Manny Coto

There you go.

So all right, and then the next one is that Manny Coto, who was the showrunner for all of season four, he referred to this installment as, quote, "Probably the best episode we've done all season," end quote.

And that's saying big stuff-

Yeah

Yes.

I really think the direction in this was beautiful.

I'm glad I found that piece about Manny Coto calling it out because, yeah, as a first-time director, he really hit it out of the park.

Like, it, it's noticeably interesting shots.

But then because Brannon Braga had been, like, doing Star Trek for so long, he's like, "Nope, this doesn't work." And then he finally burnt out, and that's why season four of Enterprise is good.

In season three he brought in Manny Coto because he's like, "I need, I just need someone I can trust." And he was, like, ready to...

There's a story where Brannon Braga was just, like, ready to throw an entire script out, and Manny Coto's like, "No, man.

This is a good script.

You can shoot this.

Yeah.

[laughs] And brought in Manny Coto, who's got an idea.

To, to fix it.

You know?

And tonight we are discussing Affliction, the 15th episode of season four.

Affliction had a teleplay by Mike Sussman, a story by Manny Coto, and was directed by Michael Grossman.

It aired on February 18th, 2005.

But before we begin our discussion, we need to issue a read alert.

Um, the attack on Phlox from earlier this season is brought back up.

They are really going through and connecting back.

This shows that when Manny Coto became the showrunner of this season, he had a plan.

Mm-hmm.