We have sad news to report today, as we’ve learned that Star Trek: Enterprise showrunner Manny Coto has passed away at the age of 62.
 
Coto, who passed away on July 9 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer (reports Variety), joined the prequel Star Trek series during its third season, would go on to write or co-write 14 episodes in the back half of Enterprise. In 2004, he would go on to take over showrunner duties to manage the show in its fourth, final, and some say most successful season.
 

After departing Star Trek, Coto would go on to become an integral creative member on several high-profile television series, including Fox’s 24 and 24: Legacy, as well as FX’s American Horror Story. He also created Showtime’s Odyssey 5 and Next for Fox.

Proud to have worked with such an incredible group of people. Still the happiest time of my career. https://t.co/9Njcd1ITHI

— Manny Coto (@mannyhectorcoto) September 26, 2022

Manny Coto’s writing Star Trek: Enterprise writing credits began with the emotional Season 3 episode “Similitude,” when a clone of Trip Tucker (Connor Trinneer) is grown to sentience only to be used as an organ donor to save the NX-01’s engineer during the Xindi crisis.

Enterprise co-creator and executive producer Brannon Braga:

His full list of Star Trek: Enterprise credits are as follows:

• “Similitude”
• “Chosen Realm”
• “Harbinger” (teleplay)
• “Azati Prime”
• “The Council”
• “Storm Front” and “Storm Front, Part II”
• “United” (co-written with Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens)
• “The Aenar” (story credit)
• “Affliction” (story credit)
• “Bound”
• “In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II” (story credit)
• “Demons”
• “Terra Prime” (co-written with Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens)

Our condolences go out to his wife and four children, his other family and friends, and his Star Trek: Enterprise colleagues.