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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
Walter shot Olivia in the head in "Brave new World (Part 2)" like Walternate did in the possible future in "The Day We Died".
S4E22 - Brave New World (Part 2) Timestamp: 29:38
Item of interest
All of the people in Olivia's mind wear blacks and greys because Cortexiphan subjects have a strong desire to blend in.
Seahorse glyph
A seahorse can be seen on the Bishops' refrigerator.
Connection
James Heath, a Cortexiphan subject, couldn't control his abilities in "Olivia. In the Lab. With the Revolver.". In "Over There (Part 1)" he had been trained to cure disease instead of cause it.
S2E21 - Over There (Part 1) Timestamp: 13:53
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.
Seahorse glyph
A seahorse can be seen on Peter's luggage.
Connection
Patterns drawn on cards from David Robert Jones's box of tests for Olivia in "Ability" bear a resemblance to the stasis runes used in "Brave New World (Part 2)". Very little is known about either.
S4E22 - Brave New World (Part 2) Timestamp: 28:13
Item of interest
Bell stole Walter's David Bowie album 'The Man Who Sold the World', which describes what Bell did multiple times for his own benefit.
Butterfly glyph
The butterfly glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
Connection
Walter hid the beacon at the tombstone of his father, Robert Bishop, in "The Arrival". Robert Bishop's work and history is central to the plot of "The Bishop Revival".
S2E13 - The Bishop Revival Timestamp: 34:46
Item of interest
William Bell left Massive Dynamic to Walter.
Flower glyph
The flower glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
Connection
In "Liberty" the Fringe team used the universe window from "Peter" to help them rescue Michael.
S5E12 - Liberty Timestamp: 13:04
Item of interest
One of the envelopes Peter sorted through said "Thank you for your support!", a direct message from the creators of Fringe to all the fans.
Frog glyph
A frog can be seen on the dock when Walter is high.
Connection
The neon green fairy seen in the black market in "Transilience Thought Unifier Model-11" is like the green fairy Walter hallucinated in "Black Blotter".
S5E09 - Black Blotter Timestamp: 08:32
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'.
Apple glyph
The apple glyph can be seen as Olivia and Shapeshifter Charlie fight in the alley.
Connection
Jones stole a very powerful energy cell from Nina's arm in "There's More Than One of Everything." In "Enemy of My Enemy" Jones was trying to locate and steal a similarly powerful energy source, amphilicite.
S4E09 - Enemy of My Enemy Timestamp: 05:59
Item of interest
The crane that crashed during the intro has a Massive Dynamic logo on it.
Seahorse glyph
The seahorse glyph can be seen on the back of one of Markham's books.
Connection
Nina communicated with an animated William Bell in "Brown Betty". When Walter and Peter found Bell in Olivia's mind in "Lysergic Acid Diethylamide" he was animated.
S3E19 - Lysergic Acid Diethylamide Timestamp: 25:47
Item of interest
The Fringe team is the First People. Walter sent the parts of the machine back through time via the wormhole in Central Park. That's why the First People had such a knowledge of Peter and Olivia.
Seahorse glyph
The seahorse glyph can be seen as Olivia and Shapeshifter Charlie fight in the alley.
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