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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
September loads his food with heat (pepper, jalapenos, hot sauce) in "The Arrival" because his emotions are dulled, as he explained in "The Boy Must Live".
Item of interest
The episode opened in "Manhatan", seemingly a typo but actually signifying this was an alternate Manhattan.
Apple glyph
The apple glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
Connection
The creatures from "Snakehead" were used as a weapon against the Observers and Loyalists in "An Enemy of Fate".
Item of interest
Walter's pose as he listens to the Mozart Requiem is a reference to the iconic Maxell tape advertisement from the '80s.
Butterfly glyph
Butterflies can be seen in Olivia's bedroom.
Connection
A flashback at the end of "Grey Matters" revealed that it was William Bell who removed the pieces of Walter's brain. In "Over There (Part 2)" Bell said he removed the pieces at Walter's own request due to fears about the man he was becoming.
Item of interest
The flower glyph glitches away after the scene where Olivia's fear caused her to interrupt all the electronics in the room.
Butterfly glyph
A butterfly can be seen painted on the side of a white trash can.
Connection
In "The End of All Things" September said that he made a mistake when he distracted Walternate in his lab in "Peter" and saving Walter and Peter from the icy lake was an attempt to rectify that mistake.
Item of interest
The Redverse traded Alt Broyles for Fauxlivia by cutting off one of his legs to make their masses equal.
Leaf glyph
The leaf 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".
Item of interest
Windmark said "Nothing grows from scorched earth" to Walter and then later Walter saw a dandelion growing from rubble outside. He has hope.
Hand glyph
A hand can be seen on the wall when Olivia and Peter attack the Observers and Loyalists.
Connection
A bus at the second crime scene in "The Plateau" has an ad on the side that says "Ambered", a reference to the ambered bus in "The Ghost Network".
Item of interest
Carr's work review sent to Astrid from his previous employer shows that in the three years prior to his dismissal, he only missed three days of work. He was out for only one day each year and each year it was the same day: Valentine's Day.
Leaf glyph
The leaf glyph is on the electronic keypad at Massive Dynamic.
Connection
The posters from Peter's Redverse bedroom in "Subject 13" were hung on the wall when Walternate took him back in "Over There (Part 2)" in order to bring a sense of comfort and familiarity to Peter.
Item of interest
William Bell's name is partially faded/scratched off of the door to the lab.
Frog glyph
The frog glyph can be seen as Olivia and Shapeshifter Charlie fight in the alley.
Connection
The 'green-green-green-red' pattern from "The Equation" appeared on the Amber dispersal device when it was initially activated in "6B".
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.
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