Causal
strong strength
Narrative Connection
How these two moments in the story relate
From
Picard’s Reluctant Mentorship Begins
S5E5
·
Disaster
To
Picard’s failed connection with children
S5E5
·
Disaster
Why These Connect
The narrative assertion
"O'Brien and Troi's exchange foreshadows the challenges to come. Then, the quantum filament strikes, causing the turbolift to plummet, directly resulting from the earlier seemingly-harmless tour."
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.