Franklin Delano Roosevelt is the Governor of New York, a year from the presidency and from setting in motion the reforms that will reshape the nation. The political gathering he headlines is the evening's grand occasion, and because the institution that will one day become S.H.I.E.L.D. traces back to him, the team first assumes he is the night's target. He moves through the affair as its honored guest, a fixed point of history the agents are desperate not to disturb.