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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 Porcupine Man from "Nothing as it Seems" was seen in Walter's storage vault in "The Bullet that Saved the World".
S5E04 - The Bullet that Saved the World Timestamp: 14:10
Item of interest
The opening crawl is an homage to Blade Runner.
Butterfly glyph
The butterfly glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
Connection
The translucent skin toxin from "Pilot" was used as a weapon against the Observers in "An Enemy of Fate".
S5E13 - An Enemy of Fate Timestamp: 02:39
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
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
Observers send materials to themselves via shipping lanes from the future using metal cubes.
Leaf glyph
The leaf glyph is on the electronic keypad at Massive Dynamic.
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".
S5E11 - The Boy Must Live Timestamp: 02:12
Item of interest
The Redverse traded Alt Broyles for Fauxlivia by cutting off one of his legs to make their masses equal.
Butterfly glyph
Butterflies can be seen in Etta's apartment.
Connection
In "Black Blotter" Walter had a vision of his scuffle with Nina at Reiden Lake from "Peter" and later recalled other memories from that day.
S5E09 - Black Blotter Timestamp: 11:23
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.
Apple glyph
The apple glyph can be seen on the backrest of a chair in the lab.
Connection
Walter used the clapper to turn on the lights in "In Absentia". He installed it in "Midnight".
S5E02 - In Absentia Timestamp: 35:44
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
A butterfly can be seen painted on the side of a white trash can.
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
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.
Apple glyph
The apple glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
Connection
Peter ran possible futures in "Five-Twenty-Ten" to try to coerce the Observers to be where he wanted them to be just like Milo Stanfield did to his doctors in "The Plateau".
S5E07 - Five-Twenty-Ten Timestamp: 33:08
Item of interest
There is a Massive Dynamic logo on Flight 627's engine.
Butterfly glyph
A butterfly can be seen attacking Mark Young.
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