Governor of Connecticut (unnamed — S1E15 'Celestial Navigation')

The Governor of Connecticut operates as the state's chief executive and a decisive intergovernmental actor whose interventions compress federal timelines. When a local arrest threatens White House optics—most notably the detention of a prominent judicial figure—the governor initiates urgent contact with local authorities, converting municipal procedure into a state–federal crisis. The office exerts procedural pressure rather than on‑scene control: a phone call that demands rapid consultation, forces executive accountability, and reframes local decisions as matters requiring immediate national coordination and political risk management.