After the scalding incident, Michael attempted to reconstruct the burned portions of the blueprint from memory, but the task proved extremely difficult. Sara reported the discovery of guard uniform fibers on Michael's back to Warden Pope. Pope questioned Michael, demanding a reasonable explanation, but Michael remained silent and was placed in solitary confinement.
To monitor Michael and the others, Bellick assigned Miller to work in the storage room. He informed Sucre and the rest that specialized workers would soon take over the storage room duties, and their team would be reassigned. This news caused panic among the escapees.
To conceal the tunnel, Sucre risked climbing out of his cell at night, filled the tunnel entrance with cement, and then allowed himself to be caught outside by the guards. Bellick was deeply suspicious of Sucre's bizarre behavior and subjected him to intense interrogation. Sucre stuck to the prearranged story: he had hidden during the day's headcount to wait for a friend to deliver his girlfriend's underwear. Though skeptical, Bellick placed him in solitary confinement.
Meanwhile, Miller informed Bellick of suspicious activity involving the storage room floor. When a furious Bellick rushed to inspect the site, he found it perfectly restored, thanks to Sucre's repairs.
After being placed in solitary, Michael suddenly became unresponsive and vacant-eyed. Sucre alerted the guards, and Sara was summoned. She diagnosed Michael as suffering a mental breakdown due to extreme stress and had him transferred to the psychiatric unit. However, once there, Michael immediately became alert and focused—his condition had been a ruse. He feigned illness to get close to his former cellmate, Haywire, who had shown unusual interest in his tattoos, hoping Haywire's memory could help reconstruct the destroyed sections of the blueprint.
Meanwhile, Veronica and the others returned to the remote cabin where they had hidden and discovered Quinn dead in the trap. LJ secretly pocketed a clue he found on Quinn's body.