Remembering Manny Coto

I didn’t know that Manny Coto died in 2023.  Coto came onto the Enterprise series during the third season.  He was the reason the show turned into a beloved Star Trek in the third and especially fourth seasons.  Unlike Braga and Berman, Coto was a fan of TOS and Trek in general.  You could tell by the direction he took the show.  His presence can be felt with Star Trek Picard's direction in season 3.  Coto influenced Terry Matalas.  

He was from Cuba and fled to the US when he was young, which I didn’t know.  Coto was more of a plot-based writer than say, Piller, who also passed away.  But, you have to love that he loved continuity and canon, which Braga and Berman didn’t care for.  Coto tried to fix Enterprise, but B&B did too much damage to the product to give him time to fix it.  However, the 4th season was the best and felt like a prequel.