Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' showrunner Akiva Goldsman has made a major miscalculation with the Star Trek timeline of Number One, Lt. Commander Una Chin-Riley (Rebecca Romijn). Despite Number One being arrested in the SNW season 1 finale, the trailer for season 2 revealed that she's back aboard the USS Enterprise. While audiences could have easily assumed that Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) would be able to free his second-in-command from prison, it's still surprising that Una's freedom has already been revealed ahead of the season 2 premiere.
Interviewed about Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2 in the latest issue of SFX Magazine, Akiva Goldsman spoke about why Una's fate was revealed in the trailer. However, Goldsman's explanation doesn't appear to tally with the established continuity for the character of Number One and her service aboard the USS Enterprise. In response to Una's appearance in the SNW season 2 trailer, Goldsman said (via SlashFilm) that "We all know that Number One is on Pike's Enterprise for 'The Cage', right?" While Number One is on Pike's Enterprise during "The Cage", this creates confusion as to Goldsman's understanding of the character's Star Trek timeline.
