What's the narrative?

Rubicon, currently being broadcast by the BBC in the UK and in France via Orange Cine Max, is a complex conspiracy drama, set in the world of intelligence analysis.  It's the type of programme you have to sit and watch with full attention - the plot twists are rather challenging to say the least.   The intelligence agents' job is to take diverse, seemingly unconnected, elements of data and information (or mis-information) and to recognise patterns and recommend action - some of it literally life and death decision-making.   It's the information professional's perfect TV programme!In this week's episode, one character summarises the challenge of the job...

...[we must]... find the dots, connect the dots then understand the dots...  The dots are in the world or in the bits and pieces of information, thousands of signs and symbols we can pull out of raw data.  What's the connection?  What's the narrative?