Causal
strong strength
Narrative Connection
How these two moments in the story relate
From
The Fracturing of Data's Mind
S2E5
·
The Schizoid Man
To
A Friend Held Hostage: Graves' Violent Ultimatum
S2E5
·
The Schizoid Man
Why These Connect
The narrative assertion
"Troi's clinical diagnosis that two personalities inhabit Data and that the alien persona is violent directly predicts/causes the subsequent hostage situation in which Data (dominated by Graves) holds Geordi at phaser-point on the viewscreen."
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.