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Fringe Connections
Glyphs, easter eggs, buried clues, behind-the-scenes videos, thematic connections, and more, catalogued episode by episode with screenshots and timestamps.
- 100 episodes
- 375 connections
- 356 items of interest
- 42 glyph sightings
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Connection
Senator Van Horn, who died in "Do Shapeshifters Dream of Electric Sheep?", was still alive in the altered timeline and talked to Broyles in "Brave New World (Part 2)".
S4E22 - Brave New World (Part 2) Timestamp: 37:18
Item of interest
The Fringe team is part of a full-fledged branch of the Department of Defense in the Redverse.
Leaf glyph
The leaf glyph is on the electronic keypad at Massive Dynamic.
Connection
William Bell left Nina a bell in his will in "The Box". Walter rang that bell in "Os" which initiated Bell's soul magnet experiment.
S3E16 - Os Timestamp: 15:36
Item of interest
Who did the Observer say was "still alive," Peter or Walter?
Frog glyph
A frog can be seen on the dock when Walter is high.
Connection
In "The Human Kind" Walter tested the Observer tech implant on the brain of the Porcupine Man from "Nothing as it Seems".
S5E08 - The Human Kind Timestamp: 17:28
Item of interest
The episode opened in "Manhatan", seemingly a typo but actually signifying this was an alternate Manhattan.
Butterfly glyph
A butterfly can be seen attacking Mark Young.
Connection
The universe window from "Peter" was seen in Walter's storage vault in "The Bullet that Saved the World".
S5E04 - The Bullet that Saved the World Timestamp: 14:44
Item of interest
William Bell's name is partially faded/scratched off of the door to the lab.
Apple glyph
The apple glyph can be seen as Olivia and Shapeshifter Charlie fight in the alley.
Connection
Ten Observers are present on Liberty island in "The Day We Died" from an assumed total of 12, given their names. One of the missing two is August, who was killed in "August".
S3E22 - The Day We Died Timestamp: 43:12
Item of interest
The license plate on Olivia's SUV reads 1R2D21, and the licence plate on Broyles's SUV reads 1C3PO1.
Butterfly glyph
Butterflies can be seen in Olivia's bedroom.
Connection
Walter implanted a tracker in his neck in "Snakehead" which is used in "Grey Matters".
S2E10 - Grey Matters Timestamp: 42:04
Item of interest
Windmark visited his boss, The Commander, in 2609.
Butterfly glyph
The butterfly glyph can be seen outside the entrance to the daycare center.
Connection
Peter needed a Faraday cage to safely enter the time bubble in "And Those We've Left Behind" like Alistair Peck built into his own body in order to time travel safely in "White Tulip".
S4E06 - And Those We've Left Behind Timestamp: 22:40
Item of interest
The green and yellow posters in the diner represent how this new timeline with the yellow/amber title sequence is starting to merge with the original timeline with the blue title sequence now that Peter has returned (blue + yellow = green).
Frog glyph
The frog glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
Connection
The translucent skin toxin from "Pilot" was used as a weapon against the Observers in "An Enemy of Fate".
S5E13 - An Enemy of Fate Timestamp: 02:39
Item of interest
Mark Young's colleague is wearing a butterfly pin, possibly prompting the subject of his hallucination.
Flower glyph
The flower glyph can be seen on the wall in the diner where Olivia and Lincoln meet.
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