Narrative Connection
How these two moments in the story relate
Why These Connect
The narrative assertion
"Dorothea Wolsey's accusation that Cromwell betrayed Cardinal Wolsey directly triggers Cromwell's hallucination of Wolsey and the other ghosts, as he replays her words 'You betrayed him.'"
inferred by llm_cross_episode_character
Why This Matters Across Episodes
The longer arc this connection carries
Dorothea's accusation in Episode 2 plants the seed of self-doubt that blooms into Cromwell's full mental breakdown in Episode 3. Anne Boleyn appears in this hallucination because Cromwell sees her as another person he failed to save—linking the two episodes through Cromwell's guilt over 'standing aside' for powerful men.
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.