diff --git a/deploy/scene-goldens/springing-the-trap-s5-fpv.png b/deploy/scene-goldens/springing-the-trap-s5-fpv.png
index e0ba288..c8e04b9 100644
Binary files a/deploy/scene-goldens/springing-the-trap-s5-fpv.png and b/deploy/scene-goldens/springing-the-trap-s5-fpv.png differ
diff --git a/packages/web/src/Replay.svelte b/packages/web/src/Replay.svelte
index 57c59cf..1955b55 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/Replay.svelte
+++ b/packages/web/src/Replay.svelte
@@ -377,7 +377,17 @@
     const GROUNDWORK = new Set(["spellCast", "squareFilled", "creatureCreated",
       "treasurePickedUp", "treasureDropped", "objectDropped"]);
     const groundwork = aim?.self && step.events.some((e) => GROUNDWORK.has(e.type));
-    if (camReady && !willCut && dist > 0.05 && !hurled) { targetFacing = Math.atan2(dy, dx); aimed = true; }
+    /** A stride that ends with something to watch — an ambush that
+     * fired as the step landed — turns once more after the walk. */
+    let afterArc = 0;
+    if (camReady && !willCut && dist > 0.05 && !hurled) {
+      targetFacing = Math.atan2(dy, dx);
+      aimed = true;
+      if (aim && !aim.self) {
+        const h = sightline(v, tx, ty, aim.x + 0.5, aim.y + 0.5);
+        if (h !== null) afterArc = shortestArc(targetFacing, h);
+      }
+    }
     else if (groundwork || underfoot) {
       targetPitch = LOOK_DOWN;
       aimed = true;
@@ -448,8 +458,8 @@
     // The reel's LAST step may be a stride into a corner: the walk keeps
     // its own facing, then the camera turns once more to a view worth
     // ending on.
-    let closingArc = 0;
-    if (atEnd && aimed && castRay(v, tx, ty, targetFacing).dist < 1.2) {
+    let closingArc = afterArc;
+    if (closingArc === 0 && atEnd && aimed && castRay(v, tx, ty, targetFacing).dist < 1.2) {
       const current = viewScoreAt(tx, ty, targetFacing);
       let bestA = targetFacing, bestScore = current;
       for (const a of [0, Math.PI / 2, Math.PI, -Math.PI / 2]) {
@@ -498,8 +508,12 @@
     const turnMs = (hurled ? 0 : Math.min(260, Math.abs(arc) * 180)) / speed;
     const walkMs = (dist > 0.05 ? (hurled ? 260 : 420) : 0) / speed;
     const tiltMs = (Math.abs(targetPitch - fromP) > 0.01 ? 340 : 0) / speed;
-    const clearSlate = setSlate(aimed && (aim || underfoot) ? Math.max(turnMs, tiltMs) + 120 / speed : 0);
     const closingMs = Math.min(300, Math.abs(closingArc) * 200) / speed;
+    // The outcome waits until the eyes face it: after the turn (and,
+    // for a stride that turns at its end, after the walk and that turn).
+    const clearSlate = setSlate(aimed && (aim || underfoot)
+      ? Math.max(turnMs, tiltMs) + (afterArc !== 0 ? walkMs + closingMs : 0) + 120 / speed
+      : 0);
     const t0 = performance.now() + dieMs;
     let raf = 0;
     const tick = (now: number) => {
diff --git a/packages/web/src/fpv/director.ts b/packages/web/src/fpv/director.ts
index 40a1783..659e166 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/fpv/director.ts
+++ b/packages/web/src/fpv/director.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ export function aimOfEvents(
       cell = e.targetCell ?? view.players.find((p) => p.id === e.target)?.position ?? null;
     } else if (e.type === "attackResolved" && e.attacker === povId) {
       cell = view.players.find((p) => p.id === e.defender)?.position ?? null;
+    } else if (e.type === "spellCast" && e.target === povId && e.caster !== povId) {
+      // Magic thrown AT these eyes: they turn to where it came from —
+      // the ambusher down the corridor, or through the mouth.
+      cell = view.players.find((p) => p.id === e.caster)?.position ?? null;
+    } else if (e.type === "punched" && e.target === povId) {
+      cell = view.players.find((p) => p.id === e.attacker)?.position ?? null;
     } else if (e.type === "objectThrown" && e.attacker === povId) {
       cell = e.landedAt;
     } else if (