What is the point of TMITHC
[SPOILERS]
Hi so I just finished S4 and I'm curious to what point hawthorne was actually relevant to the plot.
Basically Thomas gets euthanised which causes Helen to become disillusioned with the reich and ultimately tell the resistance where she'll be travelling leading them to blow up the train killing her and her husband takes his own life.
All of this would have still happened without hawthorne yes? Because he didn't create the films or even distribute them.
Also whats up with the end of S4 why did all those people end up coming through the portal?