Controversy
According to Manny Coto, a new executive producer during the fourth season, his fellow producers Rick Berman and Brannon Braga never fully planned out the Temporal Cold War storyline. According to Braga himself, they did not even firmly decide on the identity or back story of the 28th century leader of the Cabal (dubbed "Future Guy" and "Temporal Shower Guy" by fans ). At the end of the second season of Enterprise, poor ratings and reviews led to a new attempt to revamp the show by creating the Xindi race.
By the end of the third season, Coto felt the need for change, one of these being the removal of the TCW arc. According to him, "I felt that everything that had been said about the Temporal Cold War had already been said. I felt a heavy reliance on time travel at the beginning of Enterprise." Nevertheless, he says "I was secretly hoping for a season five to address the time travel."
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