It is Valentine's day and Carol wakes up and gets a phone call from her mother.  Carol is off of work because of her suspension and her mother mentions going shopping.  Carol is pouring herself a glass of milk and she is out, so she heads to the store for some more.  She speaks to the mail man and a little boy who calls her Ms. Hathaway.  In the store, Mr. Duzak is telling the bread man, Mr. Lockhart about his wife and her medicine that she needs.  He is unable to help him out.  Carol goes back to get her milk and she hears a confrontation at the front counter.  Two men with guns are asking for money and Carol bends down to hide.  The old man, Mr. Novotny, and his wife that own the store are scared.  Another customer walks in and sees what is going on and he runs out.  The one gunman runs to go after him before he leaves the store and  Mr. Novotny shoots and hits him.  He also shoots inside the store and hits a coffee maker and it bust and burns a ladies hand.  The other one shoots back and hits Mr. Novotny.  His wife runs to him to see if he is okay.  There is blood everywhere.  The one man that ran out goes to a police car that was sitting right up the street.  The two men are now trapped inside and do not know how they can get out without the police getting to them.  The gunmen's names are James and Duncan.  They are cousins.  James is from America and Duncan is visiting him from out of the country.  There are a few people stuck in the store with them.  Carol, Angie, Robert, Mr. Lockhart, and Mr. Duzak.  The store owner is bleeding really bad.  Duncan asks Angie what she does and she tells him that she is a first grade teacher.  Carol doctor's her burned hand.  Robert Potter is a ten year old boy who was playing a pin ball game while in the store.  He has hidden under the game and Carol tries to get him to come to her.  Duncan comes to see what is going on.  He has Carol check on his cousin when he finds out that she is a nurse.  She then checks on Mr. Novotny.  Carol tells Duncan that they both need medical attention by a doctor.  James is bleeding badly, but he doesn't want any doctor coming in.  She gets supplies from the store to help both victim's out.  The police are calling on the phone and using a megaphone to communicate with.  Carol has to get help with CPR for Mr. Novotny.  She gets help from his wife and from Angie.  He dies after they try to help him.  His wife has Carol stop working on him because she knows that it is too late.  Duncan and Carol drag him to the back office.  Robert says that he is going to throw up and needs to go to the restroom.  Duncan lets him.  He is upset about having killed a man.   Carol sees that a stock boy is still in the back of the store room hiding.  His name is Javier and he tells Carol about some keys to a back door.  Carol tells him to be quiet and she will try to get them.  Duncan is worried because it has been a while since he has heard from Robert in the bathroom.  He refuses to come, but he lets Carol come in.  Duncan makes Robert stand at the pinball machine and when he turns away, he escapes by hopping on the machine and going up into the ceiling tiles.  Duncan tries to get him, but he falls down on to the pinball machine and cuts up his face.  Carol now has to fix him up.  She tells him that James will die of blood loss if he does not get to a hospital.    Carol tells Duncan that she needs to get some glue from behind the counter to fix his cuts with and she grabs the keys that are up there.  Duncan is feeling bad about haven killed a man and Carol tells him that she knows how he feels.  She tells him about having killed the homeless man by giving him the wrong blood.  Javier sneaks out from the store room with a baseball bat in hand.  Duncan catches on and learns about the back door.  Duncan sees this as an opportunity to escape, but he needs a hostage to take with him.  He chooses Carol.  Just as he is letting Carol go, a police shows up with a gun.    He tells Duncan to drop his gun, but he doesn't and the police shoots him three times.  Carol yells to call a paramedic.  Duncan and his cousin are brought in to the ER.  James makes it, but Duncan dies.  Carol seems a sad about him and as if she cared for him.  Doug asks her how she is and she tells him that she is okay.  Kerry goes outside after her and tells her how much she has been missed.  Carol tells her how much she loves her job. 

Reviewed by Tony Conner on 10-16-2000