diff --git a/app/build.gradle.kts b/app/build.gradle.kts
index 4b5392f..90f70fd 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ val membyGatewayUrl: String = (project.findProperty("memby.gatewayUrl") as Strin
 val membyDiagnosticLogLevel: String = (project.findProperty("memby.diagnosticLogLevel") as String?)
     ?.trim()?.uppercase()?.takeIf { it in setOf("INFO", "DEBUG", "TRACE") } ?: "INFO"
 
-val defaultVersionName = "0.3.25"
+val defaultVersionName = "0.3.26"
 val membyVersionName: String =
     (project.findProperty("memby.versionName") as String?)
         ?.trim()
diff --git a/app/glossy-m.png b/app/glossy-m.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 2cb55c1..0000000
Binary files a/app/glossy-m.png and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/player/PauseMediaHero.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/player/PauseMediaHero.kt
index 2ff550c..9fcc482 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/player/PauseMediaHero.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/player/PauseMediaHero.kt
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import androidx.compose.ui.text.style.TextOverflow
 import androidx.compose.ui.unit.dp
 import androidx.compose.ui.unit.em
 import androidx.compose.ui.unit.sp
+import androidx.tv.material3.Icon
 import androidx.tv.material3.Text
 import coil.compose.AsyncImage
 import coil.request.ImageRequest
@@ -46,10 +47,11 @@ import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.TitleLogoImage
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.cinematicBackdropPullBack
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyAccentBright
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyCardCorner
-import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyHairline
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyIcon
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyMutedText
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyOnSurface
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembySurface
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.mark
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.useTextTitleForLogo
 
 /** The already-resolved metadata needed to render a pause without doing repository work. */
@@ -172,14 +174,7 @@ private fun PauseHeroContent(
     modifier: Modifier = Modifier,
 ) {
     Column(modifier, verticalArrangement = Arrangement.Top) {
-        Text(
-            text = stringResource(R.string.player_paused),
-            color = MembyAccentBright,
-            fontSize = 12.sp,
-            lineHeight = 15.sp,
-            fontWeight = FontWeight.Bold,
-            letterSpacing = 0.18.em,
-        )
+        PauseHeroHeading()
         Spacer(Modifier.height(10.dp))
         PauseHeroTitle(metadata)
         if (metadata.isEpisode) {
@@ -196,7 +191,18 @@ private fun PauseHeroContent(
                 )
             }
         }
-        Spacer(Modifier.height(if (castVisible) 12.dp else 18.dp))
+        // The synopsis is pushed to the foot of the content area rather than sat directly
+        // under the episode line. What is paused is said once at the top — mark, heading,
+        // title treatment, episode — and the description is reference material somebody
+        // reads only if they want it, so it belongs away from that block and out of the
+        // artwork's middle. The cast panel takes a fixed gap instead: it is the thing being
+        // looked at when it is up, and anchoring it to the bottom edge would leave a hole
+        // where the summary had been.
+        if (castVisible) {
+            Spacer(Modifier.height(12.dp))
+        } else {
+            Spacer(Modifier.weight(1f).heightIn(min = 18.dp))
+        }
         Crossfade(
             targetState = castVisible,
             animationSpec = tween(PauseHeroSectionFadeMs),
@@ -273,25 +279,47 @@ private fun PauseHeroSummary(metadata: PauseMediaHeroMetadata) {
                 },
             )
         }
-        Column(
+        Text(
+            text = synopsis,
+            color = MembyMutedText,
+            fontSize = 16.sp,
+            lineHeight = 22.sp,
+            maxLines = if (metadata.isEpisode) 5 else 7,
+            overflow = TextOverflow.Ellipsis,
             modifier = Modifier.weight(1f),
-            verticalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(12.dp),
-        ) {
-            Text(
-                text = synopsis,
-                color = MembyMutedText,
-                fontSize = 16.sp,
-                lineHeight = 22.sp,
-                maxLines = if (metadata.isEpisode) 5 else 7,
-                overflow = TextOverflow.Ellipsis,
-            )
-            Box(Modifier.fillMaxWidth().height(1.dp).background(MembyHairline))
-            Text(
-                text = stringResource(R.string.player_pause_resume_hint),
-                color = MembyOnSurface.copy(alpha = 0.76f),
-                fontSize = 13.sp,
-            )
-        }
+        )
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * The paused mark and its heading.
+ *
+ * The word alone was one small green line in a corner, which on a still frame reads as a
+ * label rather than as the reason the picture has stopped — so the mark carries the state
+ * and the word names it. There is deliberately nothing after it: this player is driven by
+ * the remote's own Play/Pause key, and a screen that has to explain that is one that does
+ * not trust its own transport.
+ */
+@Composable
+private fun PauseHeroHeading() {
+    Row(
+        verticalAlignment = Alignment.CenterVertically,
+        horizontalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(8.dp),
+    ) {
+        Icon(
+            imageVector = MembyIcon.Pause.mark,
+            contentDescription = null,
+            tint = MembyAccentBright,
+            modifier = Modifier.size(16.dp),
+        )
+        Text(
+            text = stringResource(R.string.player_paused),
+            color = MembyAccentBright,
+            fontSize = 12.sp,
+            lineHeight = 15.sp,
+            fontWeight = FontWeight.Bold,
+            letterSpacing = 0.18.em,
+        )
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/theme/MembyIconPackFontAwesome.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/theme/MembyIconPackFontAwesome.kt
index af4e308..5c91a12 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/theme/MembyIconPackFontAwesome.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/theme/MembyIconPackFontAwesome.kt
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ import com.composables.icons.fontawesome.solid.Mountain
 import com.composables.icons.fontawesome.solid.Music
 import com.composables.icons.fontawesome.solid.Palette
 import com.composables.icons.fontawesome.solid.PhotoVideo
+import com.composables.icons.fontawesome.solid.Pause
 import com.composables.icons.fontawesome.solid.Play
 import com.composables.icons.fontawesome.solid.PlayCircle
 import com.composables.icons.fontawesome.solid.Plus
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ internal val fontAwesomeIconPack = MembyIconPack(
         MembyIcon.Event to { FontAwesome.Solid.CalendarDay },
         MembyIcon.Play to { FontAwesome.Solid.Play },
         MembyIcon.PlayCircle to { FontAwesome.Solid.PlayCircle },
+        MembyIcon.Pause to { FontAwesome.Solid.Pause },
         MembyIcon.Favourite to { FontAwesome.Solid.Heart },
         MembyIcon.Bookmark to { FontAwesome.Solid.Bookmark },
         MembyIcon.PlaylistAdd to { FontAwesome.Solid.PlusCircle },
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/theme/MembyIconPackLucide.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/theme/MembyIconPackLucide.kt
index 61534d5..d07d666 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/theme/MembyIconPackLucide.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/theme/MembyIconPackLucide.kt
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ import com.composables.icons.lucide.MountainSnow
 import com.composables.icons.lucide.Music2
 import com.composables.icons.lucide.Palette
 import com.composables.icons.lucide.Pin
+import com.composables.icons.lucide.Pause
 import com.composables.icons.lucide.Play
 import com.composables.icons.lucide.Plus
 import com.composables.icons.lucide.Power
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ internal val lucideIconPack = MembyIconPack(
         MembyIcon.Event to { Lucide.CalendarClock },
         MembyIcon.Play to { Lucide.Play },
         MembyIcon.PlayCircle to { Lucide.CirclePlay },
+        MembyIcon.Pause to { Lucide.Pause },
         MembyIcon.FavouriteOutline to { Lucide.Heart },
         MembyIcon.BookmarkOutline to { Lucide.Bookmark },
         MembyIcon.PlaylistAdd to { Lucide.ListPlus },
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/theme/MembyIconPacks.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/theme/MembyIconPacks.kt
index 736b4df..272c701 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/theme/MembyIconPacks.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/theme/MembyIconPacks.kt
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.NotificationsNone
 import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.NotificationsOff
 import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.Palette
 import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.Person
+import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.Pause
 import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.PlayArrow
 import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.PlayCircleFilled
 import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.PlaylistRemove
@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@ object MaterialIconPack {
         MembyIcon.Event to { Icons.Default.Event },
         MembyIcon.Play to { Icons.Default.PlayArrow },
         MembyIcon.PlayCircle to { Icons.Default.PlayCircleFilled },
+        MembyIcon.Pause to { Icons.Default.Pause },
         MembyIcon.Favourite to { Icons.Default.Favorite },
         MembyIcon.FavouriteOutline to { Icons.Default.FavoriteBorder },
         MembyIcon.Bookmark to { Icons.Default.Bookmark },
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/theme/MembyIcons.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/theme/MembyIcons.kt
index 35f7641..3841950 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/theme/MembyIcons.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/theme/MembyIcons.kt
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ enum class MembyIcon {
     // Playback and library actions
     Play,
     PlayCircle,
+    Pause,
     Favourite,
     FavouriteOutline,
     Bookmark,
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index b80a1be..3bc3497 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
     <string name="player_now_playing">NOW PLAYING</string>
     <string name="player_paused">PAUSED</string>
     <string name="player_pause_poster">Movie poster</string>
-    <string name="player_pause_resume_hint">Press OK to resume</string>
     <string name="player_pause_overview_fallback">No description is available for this title.</string>
     <string name="player_position_separator">/</string>
     <string name="player_loading_duration">Loading duration…</string>