diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0c147ae..4cafe1d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "netfelix-audio-fix",
-	"version": "2026.04.14.17",
+	"version": "2026.04.14.18",
 	"scripts": {
 		"dev:server": "NODE_ENV=development bun --hot server/index.tsx",
 		"dev:client": "vite",
diff --git a/server/api/review.ts b/server/api/review.ts
index c0f0e4e..9a37b02 100644
--- a/server/api/review.ts
+++ b/server/api/review.ts
@@ -575,6 +575,44 @@ app.post("/approve-all", (c) => {
 	return c.json({ ok: true, count: pending.length });
 });
 
+// ─── Batch approve (by item id list) ─────────────────────────────────────────
+// Used by the "approve up to here" affordance in the review column. The
+// client knows the visible order (movies + series sort-key) and passes in
+// the prefix of item ids it wants approved in one round-trip. Items that
+// aren't pending (already approved / skipped / done) are silently ignored
+// so the endpoint is idempotent against stale client state.
+app.post("/approve-batch", async (c) => {
+	const db = getDb();
+	const body = await c.req.json<{ itemIds?: unknown }>().catch(() => ({ itemIds: undefined }));
+	if (
+		!Array.isArray(body.itemIds) ||
+		!body.itemIds.every((v) => typeof v === "number" && Number.isInteger(v) && v > 0)
+	) {
+		return c.json({ ok: false, error: "itemIds must be an array of positive integers" }, 400);
+	}
+	const ids = body.itemIds as number[];
+	if (ids.length === 0) return c.json({ ok: true, count: 0 });
+
+	const placeholders = ids.map(() => "?").join(",");
+	const pending = db
+		.prepare(
+			`SELECT rp.*, mi.id as item_id FROM review_plans rp JOIN media_items mi ON mi.id = rp.item_id
+			 WHERE rp.status = 'pending' AND rp.is_noop = 0 AND mi.id IN (${placeholders})`,
+		)
+		.all(...ids) as (ReviewPlan & { item_id: number })[];
+
+	let count = 0;
+	for (const plan of pending) {
+		db.prepare("UPDATE review_plans SET status = 'approved', reviewed_at = datetime('now') WHERE id = ?").run(plan.id);
+		const { item, streams, decisions } = loadItemDetail(db, plan.item_id);
+		if (item) {
+			enqueueAudioJob(db, plan.item_id, buildCommand(item, streams, decisions));
+			count++;
+		}
+	}
+	return c.json({ ok: true, count });
+});
+
 // ─── Auto-approve high-confidence ────────────────────────────────────────────
 // Approves every pending plan whose original language came from an authoritative
 // source (radarr/sonarr). Anything with low confidence keeps needing a human.
diff --git a/src/features/pipeline/PipelineCard.tsx b/src/features/pipeline/PipelineCard.tsx
index b6d40bc..e00c29b 100644
--- a/src/features/pipeline/PipelineCard.tsx
+++ b/src/features/pipeline/PipelineCard.tsx
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ interface PipelineCardProps {
 	// (no onToggleStream) and the primary button un-approves the plan,
 	// sending the item back to the Review column.
 	onUnapprove?: () => void;
+	// Review-column affordance: approve this card AND every card visually
+	// above it in one round-trip. Only set for the top-level review list;
+	// expanded series episodes don't get this (the series' "Approve all"
+	// covers the prior-episodes-in-series case).
+	onApproveUpToHere?: () => void;
 }
 
 function formatChannels(n: number | null | undefined): string | null {
@@ -52,7 +57,15 @@ function describeStream(s: PipelineAudioStream): string {
 	return parts.join(" · ");
 }
 
-export function PipelineCard({ item, jellyfinUrl, onToggleStream, onApprove, onSkip, onUnapprove }: PipelineCardProps) {
+export function PipelineCard({
+	item,
+	jellyfinUrl,
+	onToggleStream,
+	onApprove,
+	onSkip,
+	onUnapprove,
+	onApproveUpToHere,
+}: PipelineCardProps) {
 	const title =
 		item.type === "Episode"
 			? `S${String(item.season_number).padStart(2, "0")}E${String(item.episode_number).padStart(2, "0")} — ${item.name}`
@@ -68,7 +81,7 @@ export function PipelineCard({ item, jellyfinUrl, onToggleStream, onApprove, onS
 	const mediaItemId: number = item.item_id ?? (item as { id: number }).id;
 
 	return (
-		<div className={`rounded-lg border p-3 ${confidenceColor}`}>
+		<div className={`group rounded-lg border p-3 ${confidenceColor}`}>
 			<div className="flex items-start justify-between gap-2">
 				<div className="min-w-0">
 					{jellyfinLink ? (
@@ -124,7 +137,7 @@ export function PipelineCard({ item, jellyfinUrl, onToggleStream, onApprove, onS
 													{description && <span>{description}</span>}
 													{s.is_default === 1 && <span className="text-[10px] text-gray-400 uppercase">default</span>}
 													{s.title && (
-														<span className="text-gray-400 break-words" title={s.title}>
+														<span className="text-gray-400 min-w-0 [overflow-wrap:anywhere]" title={s.title}>
 															— “{s.title}”
 														</span>
 													)}
@@ -157,6 +170,16 @@ export function PipelineCard({ item, jellyfinUrl, onToggleStream, onApprove, onS
 					</button>
 				)}
 				<div className="flex-1" />
+				{onApproveUpToHere && (
+					<button
+						type="button"
+						onClick={onApproveUpToHere}
+						title="Approve every card listed above this one"
+						className="text-xs px-2 py-1 rounded border border-blue-600 text-blue-700 bg-white hover:bg-blue-50 opacity-0 group-hover:opacity-100 transition-opacity"
+					>
+						↑ Approve above
+					</button>
+				)}
 				{onApprove && (
 					<button
 						type="button"
diff --git a/src/features/pipeline/ReviewColumn.tsx b/src/features/pipeline/ReviewColumn.tsx
index 5479258..ce4f862 100644
--- a/src/features/pipeline/ReviewColumn.tsx
+++ b/src/features/pipeline/ReviewColumn.tsx
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ export function ReviewColumn({ items, total, jellyfinUrl, onMutate }: ReviewColu
 		await api.post(`/api/review/${itemId}/skip`);
 		onMutate();
 	};
+	const approveBatch = async (itemIds: number[]) => {
+		if (itemIds.length === 0) return;
+		await api.post<{ ok: boolean; count: number }>("/api/review/approve-batch", { itemIds });
+		onMutate();
+	};
 
 	// Group by series (movies are standalone)
 	const movies = items.filter((i) => i.type === "Movie");
@@ -64,6 +69,14 @@ export function ReviewColumn({ items, total, jellyfinUrl, onMutate }: ReviewColu
 		})),
 	].sort((a, b) => a.sortKey - b.sortKey);
 
+	// Flatten each visible entry to its list of item_ids. "Approve up to here"
+	// on index i approves everything in the union of idsByEntry[0..i-1] — one
+	// id for a movie, N ids for a series (one per episode).
+	const idsByEntry: number[][] = allItems.map((entry) =>
+		entry.type === "movie" ? [entry.item.item_id] : entry.item.episodes.map((e) => e.item_id),
+	);
+	const priorIds = (index: number): number[] => idsByEntry.slice(0, index).flat();
+
 	return (
 		<ColumnShell
 			title="Review"
@@ -78,7 +91,11 @@ export function ReviewColumn({ items, total, jellyfinUrl, onMutate }: ReviewColu
 			}
 		>
 			<div className="space-y-2">
-				{allItems.map((entry) => {
+				{allItems.map((entry, index) => {
+					// The button approves everything visually above this card. First
+					// card has nothing before it → undefined suppresses the affordance.
+					const prior = index > 0 ? priorIds(index) : null;
+					const onApproveUpToHere = prior && prior.length > 0 ? () => approveBatch(prior) : undefined;
 					if (entry.type === "movie") {
 						return (
 							<PipelineCard
@@ -91,6 +108,7 @@ export function ReviewColumn({ items, total, jellyfinUrl, onMutate }: ReviewColu
 								}}
 								onApprove={() => approveItem(entry.item.item_id)}
 								onSkip={() => skipItem(entry.item.item_id)}
+								onApproveUpToHere={onApproveUpToHere}
 							/>
 						);
 					}
@@ -103,6 +121,7 @@ export function ReviewColumn({ items, total, jellyfinUrl, onMutate }: ReviewColu
 							seriesJellyfinId={entry.item.jellyfinId}
 							episodes={entry.item.episodes}
 							onMutate={onMutate}
+							onApproveUpToHere={onApproveUpToHere}
 						/>
 					);
 				})}
diff --git a/src/features/pipeline/SeriesCard.tsx b/src/features/pipeline/SeriesCard.tsx
index 8cb3e6e..bf2222e 100644
--- a/src/features/pipeline/SeriesCard.tsx
+++ b/src/features/pipeline/SeriesCard.tsx
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ interface SeriesCardProps {
 	seriesJellyfinId: string | null;
 	episodes: PipelineReviewItem[];
 	onMutate: () => void;
+	// Review-column affordance: approve every card visually above this
+	// series in one round-trip. See ReviewColumn for the id computation.
+	onApproveUpToHere?: () => void;
 }
 
 export function SeriesCard({
@@ -20,6 +23,7 @@ export function SeriesCard({
 	seriesJellyfinId,
 	episodes,
 	onMutate,
+	onApproveUpToHere,
 }: SeriesCardProps) {
 	const [expanded, setExpanded] = useState(false);
 
@@ -42,7 +46,7 @@ export function SeriesCard({
 		jellyfinUrl && seriesJellyfinId ? `${jellyfinUrl}/web/index.html#!/details?id=${seriesJellyfinId}` : null;
 
 	return (
-		<div className="group rounded-lg border bg-white overflow-hidden">
+		<div className="group/series rounded-lg border bg-white overflow-hidden">
 			{/* Title row */}
 			<div
 				className="flex items-center gap-2 px-3 pt-3 pb-1 cursor-pointer hover:bg-gray-50 rounded-t-lg"
@@ -85,6 +89,18 @@ export function SeriesCard({
 						</option>
 					))}
 				</select>
+				{onApproveUpToHere && (
+					<button
+						onClick={(e) => {
+							e.stopPropagation();
+							onApproveUpToHere();
+						}}
+						title="Approve every card listed above this one"
+						className="text-xs px-2 py-1 rounded border border-blue-600 text-blue-700 bg-white hover:bg-blue-50 cursor-pointer whitespace-nowrap shrink-0 opacity-0 group-hover/series:opacity-100 transition-opacity"
+					>
+						↑ Approve above
+					</button>
+				)}
 				<button
 					onClick={(e) => {
 						e.stopPropagation();