Berman and Taylor decided to delete Kes because they thought the character had not been fully developed during the course of the program. Brannon Braga, executive producer, called the choice a "lack of creativity on the writers' side." He added: "We knew we wanted to do a more serialized story this year, so deleting one of our characters made sense to us. Kes was deleted from Voyager in 1987 after three seasons on the show. Her death was not planned but rather an "oh well" situation when it became clear that she would have to be written out due to budget constraints. She was sacrificed by the writing staff so that the series could continue with a new main character in place of her. When asked about why he wrote her off the show, Berman replied, "Because we didn't want to spend any more time than we had to on someone who was just going to disappear at some point." Kes survived the initial run of Star Trek: The Next Generation but was killed off during its third season. She was resurrected for the show's 25th anniversary episode "All Good Things..." In addition to being written off the show, Kes was also given away in a marriage proposal storyline that was never resolved. Her husband was going to marry another woman before changing his mind at the last minute.