diff --git a/frontend/src/components/plexSubUrl.test.ts b/frontend/src/components/plexSubUrl.test.ts
index 664e92a3..5c9bc107 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/plexSubUrl.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/components/plexSubUrl.test.ts
@@ -76,3 +76,18 @@ describe("PLEX_SUB_URL decode guards", () => {
     expect(U.decode("")).toBeNull();
   });
 });
+
+describe("PLEX_SUB_URL entry", () => {
+  // E28 review E1: the Restart click must not replay on a reload / Forward onto the player entry.
+  it("keeps the player without its one-shot fromStart, and every other view whole", () => {
+    const entry = U.entry!;
+    expect(entry({ kind: "player", id: "7", queue: ["7", "8"], fromStart: true })).toEqual({
+      kind: "player",
+      id: "7",
+      queue: ["7", "8"],
+      fromStart: undefined,
+    });
+    const info = { kind: "info", id: "7" } as const;
+    expect(entry(info)).toBe(info);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/plexSubUrl.ts b/frontend/src/components/plexSubUrl.ts
index cc5e2735..6e59317e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/plexSubUrl.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/components/plexSubUrl.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ export const PLEX_SUB_URL: SubviewUrl<Sub> = {
         return null; // discover (root) + the ephemeral player are not URL-mirrored
     }
   },
+  // `fromStart` is the Restart CLICK, not a property of the entry: kept in history.state it restarted
+  // the item from 0 again on every reload or Forward onto the player, and the progress checkpoint
+  // then overwrote the resume point it had skipped (E28 review E1).
+  entry: (v) => (v.kind === "player" && v.fromStart ? { ...v, fromStart: undefined } : v),
   decode: (raw) => {
     const i = raw.indexOf(":");
     const kind = i === -1 ? raw : raw.slice(0, i);
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/history.subview.dom.test.ts b/frontend/src/lib/history.subview.dom.test.ts
index 1705a92a..fde4b97a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/history.subview.dom.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/history.subview.dom.test.ts
@@ -138,3 +138,35 @@ describe("useHistorySubview popstate", () => {
     expect(result.current.view).toBe("root");
   });
 });
+
+// E28 review E1: a one-shot flag the view is OPENED with (the Plex player's `fromStart`, a card's
+// Restart) rode in history.state._sub, so a reload or a Forward onto that entry restarted from 0
+// again — and the player's checkpoint then overwrote the resume point. `entry` says what the
+// history entry keeps of a view; the view itself still opens with the flag.
+describe("useHistorySubview entry", () => {
+  type V = { kind: string; once?: boolean };
+  const withEntry: SubviewUrl<V> = {
+    key: "v",
+    encode: () => null,
+    decode: () => null,
+    entry: (v) => ({ kind: v.kind }),
+  };
+
+  it("opens the view with the flag, but the history entry keeps it without", () => {
+    const { result } = renderHook(() => useHistorySubview<V>({ kind: "root" }, withEntry));
+    act(() => result.current.open({ kind: "player", once: true }));
+    expect(result.current.view).toEqual({ kind: "player", once: true });
+    expect(window.history.state._sub).toEqual({ kind: "player" });
+    // A reload of that entry reads what the entry kept.
+    const { result: reloaded } = renderHook(() =>
+      useHistorySubview<V>({ kind: "root" }, withEntry),
+    );
+    expect(reloaded.current.view).toEqual({ kind: "player" });
+  });
+
+  it("keeps it out of a replaced entry too", () => {
+    const { result } = renderHook(() => useHistorySubview<V>({ kind: "root" }, withEntry));
+    act(() => result.current.open({ kind: "player", once: true }, { replace: true }));
+    expect(window.history.state._sub).toEqual({ kind: "player" });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/history.ts b/frontend/src/lib/history.ts
index 7ea6322b..d115d6a6 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/history.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/history.ts
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ export interface SubviewUrl<T> {
   encode: (view: T) => string | null;
   /** Parse a param value back to a sub-view, or null if it isn't a valid one. */
   decode: (raw: string) => T | null;
+  /** What the history ENTRY keeps of a view, when that is less than the view opens with: a one-shot
+   *  flag (the Plex player's `fromStart`) must not replay on a reload or a Forward onto the entry. */
+  entry?: (view: T) => T;
 }
 
 export function useHistorySubview<T>(
@@ -152,19 +155,20 @@ export function useHistorySubview<T>(
   const open = useCallback(
     (next: T, opts?: { replace?: boolean }) => {
       setView(next);
+      const kept = url?.entry ? url.entry(next) : next;
       const href = url ? urlWithParams({ [url.key]: url.encode(next) }) : "";
       if (opts?.replace) {
         // Same ENTRY, so it keeps its sfScroll id: PageScroller keys offsets per (entry, view), and
         // the view key has changed, so the sub-view still opens at the top without minting an id
         // that would orphan the one this entry already carries.
-        window.history.replaceState({ ...window.history.state, _sub: next }, "", href);
+        window.history.replaceState({ ...window.history.state, _sub: kept }, "", href);
         notifyNav();
         return;
       }
       // A fresh sfScroll so the opened sub-view is its own scroll entry (starts at the top, and Back
       // restores the view we came from) — then notify PageScroller, which this push doesn't re-render.
       window.history.pushState(
-        { ...rememberNavPosition(), _sub: next, sfScroll: nextNavId() },
+        { ...rememberNavPosition(), _sub: kept, sfScroll: nextNavId() },
         "",
         href,
       );