Causal
strong strength
Narrative Connection
How these two moments in the story relate
From
Picard orders temporal anomaly investigation
S5E18
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Cause and Effect
To
Voices and Distortion Collide
S5E18
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Cause and Effect
Why These Connect
The narrative assertion
"Picard directs Geordi and Data to investigate the anomalies Beverly reports; this directly leads back to the Observation Lounge and the inability to verify anything out of the ordinary."
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.