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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
Peter ran possible futures in "Five-Twenty-Ten" to try to coerce the Observers to be where he wanted them to be just like Milo Stanfield did to his doctors in "The Plateau".
S5E07 - Five-Twenty-Ten Timestamp: 33:08
Item of interest
Donald helped Walter set up the pocket universe hiding spot.
Seahorse glyph
A seahorse can be seen on the Bishops' refrigerator.
Connection
Nina said that Bell was a father figure to Jones in "There's More Than One of Everything". They finally worked together in "Brave New World (Part 1)".
S4E21 - Brave New World (Part 1) Timestamp: 20:17
Item of interest
The episode opened in "Manhatan", seemingly a typo but actually signifying this was an alternate Manhattan.
Frog glyph
A frog can be seen in Walter's Monty Python trip.
Connection
The anti-gravity osmium bullets from "Os" were used as a weapon against the Observers and Loyalists in "An Enemy of Fate".
S5E13 - An Enemy of Fate Timestamp: 08:05
Item of interest
William Bell's name is partially faded/scratched off of the door to the lab.
Butterfly glyph
Butterflies can be seen in Etta's apartment.
Connection
In "And Those We've Left Behind" Astrid used the same wand to detect abnormalities that Lincoln used in the opera house in "Over There (Part 1)".
S4E06 - And Those We've Left Behind Timestamp: 02:29
Item of interest
Mark Young's colleague is wearing a butterfly pin, possibly prompting the subject of his hallucination.
Frog glyph
A frog can be seen outside the entrance to the daycare center.
Connection
In "The End of All Things" September told Peter about Henry, the son he never knew existed, who was born in "Bloodline".
S4E14 - The End of All Things Timestamp: 30:13
Item of interest
The Child's happy expression drops when he sees the Observer.
Butterfly glyph
Butterflies can be seen on a box in September's apartment.
Connection
When Peter left the hospital in "The Last Sam Weiss" he wrote "I am going home" on an envelope, the same phrase he wrote for Elizabeth in "Subject 13" when he tried to return to his home world.
S3E21 - The Last Sam Weiss Timestamp: 01:38
Item of interest
The opening crawl is an homage to Blade Runner.
Frog glyph
The frog glyph can be seen as Olivia and Shapeshifter Charlie fight in the alley.
Connection
Peter said "You're going to be fine" to Olivia in "Brown Betty", like Charlie's "You're gonna be fine" message to Olivia in "Dream Logic".
S2E19 - Brown Betty Timestamp: 41:58
Item of interest
There is a Massive Dynamic logo on Flight 627's engine.
Seahorse glyph
A seahorse pattern can be seen in the toxin's molecular structure.
Connection
Walter said that Nancy Lewis looked familiar in "The Road Not Taken"; her name is on a height chart in the daycare center where the Cortexiphan trials took place in "Jacksonville".
S2E14 - Jacksonville Timestamp: 20:01
Item of interest
The license plate on Olivia's SUV reads 1R2D21, and the licence plate on Broyles's SUV reads 1C3PO1.
Apple glyph
The apple glyph can be seen on the backrest of a chair in the lab.
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