8 Ups & NO Downs From Star Trek: Lower Decks 5.6 - Of Gods And Angles

… is that if you want to get into book club, you must first be shot in the arse with a lightning bolt by a "demigod" (or "psychokinetic being" in more Starfleet parlance).

Then, the doctor who runs said book club must remove the lightning bolt in an operation so "extremely unique" and "legendary" that, when it's over, the entire medical staff will clap and cheer like she's just landed a plane. The "T'Ana Procedure" is the new Boimler Effect, although both are about sitting on your backside.

T'Ana's cackling laugh as she exited to her office was a pleasure as always. Whether Boimler's new nickname — "f**ko" (not "flip") — will stick is another matter. 0.327% makes more of a difference than you might think!

Following on from the previous entry, only in Lower Decks can one go from claws-out to complex medical intervention to invitation to an evening with the bibliophile members of the senior staff in all of five minutes.

Second rule of book club: don't forget the pillow!