Steve conjures up a pancake (aided by invisible Nick)

Steve is seen sitting at the table in the living room, thinking the word “pancakes” to himself, over and over. Meanwhile, in the kitchen, the fridge door appears to open itself, and milk and eggs float out from within it.

Occasional shots of Steve pondering in the living room are intercut with shots of eggs, milk, and flour being added by invisible hands to a mixing bowl, of a poorly-mixed pancake batter being poured into a frying pan, and of a pancake being flipped and then set on a plate.

The plated pancake, along with a bowl of sugar, float out of the kitchen and into the living room, plopping themselves onto the living room table for Steve to eat.

Steve sprinkles some sugar onto the pancake and takes a bite, before offering some up to his invisible companion. Nick’s mouth then appears, apparently hovering disconnected in mid-air, through a slit cut into the green screen suit. Steve feeds a piece of the pancake into the disembodied mouth and asks it how it tastes, to which Nick responds with “Epic!”.

The final camera shot reveals Nick seated at the table wearing the green screen onesie.

In the studio, Greg notes that the scale of ambition in the film was fairly low until Nick’s mouth – or “wormhole”, as Greg puts it – was uncovered. He encourages Steve to dig deeper into the narrative, but Steve can only explain that it was about a man who wanted pancakes and then conjures them up (in the relevant episode of the official Taskmaster companion podcast, Steve explained that their concept for the attempt was built around being able to film most of their parts separately, since he had to leave the Taskmaster house early that day to perform in a play in the West End).

Although their film was less ambitious, Greg acknowledges that it was better produced, and so awards them 4 points each.

(Written by M3 / Andres Sanchez and proofread by Karl Craven)

(Illustrations collected by Jenny R and adjusted by David Fuller)