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Smith’s attempt to "save" the alt-world Thomas backfires spectacularly. By trying to dissuade Thomas from joining the military using his own cynical perspective, he inadvertently pushes the boy closer to the very path that led to his son's death in the primary timeline. This is highlighted when Thomas witnesses his father’s cold indifference as a Black couple is forcibly ejected from a cafe, a moment that reveals the "Nazi" within the man Thomas thought he knew.

Seeing a vibrant, living Danny in the alt-world shatters Smith’s composure. His weak defense—"You know I had no choice, right?"—is the ultimate expression of the "bad faith" he has lived by for decades. A Father’s Failure [S4E5] Mauvaise Foi

In Smith’s timeline, he stood by and watched as Danny was loaded onto a truck bound for a concentration camp, ignoring Danny’s desperate pleas for help to protect his own rising status in the Reich. Smith’s attempt to "save" the alt-world Thomas backfires