Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-112155-20160120062619/@comment-6127681-20160120230447

But we as the audience have always been privy to hidden details... We know HYDRA is supposed to be out there, and no one in-universe knows that that symbol is a HYDRA one. So it wouldn't make for any kind of shocking reveal, especially at this point, if we found out HYDRA was up to something. Which means, therefore, that the producers and executives shouldn't be nervous about anything HYDRA-related. There are no beans to spill by saying they're HYDRA. All the plot points for HYDRA have already been revealed. What I'm getting at is that if it were HYDRA, they'd've said as much.