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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
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
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
Butterflies can be seen on a box in September's apartment.
Connection
Peter found Olivia in a field of white tulips in "Subject 13", a nod to "White Tulip".
S3E15 - Subject 13 Timestamp: 33:00
Item of interest
Donald helped Walter set up the pocket universe hiding spot.
Butterfly glyph
A butterfly can be seen attacking Mark Young.
Connection
Olivia has excellent aim in "Bound"; she killed Loeb's wife with a single shot to the head. It's stated in "Olivia" that Fauxlivia won an Olympic gold medal for marksmanship.
S3E01 - Olivia Timestamp: 41:23
Item of interest
There are 'Wanted' billboards for the Fringe team.
Seahorse glyph
The seahorse glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
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
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.
Flower glyph
A flower can be seen outside the entrance to the daycare center.
Connection
Walter's password at Massive Dynamic in "Letters of Transit" is 0-5-2-0-1-0, the same as the combination to the Jacksonville daycare center and to Bell's safe in "Five-Twenty-Ten".
S5E07 - Five-Twenty-Ten Timestamp: 24:37
Item of interest
Nick Lane's wardrobe is all dark colors like Olivia's.
Butterfly glyph
Butterflies can be seen in Olivia's bedroom.
Connection
The entire story of Fringe started in "Peter" when Walter crossed worlds with a boy that wasn't his because he couldn't stand to let Peter die, and the entire story concluded in "An Enemy of Fate" when Walter crossed worlds with a boy that wasn't his knowing that by doing so he would never see Peter again.
S5E13 - An Enemy of Fate Timestamp: 36:37
Item of interest
The Fringe team is part of a full-fledged branch of the Department of Defense in the Redverse.
Seahorse glyph
The seahorse glyph can be seen on the back of one of Markham's books.
Connection
Despite Walternate's efforts to mold Olivia's mind into Fauxlivia's, Olivia kept seeing Peter and Walter in "Amber 31422". Similarly, in "Alone in the World" Peter didn't exist in the rewritten timeline yet Olivia kept having visions of him.
S4E03 - Alone in the World Timestamp: 03:02
Item of interest
The opening crawl is an homage to Blade Runner.
Hand glyph
The hand glyph can be seen on the piano stool in the Orpheum Theater in the Redverse.
Connection
John Mosley's beanie in "The Arrival" has the 'green-green-green-red pattern' from "The Equation".
S1E08 - The Equation Timestamp: 22:22
Item of interest
The Child's happy expression drops when he sees the Observer.
Frog glyph
The frog glyph can be seen as Olivia and Shapeshifter Charlie fight in the alley.
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