Causal
strong strength
Narrative Connection
How these two moments in the story relate
From
Alien abduction evidence confirmed
S6E5
·
Schisms
To
Crew reconstructs alien experiment table
S6E5
·
Schisms
Why These Connect
The narrative assertion
"Data's report about memory loss combines with Picard's learning about Hagler and Rager leading to Picard ordering the lock-down and Beverly discovering Riker's surgical scars. This is the start of the discovery."
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.