Causal
strong strength
Narrative Connection
How these two moments in the story relate
From
Smythe delivers rigged guilty verdicts
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The War Games Part 1
To
Buckingham secures Zoe’s temporary reprieve
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The War Games Part 1
Why These Connect
The narrative assertion
"Smythe finds the Doctor and his companions guilty and sentences them harshly (beat_42203fbd7e569303), leading to Jennifer Buckingham intervening to have Zoe placed under her care (beat_75fe6fba721e3e27)."
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.