Mike Sussman Michael David " Mike " Sussman , often credited as " Mike Sussman " , was a writer and producer of many and episodes . By 1975 , at the age of eight , Sussman was already a huge Trekkie and had begun writing fan fiction stories set within the " Star Trek " universe . As a teenager in the early 1980s , he petitioned his local UHF station to resume airing syndicated episodes of the original " Star Trek " series . Sussman made his first professional sale to the " Star Trek " franchise in 1995 , when he wrote the story for the acclaimed " Star Trek : Voyager " episode . He contributed three more episodes as a freelance writer before joining the writing staff as a story editor for " Voyager " s seventh and final season in . When " Voyager " wrapped the following year , Sussman was hired as a writer and Executive Story Editor on " Enterprise " , and was eventually promoted to Co - Producer . During that show ' s third season , Sussman was promoted to Producer , a position he held until the series was canceled in . All told , Sussman is credited with writing or co - writing more than thirty episodes of " Star Trek " . Sussman showed his affection and knowledge of the original " Star Trek " series with arguably his most popular episodes , and , canon ically tying these episodes in with the " Original Series " episodes and . Sussman even made a cameo appearance in Part II , as a dead crewman aboard the . He followed up his Mirror Universe prequel in printed form in 2015 , writing the story for the novella " Age of the Empress " . , written by Sussman , was broadcast on as the " # 1 Fan Favorite Episode " of the series , chosen in a Viewer ' s Choice poll at UPN . com . The readers of chose Sussman ' s " In a Mirror , Darkly " as the best episode of " Enterprise " in their 40th anniversary reader poll , published in January 2006 . In 2016 , " Star Trek " fans at the 50th anniversary convention in Las Vegas chose " In a Mirror , Darkly " as one of the " 10 Best Star Trek episodes " of all time , out of more than 700 live - action episodes spanning five decades . Sussman was credited as a writer on both the 600th live action episode of " Star Trek " , , as well as the 700th episode of the franchise , . M . Sussman , a name on the dedication plaque of , was named after him as well as the Vulcan fight technique " Suus Mahna " in the episode . Together with Phyllis Strong , he recorded audio commentaries for the episodes and on the ENT Season 2 DVD and , with Tim Gaskill , commentaries for the episodes and on the ENT Season 4 DVD . Sussman revisited his " Enterprise " contributions , speaking at length in an indepth interview , spread over several special features , especially produced by Roger Lay , Jr . for the 2014 Season 3 and Season 4 Blu Ray set releases . Career outside " Star Trek " . Mike Sussman was born in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , but spent most of his youth in the Gulf Coast resort town of Sarasota , Florida . After studying film and screenwriting at Florida State University , Sussman began his television career as a newscast producer for Sarasota ' s ABC affiliate , WWSB - TV . While there , he produced the station ' s eleven o ' clock news , as well as their 1992 Presidential Election coverage . Soon after relocating to Los Angeles , he began writing for KCAL - TV ' s Emmy Award - winning Prime 9 News . After " Enterprise " , Sussman was hired as a writer and Supervising Producer on Brannon Braga ' s short - lived CBS alien - invasion drama series " Threshold " . Among the regular actors on this series was star Brent Spiner . Sussman wrote two of the episodes of this series , " Pulse " ( episode six ) and " Vigilante " ( episode twelve , guest - starring Jacqueline Kim ) before the series was pulled from the CBS schedule . He was also a writer and Co - Executive Producer on Sam Raimi ' s " Legend of the Seeker " , a syndicated fantasy / adventure series from Disney - ABC Domestic Television and ABC Studios , based on Terry Goodkind ' s " The Sword of Truth " series of novels . This series was executive produced by Kenneth Biller . Sussman was a Creator and Executive Producer of " Perception " , a one - hour drama from ABC Studios that aired on TNT for three seasons starting in 2012 . The series starred Emmy Award - winner Eric McCormack as a crime - solving neurology professor ; it also featured LeVar Burton in a recurring role as Paul Haley , McCormack ' s supervisor at the fictional Chicago - Lake Michigan University . After " Perception " went off the air , Sussman went on to write and produce the SyFy Channel series " 12 Monkeys " from Universal Cable Productions ; and the TNT action - drama series " The Last Ship " from Executive Producer Michael Bay and TNT Originals .