Welcome to Neelix’s Kitchen Nightmares you doughnuts!

I’m Gordon Ramsey and we’ve got three meals for you to shove in your face from three questionable kitchens.

Neelix’s kitchen’s covered in fluff and filth and seems to have been made in a large office meeting room. Will his food help Seven of Nine in “The Raven” or will it bring back dire flashbacks? I think we all know how it’s going to go.

Next up is the unnamed chef of the Enterprise who actually has a full kitchen. Hoshi Sato comes in and takes over, does she think she’s me or something? She gets the job done, possibly a bit too much in “Singularity”. Also there’s some delightful nonsense with a chair.

Finally William T Riker’s got the midlife crisis giant pizza oven out for a visit from his space dad, JL Picard in “Nepenthe”. Has he got what it takes, or will this episode and pizza both be undercooked? Whatever it is, it’s better than the replicated cake that gets thrown up all over La Sirena!

This is actually Charlie, I’ve no idea what Gordon Ramsey sounds like, I hope you enjoy the show!

00:05:21 What Non-Star Trek Thing We’ve Been Enjoying: Hungerstone by Kat Dunn, Alien: Earth

00:16:50 The Raven

00:48:33 Singularity

01:19:43 Nepenthe

Talking points include: The hyperfixation black hole, all the British food Miles misses, Hungerstone and other Carmillas, Alien: Earth and rants about latter Alien movies, which war was best: Britpop, Kree/Skrull or Avengers/Defenders, the works of Bryan Fuller and his horrifying first draft, Dexter & Sherlock Holmes, Dark Skies, marmite, people talking about their novels/characters, Phlox is basically Hank McCoy, James Bond Themes, Elnor doing a Metal Gear Solid, is Rizzo the Rat a Romulan?, old JL’s such a rogue again, Gilmore Girls and decades-later sequel problems, . Oh, and occasionally Star Trek.

Pedant’s corner:

• The actor Miles & Charlie are talking about is David Jonsson who is going to be in Romulus 2, The Long Walk and is currently on The Road Trip.

Casual Trek is by Charlie Etheridge-Nunn and Miles Reid-Lobatto

Music by Alfred Etheridge-Nunn

Casual Trek is a part of the Nerd & Tie Network