The next morning, Sally holds up a newspaper whose headline trumpets Catwoman's victory over Hedare. It is revealed that Sally has spent the night with an attractive doctor from the hospital, who feeds Sally a strawberry and kisses her.

Meanwhile, Ophelia Powers receives a package containing a painting from Patience, accompanied by a note thanking her for everything.

Back at the coffeeshop, Tom reads a letter from Patience, which she recites in voiceover. Patience explains that Tom's world has no place for someone like her, because she's both good and bad. Proclaiming that "freedom is power," Catwoman struts into the distance, cracking a whip as the screen fades to black.

In one final monologue, Catwoman provides closure on every major question the audience might have about its characters, ranging from "Do Patience and Tom end up together?" (no), to "Is Patience grateful to Opehlia for everything?" (yes). Furthermore, it indirectly answers the question of whether Sally's immodest advances on her doctor have paid off, as we observe they have apparently moved in together two days after Sally's release from the hospital. We might take this as an indication that many months have passed since the last scene, except that Sally's newspaper headline refers to last night.

However, this newspaper headline -- "CATWOMAN TOPPLES HEDARE EMPIRE, SAVES UNTOLD LIVES" -- seems distinctly at odds with Tom's recent scheme to sneak Catwoman back into her jail cell and pretend she had never left, a crucial step towards "proving" Catwoman's innocence. Indeed, not more than 10 hours later, Catwoman's involvement in yet another gruesome death is splashed across the front page; despite the fact that this particular murder saved "untold lives," as far as the authorities are concerned, this turn of events only confirms that Catwoman is capable of killing without remorse.

Ophelia Powers, meanwhile, seems to have gotten away with her epic practical joke of picking the most pitiful woman she could find and convincing her that she's a Catwoman. As Ophelia reads Patience's note (decorated with a small drawing of a cat, because she's a Catwoman), she smiles to herself, perhaps relieved that Patience didn't break her neck the first time Ophelia pushed her off the balcony; in that case, the front page of Sally’s newspaper might read, "Patience Phillips Dead Because Someone Told Her She Was a Cat." Interestingly, the line below it -- "Saves Untold Lives" -- would remain exactly the same.

Finally, there is Tom, stood up at the coffee shop for the second time this week. Certainly, it is hard to believe such a short time has passed since Patience first dressed up in black leather, just like a cat, but what truly matters is the spiritual journey she articulates in her letter to Tom: Patience has learned to love herself, but feels the need to exist outside the boundaries of human society because she is capable of good and bad. If Patience had taken the time to explain this in person, Tom might have informed her that every human being on Earth is capable of this, and she is actually not special in the slightest; by now, however, Catwoman is all dressed up and back on the rooftops. With this final image, the audience can finally agree with the movie in one respect: Catwoman is too weird to hang out with normal people.