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
Before vanishing, Sophie leaves a parting "gift" for those she left behind: 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 . a burner phone