She fakes her death to escape her life in San Francisco.
She realizes she wasn't pushed off the ferry in the first place—she jumped intentionally as part of a previous failed plan to disappear, but the ferry’s propeller caused her memory-wiping head injury. Closing the San Francisco Chapter Watch surface 2022 s01e08 720p web h264-ggez 1
The finale initially leads viewers to believe Sophie has finally succumbed to her trauma. After weeks of processing her husband James's lies and the death of her lover, Baden, she leaves a backpack on the Golden Gate Bridge and seemingly jumps. She fakes her death to escape her life in San Francisco
Using a key found sewn into her clothes from the night of her original accident, she unlocks a storage unit containing a duffle bag full of cash, a burner phone, and a passport under her real name, Tess Caldwell . After weeks of processing her husband James's lies
However, the episode reveals this was a . In reality, Sophie has "Gone Girled" her life:
Before vanishing, Sophie leaves a parting "gift" for those she left behind:
