Marcus continues his interrogation and torture. Angel is trying to use his feet to pick up a bit of stake-like wood that is lying on the ground conveniently near him. Marcus again asks Angel what he wants. Angel sniffles and squirms and finally says "I want...forgiveness." Whoa, what a revelation. Marcus assures Angel that soon Angel won't care about the ring, or anything else, and blah blah blah blah, really, he promises. Angel snivels, "And I promise...to kill you!" as he lunges up with the stake between his feet, but Spike jumps in and grabs his feet just in time, and takes the stake away. Marcus is displeased, but insists, "It won't be long now." Spike says, "What say I grab a pair of needle-nose pliers and give a hand?" We hear Angel's scream as we cut to...

"Drat," says Cordy, back at Angel's place. "It's not in the freezer and it's not in the toilet tank. In the movies it's always in one of those places!" Doyle agrees that the ring isn't there. They realize that they've looked everywhere...except.."The rat-infested sewer tunnels he uses to get around in the daytime," concludes Cordy.

Cordy and Doyle search the sewers. Cordy wouldn't feel around pipes in a sewer if her own life were at stake, so I'm having trouble buying that she'd do it for Angel. As Cordy walks out of view, Doyle makes his face go all pin-cushiony and sniffs, then un-demonizes and walks right to where the ring is. Johanna asks, "And Doyle's special power is that he can sniff jewelry?" That is one specialized demon. They realize that if they just give Spike the ring, he'll kill all of them, so they prepare to Make A Plan.