Narrative Connection
How these two moments in the story relate
Why These Connect
The narrative assertion
"Dodo's suspicious return and the Doctor's departure set Ben's investigation in motion, leading him to the warehouse where he witnesses WOTAN's operations firsthand."
inferred by llm_cross_episode_arc
Why This Matters Across Episodes
The longer arc this connection carries
Ben's actions in Episode 3 (overhearing War Machine deployment order) are directly motivated by the Doctor's departure triggered by Dodo's suspicious return in Episode 2. This creates a causal chain where character behavior in one episode enables events in the next.
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.