I don't think we're ending the movie, but I do think the cliffhanger climax is getting warmed up. There's an event coming that, based on the climate of the rising action, will be a doozy. Staying prepared and head on a swivel is really all one can do to soften the blow which is sure to come. Not dooming here, I think it's part of the show, even necessary. But let's face facts. The tribulations we have seen thus far have been largely benign. The masses won't wake up until real tragedy is being picked out of their hair in little pink greasy particles like so much gruesome confetti. Then and only then will reality wake up the slumbering.