Why Enterprise Was Not Optimal

Enterprise, the heretofore last Star Trek TV series to be produced, was not handled well by those who managed the IP and the writers mangled what Star Trek is about, messed with cannon history and timelines and essentially were out of focus. 1) Cast: Nothing terrible here, but not as much focus on relationships between crew members. There was external development with characters and their families and some mild romantic overtures, but little in the way of developing camaraderie. 2) Plot: Temporal cold war and the suliban/other stupid aliens. The writers should have concentrated on the Earth-Romulan War since the 1st season started. Time travel stuff can wait and should be novel rather than central. 3) Location: Concentrate on the nearby beta-quandrant border with Romulans and Klingons. Play up tensions with Klingons as well but not too much, they should be peripheral and be seen as a nebulous force that will at times help or hinder starfleet's goals, possibly engaging in tech transfer of photon torpedos and matter disruptors and energy shielding. Play off as foil to Vulcans: Their equal and opposite but less knowable even though they have more emotional connections with humans. The reality is that they could have made the series about exploring a core part of the Star Trek Universe and shown more about the United Federation of Planets forming at the end of the ERW. The Enterprise would have still been prominent and the producers could have connected the crew to events in a bigger way rather than inventing new threats and inserting them into the continuity. And we wouldn't have needed the final episode flashback stuff.