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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 super-sized cold virus from "Bound" was used as a weapon against the Observers in "An Enemy of Fate".
S5E13 - An Enemy of Fate Timestamp: 16:04
Item of interest
Peter's grave says he died when he was 7.
Butterfly glyph
The butterfly glyph can be seen outside the entrance to the daycare center.
Connection
Parts of Officer Gillespie from "Fracture" were seen in Walter's storage vault in "The Bullet that Saved the World".
S5E04 - The Bullet that Saved the World Timestamp: 13:18
Item of interest
The Fringe team is the First People. Walter sent the parts of the machine back through time via the wormhole in Central Park. That's why the First People had such a knowledge of Peter and Olivia.
Apple glyph
The apple glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
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
All of the people in Olivia's mind wear blacks and greys because Cortexiphan subjects have a strong desire to blend in.
Butterfly glyph
A butterfly can be seen painted on the side of a white trash can.
Connection
The Observer's binoculars in "The Arrival" have the green-green-green red pattern from "The Equation" at the bottom left corner.
S1E08 - The Equation Timestamp: 01:17
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.
Leaf glyph
The leaf glyph can be seen as Olivia and Shapeshifter Charlie fight in the alley.
Connection
The universe window from "Peter" was seen in Walter's storage vault in "The Bullet that Saved the World".
S5E04 - The Bullet that Saved the World Timestamp: 14:44
Item of interest
The episode opened in "Manhatan", seemingly a typo but actually signifying this was an alternate Manhattan.
Apple glyph
The apple glyph can be seen as Olivia and Shapeshifter Charlie fight in the alley.
Connection
Broyles was hanging out at a jazz bar in "Midnight". His character in "Brown Betty" performs in one.
S2E19 - Brown Betty Timestamp: 10:19
Item of interest
There is a Massive Dynamic logo on Flight 627's engine.
Flower glyph
A flower can be seen outside the entrance to the daycare center.
Connection
Broyles had jazz posters in his storage unit in "Earthling". His character in "Brown Betty" performed in a jazz bar.
S2E19 - Brown Betty Timestamp: 07:55
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
The flower glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
Connection
Patterns drawn on cards from David Robert Jones's box of tests for Olivia in "Ability" bear a resemblance to the stasis runes used in "Brave New World (Part 2)". Very little is known about either.
S4E22 - Brave New World (Part 2) Timestamp: 28:13
Item of interest
There are 'Wanted' billboards for the Fringe team.
Leaf glyph
The leaf glyph is on the electronic keypad at Massive Dynamic.
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