• Series: ER

• Genre: Drama
• Movie Type: Medical Drama, Prime-Time Drama
• Themes: Doctors and Patients
• Director: Christopher Chulack
• Release Year: 1997
• Country: US
• Run Time: 60 minutes

Plot

Still on suspension from the ER, Carol Hathaway (Julianna Margulies) stops off at a local convenience store, and ends up smack dab in the middle of a robbery. Shots rings out, the store's owner and one of the robbers are wounded, and the incident turns into a dangerous hostage situation. Hoping to save the lives of the other people in the store, Carol simultaneously tries to defuse the situation and tend to the wounded. Neatly sidestepping the usual TV cliché, the hostage crisis is resolved some 20 minutes before the end of the episode -- but Carol's troubles are far from over. "The Long Way Around" earned an Emmy award for Best Editing. Ewan McGregor guest starred as one of the robbers. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Currie Graham - Mr. Novotny; Ruth Maleczech - Marita Novotny; Mason Gamble - Robert Potter; Jan Rubes - Mr. Duzak; Ellen Crawford - Lydia; Yvette Freeman - Haleh; Marisol Nichols - Angie; Nathan Davis - James; Ewan McGregor - Duncan Stewart; Lily Mariye - Lily; Lynn A. Henderson - Olbes; Mark Morettini - Lockhart; Hector Fabregas - Javier; Richard Cotovsky - Homeless Man; G. Riley Mills - Joseph; Robert Mohler - Kroopf; Cedric Young - Leon

Credit

Christopher Chulack - Director; Lydia Woodward - Teleplay By