Causal
strong strength
Narrative Connection
How these two moments in the story relate
From
The Breaking Point: Instinct Over Protocol
S1E4
·
Happy Valley S01E04
To
Tommy’s Paranoid Violence: The Cellar Door as Catalyst for Brutality
S1E4
·
Happy Valley S01E04
Why These Connect
The narrative assertion
"Catherine is preoccupied with freeing Ann, not calling for backup which causes Tommy to enter the house and finds his mother, Lynn, standing in the hallway with the cellar door open."
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.