A long time after the case, Ellen and Patty inadvertently meet in a shop with Ellen's daughter. Judging from Patty's still having an office in New York, she did not become an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court as she once considered, but continued her practice. Ellen, however, has left the legal profession and has devoted herself to family life. A delusional Patty imagines Ellen thanking her for all the good she has done for her. The truth, however, is uglier than it seems, and Ellen deliberately ignores Patty. The final scene shows Patty bitter and alone in the back of her car with her career, the last thing she still has.
