In the Dark

In The Dark is episode 3 of season 1 of the television show Angel. See also List of Angel (series) episodes.

Spike follows Oz to L.A. to retrieve the Gem of Amarra, which makes a vampire invincible. Oz gives it to Angel, who hides it in the sewers. In the meantime, Spike hires a vampire skilled in torture and abducts Angel. After failing to extract the information, he barters with Cordelia and Doyle. Cordelia, Doyle and Oz manage to rescue Angel, but not before the torture vampire gets his hands on the ring. In the end, Angel defeats the torture vampire and retrieves the ring. After an afternoon in the sun and watching the sunset, he decides that wearing the ring would distance him from the suffering of the innocent he has sworn to protect. Besides, as long as the ring exists, vampires will be after him. So Angel crushes the jewel.