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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 laser knives that the Observers nearly used to operate on Michael in "Liberty" were used by Mr. Gemini in "Brown Betty".
S5E12 - Liberty Timestamp: 20:52
Item of interest
There are 'Wanted' billboards for the Fringe team.
Flower glyph
The flower glyph can be seen as Olivia and Shapeshifter Charlie fight in the alley.
Connection
Nick Lane is being kept in a coma indefinitely at the end of "Bad Dreams". In "Over There (Part 1)" Olivia learned that he and other found Cortexiphan subjects have been training to keep their abilities under control.
S2E21 - Over There (Part 1) Timestamp: 14:10
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
Jones got 'electrocuted in half' after fighting Peter in "Brave New World (Part 1)" similar to how he got sliced in half in "There's More Than One of Everything".
S4E21 - Brave New World (Part 1) Timestamp: 38:53
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
A butterfly can be seen on a lampshade near the front of Olivia's apartment.
Connection
The password to retrieve Michael in "Black Blotter", "Black Umbrella", came from the poster for Singin' in the Rain, from which September chose his new name (Donald O'Connor) in "The Boy Must Live".
S5E11 - The Boy Must Live Timestamp: 15:14
Item of interest
Observers send materials to themselves via shipping lanes from the future using metal cubes.
Butterfly glyph
The butterfly glyph can be seen near Lincoln in the rail yard.
Connection
Walter's car in "The Same Old Story" has a severed hand in a jar, and Peter jokes "Friend of yours?". Walter eventually cuts William Bell's hand out of amber in "Letters of Transit".
S4E19 - Letters of Transit Timestamp: 21:01
Item of interest
The opening crawl is an homage to Blade Runner.
Flower glyph
The flower glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
Connection
A leaf glyph matching the Massive Dynamic security screen in "Pilot" is displayed on the bio-scan monitor on Liberty Island in "Neither Here Nor There".
S4E01 - Neither Here Nor There Timestamp: 1:20:58
Item of interest
The briefcase contained photos of Walter.
Hand glyph
A hand can be seen outside the entrance to the daycare center.
Connection
The Franklin St. Station subway sign in "Amber 31422" shows the numbers 6-9-5-5 in the 'green-green-green-red' circle pattern from "The Equation".
S3E05 - Amber 31422 Timestamp: 03:20
Item of interest
Donald entered the mine 5 weeks after the invasion and took some rocks. He was described as being in his late 30s, medium height, dark hair. Donald said he was waiting for "a colleague, a scientist from Boston, to meet him." Observers found him and took him away.
Seahorse glyph
A seahorse can be seen on Peter's luggage.
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
The Fringe team is part of a full-fledged branch of the Department of Defense in the Redverse.
Butterfly glyph
A butterfly can be seen painted on the side of a white trash can.
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