But a routine doctors visit adds a twist to the story: Nikki notes that she now has a rash, and the provider, played by a friendly physician’s assistant, reveals that she has Shingles. Shortly thereafter there is brief cameo by a pharmacist.

This story’s action sequences are greatly lacking. While Nikki would much prefer “setting shit on fire” or “blowing shit up” (her words), this production had a very small budget which only covered antivirals and a topical ointment.

Commentary:

The story begins in a predictable manner. The main character, played by Nikki Massaro Kauffman, thinks that she either slept in her arm wrong (the old “middle aged slept on it wrong” trope).

She notes that her arm could also still be sore from the vaccine she had days earlier. (Cue flashback—no—cue montage of flashbacks—to a history of vaccine side effects and obscure reactions.)