Lord Pirrie gets sick and hands over the chairmanship, till further notice, to his nephew, Thomas Andrews. He and Muir go to the Trade Board in London to plead updating the life boats requirements, albeit not retroactively, but the shipping companies obtain a non-binding gentleman's agreement. Sofia decides to seek a career in New York and hopes Mark will migrate back with her, but after father Thomas finds his daughter was adopted under the name Sarah Byrnes in a rural county, he decides to stay and search for her. German spy Altenberg blackmails Ismay's girlfriend Joanna Yaegar, whose brother is held captive, to steal and smuggle naval secrets.
—KGF Vissers