diff --git a/src/main/java/org/example/videoclips/editing/HighlightVisionDirector.java b/src/main/java/org/example/videoclips/editing/HighlightVisionDirector.java
index 7433333..5419e80 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/example/videoclips/editing/HighlightVisionDirector.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/example/videoclips/editing/HighlightVisionDirector.java
@@ -107,10 +107,13 @@ public class HighlightVisionDirector {
         if (payoffIdx < 0 || plan.shots().isEmpty()) {
             return plan;
         }
+        // Caption the CHOSEN PEAK itself — the payoff (slow-mo) shot — not the trailing outcome/button shots.
+        // Sampling through to the last shot let a post-payoff reaction frame (e.g. the bowler lowering his arms
+        // and holding his face after the celebration) supply the overlay; confining it to the payoff shot keeps
+        // the label on the decisive moment the judge picked.
         MontagePlan.Shot payoffShot = plan.shots().get(payoffIdx);
-        MontagePlan.Shot last = plan.shots().get(plan.shots().size() - 1);
         double winStart = payoffShot.sourceStartSeconds();
-        double winEnd = last.sourceStartSeconds() + last.durationSeconds() * Math.max(0.05, last.speed());
+        double winEnd = payoffShot.sourceStartSeconds() + payoffShot.durationSeconds() * Math.max(0.05, payoffShot.speed());
         if (winEnd <= winStart) {
             winEnd = winStart + 1.0;
         }