Narrative Connection
How these two moments in the story relate
Why These Connect
The narrative assertion
"The Cleves alliance that Henry reluctantly sealed in E5 is the primary reason Cromwell must be destroyed in E6—Henry needs to annul the marriage and cannot do so while Cromwell, the architect of the alliance, remains in power."
inferred by llm_cross_episode_character
Why This Matters Across Episodes
The longer arc this connection carries
The entire political rationale of E5 (the Cleves marriage, the German alliance, the Protestant strategy) collapses by E6, and Cromwell's enemies frame this collapse as treason. Henry's ceremonial sealing of the alliance in E5 creates the very situation that requires Cromwell's elimination in E6.
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.