Causal
medium strength
Narrative Connection
How these two moments in the story relate
From
Diagnostic Impasse
S2E22
·
Shades of Gray
To
Clamping Riker: Inducing REM to Stall the Infection
S2E22
·
Shades of Gray
Why These Connect
The narrative assertion
"Pulaski’s all‑negative database search pressures her into initiating the radical neural stimulation."
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.