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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
The intense amount of Cortexiphan coursing through Olivia in "Brave New World (Part 2)" was able to heal her mortal wound. This was foreshadowed in "Brown Betty" when Olivia was sliced by the same weapon that killed Rachel, yet instead of dying Olivia's skin started to heal itself.
S4E22 - Brave New World (Part 2) Timestamp: 22:17
Item of interest
Peter's shared dream state with September looks like an observation deck.
Flower glyph
The flower glyph can be seen on the wall in the diner where Olivia and Lincoln meet.
Connection
The bus in "The Ghost Network" was ambered. Huge sections of cities were ambered in the Redverse in "Over There (Part 2)".
S2E22 - Over There (Part 2) Timestamp: 16:29
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
The merged wall paintings from "Jacksonville" were seen in Walter's storage vault in "The Bullet that Saved the World".
S5E04 - The Bullet that Saved the World Timestamp: 06:58
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.
Hand glyph
The hand glyph can be seen on the piano stool in the Orpheum Theater in the Redverse.
Connection
September's device in "A Short Story About Love" led Peter to the beacon from "The Arrival".
S4E15 - A Short Story About Love Timestamp: 28:09
Item of interest
Peter's grave says he died when he was 7.
Frog glyph
A frog can be seen in Walter's Monty Python trip.
Connection
In "The Ghost Network" Roy had visions of the crash of Flight 627 from "Pilot", suggesting that that incident is part of a larger pattern of incidents and not a one-off event.
S1E03 - The Ghost Network Timestamp: 18:51
Item of interest
Observers send materials to themselves via shipping lanes from the future using metal cubes.
Seahorse glyph
The seahorse glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
Connection
Joseph Meegar is able to control electronics around him in "Power Hungry" like the Observers can, such as August starting a car with his finger in "August".
S2E08 - August Timestamp: 02:52
Item of interest
William Bell left Massive Dynamic to Walter.
Butterfly glyph
The butterfly glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
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".
S3E22 - The Day We Died Timestamp: 43:12
Item of interest
The Fringe team is part of a full-fledged branch of the Department of Defense in the Redverse.
Apple glyph
The apple glyph can be seen on the backrest of a chair in the lab.
Connection
Walter implanted a tracker in his neck in "Snakehead" which is used in "Grey Matters".
S2E10 - Grey Matters Timestamp: 42:04
Item of interest
This episode reveals that there is more than one Observer. The intro sequence since the pilot episode has had a single frame that says "OBSERVERS ARE HERE".
Hand glyph
A hand can be seen outside the entrance to the daycare center.
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