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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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Olivia has excellent aim in "Bound"; she killed Loeb's wife with a single shot to the head. It's stated in "Olivia" that Fauxlivia won an Olympic gold medal for marksmanship.
S3E01 - Olivia Timestamp: 41:23
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.
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
It is true that the Empire State Building's spire really was initially designed for airship docking as it was in the Redverse.
Frog glyph
A frog can be seen in Walter's Monty Python trip.
Connection
Simon Foster was trapped in amber in "Letters of Transit" and the Observers were experimenting on Simon's head in the Ministry of Science in "In Absentia".
S5E02 - In Absentia Timestamp: 40:09
Item of interest
The Child's happy expression drops when he sees the Observer.
Leaf glyph
The leaf glyph is on the electronic keypad at Massive Dynamic.
Connection
The Fringe team used the skin-growth toxin from "Ability" as a weapon against the Observers and Loyalists in "The Bullet that Saved the World".
S5E04 - The Bullet that Saved the World Timestamp: 27:07
Item of interest
There are 'Wanted' billboards for the Fringe team.
Butterfly glyph
A butterfly can be seen on a lampshade near the front of Olivia's apartment.
Connection
Michael played the music box from "The Boy Must Live" for September after September got shot in "An Enemy of Fate".
S5E13 - An Enemy of Fate Timestamp: 16:21
Item of interest
Windmark visited his boss, The Commander, in 2609.
Seahorse glyph
A seahorse can be seen in Walter's Monty Python trip.
Connection
The End-of-Dayers used light bombs called Electrilights in "The Day We Died". Loyalists threw a light bomb at Peter in the sewer tunnels in "The Bullet that Saved the World".
S5E04 - The Bullet that Saved the World Timestamp: 04:16
Item of interest
Olivia entered "Martin Luther King/Eldridge Cleaver Memorial Park" which has a plaque quoting them as saying "We have a dream" rather than "I".
Flower glyph
A flower can be seen outside the entrance to the daycare center.
Connection
The combination to Bell's safe in "Concentrate and Ask Again" was 0-5-2-0-1-0, the same combination used in "Five-Twenty-Ten".
S5E07 - Five-Twenty-Ten Timestamp: 01:51
Item of interest
The yellow dot in the final glyph of the episode is replaced by a yellow heart.
Butterfly glyph
The butterfly glyph can be seen near Lincoln in the rail yard.
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
All of the people in Olivia's mind wear blacks and greys because Cortexiphan subjects have a strong desire to blend in.
Flower glyph
The flower glyph can be seen on the wall in the diner where Olivia and Lincoln meet.
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