Causal
strong strength
Narrative Connection
How these two moments in the story relate
From
The Unraveling: Lynn’s Poisoned Truth and Catherine’s Fractured Armor
S1E4
·
Happy Valley S01E04
To
The Ghost in the Mirror: Catherine’s Unraveling
S1E4
·
Happy Valley S01E04
Why These Connect
The narrative assertion
"Catherine is rattled by the news that Lynn knows Tommy is Ryan's father and so Catherine experiences a vivid hallucination of her deceased daughter Becky in the patrol car's rearview mirror, causing her to reel from the re-emerging trauma."
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.