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Glyphs, easter eggs, buried clues, behind-the-scenes videos, thematic connections, and more, catalogued episode by episode with screenshots and timestamps.
Connection
"He's Not Dead" on the tombstone in Olivia's dreamscape in "Pilot" actually refers to Peter, not John Scott. Walter visited the grave of Peter Bishop in "There's More Than One of Everything", yet Peter is alive and well.
Item of interest
It is true that the Empire State Building's spire really was initially designed for airship docking as it was in the Redverse.
Seahorse glyph
A seahorse can be seen on the Bishops' refrigerator.
Connection
Olivia noticed the book "Burlap Bear Goes To The Woods" in Max's room in "The Abducted". This is the same book Rachel read to Ella in "Unleashed".
Item of interest
Peter's shared dream state with September looks like an observation deck.
Leaf glyph
The leaf glyph is on the electronic keypad at Massive Dynamic.
Connection
Agent Jessup was relating season 1 Fringe cases to Bible verses in "A New Day in the Old Town". In "Nothing as it Seems", creatures can be seen on something resembling Noah's Ark.
Item of interest
The episode ends with September going into December's apartment, apartment 513, the episode code of the next and final episode of the series.
Hand glyph
A hand can be seen outside the entrance to the daycare center.
Connection
In "Os" Peter revealed to Olivia that he was working on the Shapeshifter devices that he collected in "Reciprocity" by killing Shapeshifters.
Item of interest
Nick Lane's wardrobe is all dark colors like Olivia's.
Frog glyph
A frog can be seen outside the entrance to the daycare center.
Connection
James Heath met with Lloyd Becker, a fellow Cortexiphan subject, in "Olivia. In the Lab. With the Revolver.". The name "Lloyd B." was on the height chart in "Jacksonville".
Item of interest
When Nina looks in Bell's storage room for his copy of the First People book the camera pans by a copy of 'Dr. Spock's Baby and Childcare'.
Butterfly glyph
The butterfly glyph can be seen near Lincoln in the rail yard.
Connection
In "Black Blotter" Walter had a vision of his scuffle with Nina at Reiden Lake from "Peter" and later recalled other memories from that day.
Item of interest
William Bell left Massive Dynamic to Walter.
Seahorse glyph
A seahorse can be seen hanging from the taxi when Walter listens to music.
Connection
The radioactive isotope compound from "The Cure" that caused heads to explode was used as a weapon against the Observers in "An Enemy of Fate".
Item of interest
Windmark visited his boss, The Commander, in 2609.
Butterfly glyph
The butterfly glyph can be seen on the wall in the diner where Olivia and Lincoln meet.
Connection
The 'green-green-green-red' pattern from "The Equation" is seen on Donald's Observer communication device in "August".
Item of interest
Olivia pulled up a list of the frozen heads found in S02E04 'Momentum Deferred' and they were all marked with "2E204", a reference to the episode in which they were stolen.
Frog glyph
A frog can be seen on the dock when Walter is high.
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