The Earl of Manton and his family secure passage on the Titanic under a cloud of scandal surrounding his daughter, Georgiana. Meanwhile, there's tension between the English and American staff and crew man Jim Maloney attempts to smuggle his wife and children on board...

The iceberg strikes, and fear builds up in steerage as passengers find themselves behind locked gates. Peter Lubov tries to help Mary and her children get to the lifeboats.

On board, Jim Maloney meets a mysterious steerage passenger who unsettles his wife. In second class, Muriel Batley resents the subservient attitude of her lawyer husband.

Panic takes hold as the Titanic goes through her terrible death throes. The next few hours will decide who lives and who dies.