Causal
strong strength
Narrative Connection
How these two moments in the story relate
Why These Connect
The narrative assertion
"Picard's public announcement of Troi's impossible pregnancy sets the stage for the maternity sequence that follows and culminates in the child's birth."
About Causal Connections
A directly causes B. The first event sets forces in motion that produce the second. These are the load-bearing connections of plot--remove one and the story structure collapses.
Related Connections
Causal
→ Troi Hums Ian to Life
Causal
→ Command Authority Replaced by Intimate Reclamation
Causal
→ The Great Silence After the First …
Character Continuity
→ Maternal Sovereignty Declared
Character Continuity
→ The Unfathered Pregnancy Revealed
Causal
← The Great Silence After the First …
Causal
← Troi Hums Ian to Life
Causal
← Command Authority Replaced by Intimate Reclamation
Causal
← The Unfathered Pregnancy Revealed
Causal
← Maternal Sovereignty Declared
Character Continuity
← Command Authority Replaced by Intimate Reclamation
Character Continuity
← The Great Silence After the First …
Character Continuity
← Troi Hums Ian to Life
Foreshadowing
← The Warning Ritual Ignored
Foreshadowing
← Energy Phantom Stows Away
Foreshadowing
← Ghost Flare on the Port-Nacelle
Foreshadowing
← Orb Penetrates Enterprise—Uninvited Guest Inside