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Glyphs, easter eggs, buried clues, behind-the-scenes videos, thematic connections, and more, catalogued episode by episode with screenshots and timestamps.
Connection
In "Brave New World (Part 1)" Walter sat in his old cell at St. Claire's from "Pilot".
Item of interest
The Child's happy expression drops when he sees the Observer.
Frog glyph
The frog glyph can be seen as Olivia and Shapeshifter Charlie fight in the alley.
Connection
In "Back to Where You've Never Been" Peter and Lincoln set up the universe portal in the Orpheum Theater, the same place Walter, Olivia, and the Cortexiphan subjects crossed over to rescue Peter in "Over There (Part 1)".
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.
Leaf glyph
A leaf can be seen on the bio-scan monitor at the Liberty Island security checkpoint.
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".
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.
Butterfly glyph
Butterflies can be seen on a box in September's apartment.
Connection
Broyles had jazz posters in his storage unit in "Earthling". His character in "Brown Betty" performed in a jazz bar.
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).
Butterfly glyph
Butterflies can be seen in Etta's apartment.
Connection
Peter flipped a coin through his fingers in "Safe" like both Peters did when they were near death in bed in "Peter".
Item of interest
When Walter explains that his red/blue lensed glasses were created by his friend from Washington, Doctor Jacoby, he's referencing the television show 'Twin Peaks' which also had an eccentric man of science, Doctor Jacoby, who wore red/blue lensed glasses very similar to Walter's.
Butterfly glyph
Butterflies can be seen in Olivia's bedroom.
Connection
Walter's car in "The Same Old Story" has a severed hand in a jar, and Peter jokes "Friend of yours?". Walter eventually cuts William Bell's hand out of amber in "Letters of Transit".
Item of interest
Observers send materials to themselves via shipping lanes from the future using metal cubes.
Butterfly glyph
The butterfly glyph can be seen as Olivia and Shapeshifter Charlie fight in the alley.
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".
Item of interest
The flower glyph glitches away after the scene where Olivia's fear caused her to interrupt all the electronics in the room.
Leaf glyph
The leaf glyph is on the electronic keypad at Massive Dynamic.
Connection
Walter looked upset when he found Peter's coin in the lake house in "There's More Than One of Everything" because Peter was holding it as he died in "Peter".
Item of interest
There is a Massive Dynamic logo on Flight 627's engine.
Apple glyph
The apple glyph can be seen on the backrest of a chair in the lab.
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