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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
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
Windmark said "Nothing grows from scorched earth" to Walter and then later Walter saw a dandelion growing from rubble outside. He has hope.
Flower glyph
The flower glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
Connection
Senator Van Horn, who died in "Do Shapeshifters Dream of Electric Sheep?", was still alive in the altered timeline and talked to Broyles in "Brave New World (Part 2)".
S4E22 - Brave New World (Part 2) Timestamp: 37:18
Item of interest
The green and yellow posters in the diner represent how this new timeline with the yellow/amber title sequence is starting to merge with the original timeline with the blue title sequence now that Peter has returned (blue + yellow = green).
Leaf glyph
The leaf glyph is on the electronic keypad at Massive Dynamic.
Connection
Olivia's pregnancy dream in "The Same Old Story" is in a waiting area with giant tulips. Young Olivia fled to a field with white tulips when she got scared in "Subject 13".
S3E15 - Subject 13 Timestamp: 33:00
Item of interest
There is a Massive Dynamic logo on Flight 627's engine.
Frog glyph
The frog glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
Connection
Peter flipped a coin through his fingers in "Safe" like both Peters did when they were near death in bed in "Peter".
S2E15 - Peter Timestamp: 41:26
Item of interest
William Bell left Massive Dynamic to Walter.
Seahorse glyph
A seahorse can be seen on the Bishops' refrigerator.
Connection
The 'green-green-green-red' pattern from "The Equation" appeared on the Amber dispersal device when it was initially activated in "6B".
S3E14 - 6B Timestamp: 34:59
Item of interest
This episode reveals that there is more than one Observer. The intro sequence since the pilot episode has had a single frame that says "OBSERVERS ARE HERE".
Butterfly glyph
A butterfly can be seen on a lampshade near the front of Olivia's apartment.
Connection
William Bell had a bell on his desk in "There's More Than One of Everything". He rang it after he introduced himself. He did that to prime Olivia to receive his soul should he die in the future. Walter rang that bell in "Os" and Olivia became inhabited by William Bell.
S3E16 - Os Timestamp: 45:37
Item of interest
The crane that crashed during the intro has a Massive Dynamic logo on it.
Butterfly glyph
The butterfly glyph can be seen as Olivia and Shapeshifter Charlie fight in the alley.
Connection
Ten Observers are present on Liberty island in "The Day We Died" from an assumed total of 12. One of the missing two Observers might be John Mosley, a potential former Observer, who was killed in "The Arrival". See the FAQs for more information (note: FAQs contain spoilers through season 5).
S3E22 - The Day We Died Timestamp: 43:12
Item of interest
In his dream at the end, young Peter is in bed wearing a jersey with the number 96 on it. The number 96 is the same jersey number that Joshua Jackson wore as Charlie Conway in the Mighty Ducks trilogy.
Flower glyph
The flower glyph can be seen on the wall in Karen Truss's house.
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 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.
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