Narrative Connection
How these two moments in the story relate
Why These Connect
The narrative assertion
"Moriarty's demand for permanent existence and Picard's promise that 'something would be done' in the first episode directly leads to Moriarty being stored in memory. In the later episode, Moriarty awakens and explicitly accuses Picard of breaking that promise, citing the four years of fragmented consciousness."
inferred by llm_cross_episode_arc
Why This Matters Across Episodes
The longer arc this connection carries
This is the central conflict arc: Moriarty's quest for autonomy. The earlier episode establishes the unresolved promise that becomes the source of Moriarty's anger and the trigger for the later crisis, showing a direct causal link from the initial negotiation to the subsequent awakening and confrontation.
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.