(2026, 10, 7, 16, 30)),
         ],
         schedule: [
           item(300, 5, EpisodeStatus.available, season: 22, absolute: 1100),
-          item(400, 1, EpisodeStatus.failed, season: 2, air: DateTime(2026, 10, 6, 0, 15), reason: 'No release'),
+          // Air dates are midnight JST (Oct 6, 15:00 UTC the day before)...
+          item(400, 1, EpisodeStatus.failed, season: 2, air: DateTime.utc(2026, 10, 5, 15), reason: 'No release'),
+          // ... or midnight UTC from older servers.
+          item(401, 1, EpisodeStatus.available, air: DateTime.utc(2026, 10, 7)),
         ],
         now: now,
       );
@@ -186,12 +225,14 @@ void main() {
       expect(out[0].season, 22);
       expect(out[1].status, ScheduleStatus.failed);
       expect(out[1].reason, 'No release');
+      expect(out[2].status, ScheduleStatus.available);
     });
 
-    test('a different local day does not match', () {
+    test('a different Japan day does not match', () {
       final out = matchSchedule(
-        [airing(400, 13, DateTime(2026, 10, 7, 0, 30))],
-        schedule: [item(400, 1, EpisodeStatus.available, air: DateTime(2026, 10, 6, 23, 50))],
+        // Oct 7 20:00 JST; the air date is Oct 6 (midnight JST).
+        [airing(400, 13, DateTime.utc(2026, 10, 7, 11))],
+        schedule: [item(400, 1, EpisodeStatus.available, air: DateTime.utc(2026, 10, 5, 15))],
         now: now,
       );
       // Tracked (the id is in the schedule) but unmatched and aired.
diff --git a/apps/desktop/test/schedule_page_test.dart b/apps/desktop/test/schedule_page_test.dart
index edc2dc4..33eec97 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/test/schedule_page_test.dart
+++ b/apps/desktop/test/schedule_page_test.dart
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ class FakeJf implements JellyfinHttp {
               'SeriesName': 'Avail Show',
               'IndexNumber': 2,
               'ParentIndexNumber': 1,
+              'UserData': {'Played': true},
             },
             {
               'Id': 'ep3',
@@ -58,6 +59,8 @@ class FakeJf implements JellyfinHttp {
               'SeriesName': 'Avail Show',
               'IndexNumber': 3,
               'ParentIndexNumber': 1,
+              'RunTimeTicks': 1000,
+              'UserData': {'PlaybackPositionTicks': 250},
             },
           ],
           'TotalRecordCount': 2,
@@ -91,6 +94,7 @@ List<ScheduleEntry> entries() => [
     seriesId: 7,
     season: 1,
     jellyfinSeriesId: 'jf7',
+    watch: const EpisodeWatch(played: true),
   ),
   ScheduleEntry(
     airing: airing(222, 'Missing Show', 5, day(0, 10)),
@@ -99,9 +103,8 @@ List<ScheduleEntry> entries() => [
     seriesId: 8,
   ),
   ScheduleEntry(
-    airing: airing(333, 'Failed Show', 2, day(0, 11)),
-    status: ScheduleStatus.failed,
-    reason: 'no seeders',
+    airing: airing(333, 'Unmonitored Show', 2, day(0, 11)),
+    status: ScheduleStatus.unmonitored,
     tracked: true,
     seriesId: 9,
     season: 1,
@@ -283,8 +286,13 @@ void main() {
     expect(find.byKey(ValueKey('day-${w.year}-${w.month}-${w.day}')), findsNothing);
     expect(card(111, 3), findsOneWidget);
     expect(find.text('on Jellyfin'), findsOneWidget);
-    expect(find.text('missing'), findsOneWidget);
-    expect(find.text('failed · no seeders'), findsOneWidget);
+    // AnimeFlow's "missing": waiting for a release, nothing to request;
+    // only the unmonitored one has Request.
+    expect(find.text('waiting for release'), findsOneWidget);
+    expect(action(222, 5), findsNothing);
+    expect(action(333, 2), findsOneWidget);
+    expect(find.byKey(const ValueKey('watched-111-3')), findsOneWidget);
+    expect(find.text('not monitored'), findsOneWidget);
     expect(find.text('downloading 42%'), findsOneWidget);
     expect(find.text('Put it up'), findsOneWidget);
     // On Jellyfin: untracked entries are hidden.
@@ -316,7 +324,14 @@ void main() {
   });
 
   testWidgets('request on a tracked episode sends AnimeFlow numbering', (tester) async {
-    await pumpPage(tester);
+    await pumpPage(
+      tester,
+      snap: () => snapshot(
+        list: [
+          for (final e in entries()) e.airing.anilistId == 222 ? e.copyWith(status: ScheduleStatus.unmonitored) : e,
+        ],
+      ),
+    );
     await tester.tap(action(222, 5));
     await io(tester);
     final post = server.seen.where((r) => r.method == 'POST' && r.uri.path.endsWith('/requests')).single;
@@ -384,7 +399,7 @@ void main() {
 
   testWidgets('without the request scope the button is disabled with a hint', (tester) async {
     await pumpPage(tester, snap: () => snapshot(me: viewer));
-    final b = widgetOf<OutlinedButton>(tester, action(222, 5));
+    final b = widgetOf<OutlinedButton>(tester, action(333, 2));
     expect(b.onPressed, isNull);
     expect(find.byWidgetPredicate((w) => w is Tooltip && (w.message ?? '').contains('owner')), findsWidgets);
     expect(find.text('My requests'), findsOneWidget);
@@ -437,12 +452,13 @@ void main() {
       httpFactory: () => jf,
       deviceName: 'Test',
     );
-    final eps = await tester.runAsync(() => jellyfinEpisodeNumbers(accounts, flow, 'jf7'));
-    expect(eps, {(1, 2), (1, 3)});
-    await tester.runAsync(() => jellyfinEpisodeNumbers(accounts, flow, 'jf7'));
+    final eps = await tester.runAsync(() => jellyfinScheduleEpisodes(accounts, flow, 'jf7'));
+    expect(eps!.map((e) => (e.season, e.episode)), [(1, 2), (1, 3)]);
+    expect(eps.map((e) => e.watch), [const EpisodeWatch(played: true), const EpisodeWatch(progress: 0.25)]);
+    await tester.runAsync(() => jellyfinScheduleEpisodes(accounts, flow, 'jf7'));
     expect(jf.seen.where((u) => u.path.endsWith('/Episodes')), hasLength(1), reason: 'memoised');
     final none = JellyfinAccounts(store: MemoryJellyfinStore(), deviceName: 'Test');
-    expect(await tester.runAsync(() => jellyfinEpisodeNumbers(none, flow, 'jf7')), isNull);
+    expect(await tester.runAsync(() => jellyfinScheduleEpisodes(none, flow, 'jf7')), isNull);
 
     await pumpPage(
       tester,
diff --git a/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md b/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md
index 1617cda..b6abf45 100644
--- a/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md
+++ b/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md
@@ -1185,17 +1185,31 @@ panel) and chat messages (Copy message, and a link in it).
   against AnimeFlow (`animeflow.dart`, app API with the Jellyfin token;
   `/library` marks shows on Jellyfin it doesn't track, through every AniList
   entry of a season (`anilist_map`: a season AniList splits has several)) into a status per
-  episode (`schedule_model.dart`). An aired episode of such a show reads
-  "on Jellyfin" only when Jellyfin has it: the season plus AniList
-  episode + the run's offset, checked against the series' episodes seen
-  by the linked account (`jellyfinEpisodeNumbers`, one request per series
-  memoised 3 min; `confirmOnJellyfin` is the pure step); absent reads
-  "aired · not on Jellyfin yet", unknown (no linked account, lookup
-  failed) "aired", neither with Put it up. Put it up resolves the Jellyfin
-  episode (`resolveJellyfinEpisode`: AnimeFlow's numbering, else the
-  season and offset, else the air day) and goes through the shell's
-  put-up; right-click queues it the same way. Requests and the owner's inbox are in
-  `requests_sheet.dart`. It refreshes every minute; mouse drag and
+  episode (`schedule_model.dart`). AnimeFlow's `missing` (aired,
+  monitored, no release grabbed yet; AnimeFlow grabs it by itself once
+  one appears), and its `upcoming` past the AniList air time, read
+  "waiting for release"; Request is offered only for an `unmonitored`
+  episode (and "Request series" for a show AnimeFlow does not track).
+  Air dates (AnimeFlow's `air_date`, midnight Japan time; Jellyfin's
+  premiere date)
+  are date-only and matched as Japan calendar days (`sameAirDay`; a slot
+  before 05:00 JST also matches the day before), never as local days. An
+  aired episode of an untracked show on Jellyfin reads "on Jellyfin" only
+  when Jellyfin has it: the season plus AniList episode + the run's
+  offset, checked against the series' episodes seen by the linked
+  account (`jellyfinScheduleEpisodes`, one request per series memoised
+  3 min; `confirmOnJellyfin` is the pure step); absent reads "aired · not
+  on Jellyfin yet", unknown (no linked account, lookup failed) "aired",
+  neither with Put it up. The same lookup covers AnimeFlow's available
+  episodes (AnimeFlow's season and episode, else the one premiered that
+  day) and gives every episode found this user's `UserData`: a watched
+  one has the library cards' green check on a slightly dimmed cover, a
+  started one a thin bar to its resume point. A stop report
+  (`JellyfinAccounts.watched`) drops the memo and reloads the page. Put
+  it up resolves the Jellyfin episode (`resolveJellyfinEpisode`:
+  AnimeFlow's numbering, else the season and offset, else the air day)
+  and goes through the shell's put-up; right-click queues it the same
+  way. Requests and the owner's inbox are in `requests_sheet.dart`. It refreshes every minute; mouse drag and
   Shift+wheel scroll the board sideways, the plain wheel scrolls a column.
   Settings (`settings_tab.dart`) has a left nav with icons
   (icon chips under 760 px) over pages of rounded Material cards