Causal
strong strength
Narrative Connection
How these two moments in the story relate
From
Q’s Unfair Game: Humanity’s Ultimate Trial on Quadra Sigma III
S1E11
·
Hide and Q
To
Enterprise Immobilized: Picard Faces Q’s Lethal Gambit
S1E11
·
Hide and Q
Why These Connect
The narrative assertion
"Tasha's impulsive drawing of her phaser causes her banishment to Q's penalty box, where she later appears as a spectral projection to Picard, revealing her dire situation and raising the stakes."
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.