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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 canoe in Olivia's dream state in "Pilot" has the green-green-green-red pattern on it from "The Equation".
S1E08 - The Equation Timestamp: 51:20
Item of interest
Susan Pratt's wardrobe is full of dark colors like Olivia's and Nick Lane's.
Apple glyph
The apple glyph can be seen as Olivia and Shapeshifter Charlie fight in the alley.
Connection
James Heath met with Lloyd Becker, a fellow Cortexiphan subject, in "Olivia. In the Lab. With the Revolver.". The name "Lloyd B." was on the height chart in "Jacksonville".
S2E16 - Olivia. In the Lab. With the Revolver. Timestamp: 20:01
Item of interest
The yellow dot in the final glyph of the episode is replaced by a yellow heart.
Apple glyph
The apple glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
Connection
The Fringe team used the skin-growth toxin from "Ability" as a weapon against the Observers in "An Enemy of Fate".
S5E13 - An Enemy of Fate Timestamp: 21:28
Item of interest
Sam Weiss died 10-15 years earlier in a shootout with Observers trying to protect the radio signal relay used to locate Michael.
Flower glyph
A flower can be seen outside the entrance to the daycare center.
Connection
Right before Alfred Hoffman grabs an apple from the Bishops' refrigerator in "The Bishop Revival" there is a Rubik's Cube with three greens and one red on its side, a reference to the 'green-green-green-red' pattern from "The Equation".
S2E13 - The Bishop Revival Timestamp: 21:33
Item of interest
Who did the Observer say was "still alive," Peter or Walter?
Seahorse glyph
A seahorse can be seen on Peter's luggage.
Connection
Olivia saw Brandon as a zombie in her mind in "Lysergic Acid Diethylamide" because he wanted to cut out and study her brain in "Entrada".
S3E19 - Lysergic Acid Diethylamide Timestamp: 26:17
Item of interest
Olivia struck James Heath with a candlestick in her dining room, making the title a complete red herring.
Frog glyph
A frog can be seen in Walter's Monty Python trip.
Connection
In "6:02 AM EST" Walternate trapped Fauxlivia in the same cell as Olivia was kept in in "Over There (Part 2)".
S3E20 - 6:02 AM EST Timestamp: 42:35
Item of interest
The episode opened in "Manhatan", seemingly a typo but actually signifying this was an alternate Manhattan.
Hand glyph
The hand glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
Connection
Fauxlivia studied old Fringe cases for intel in "The Box", including Olivia's taped testimony from "Dream Logic".
S3E02 - The Box Timestamp: 23:03
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.
Frog glyph
The frog glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
Connection
Peter needed a Faraday cage to safely enter the time bubble in "And Those We've Left Behind" like Alistair Peck built into his own body in order to time travel safely in "White Tulip".
S4E06 - And Those We've Left Behind Timestamp: 22:40
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.
Butterfly glyph
The butterfly glyph can be seen on the wall in the diner where Olivia and Lincoln meet.
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