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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
In "The Box" Bell wrote to Nina in his will "And for the precious few we had alone in Tuscany, a memento of me." In "Five-Twenty-Ten" Bell's old safe had a picture of Nina in Tuscany.
S5E07 - Five-Twenty-Ten Timestamp: 32:54
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".
Seahorse glyph
The seahorse glyph can be seen on the back of one of Markham's books.
Connection
Peter's map of Walter's crimes in "Brown Betty" resembles the map of Pattern cases in "There's More Than One of Everything".
S2E19 - Brown Betty Timestamp: 33:04
Item of interest
Windmark visited his boss, The Commander, in 2609.
Hand glyph
The hand glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
Connection
The canoe in Olivia's dream state in "Pilot" has the green-green-green-red pattern on it from "The Equation".
S1E08 - The Equation Timestamp: 51:20
Item of interest
Donald helped Walter set up the pocket universe hiding spot.
Seahorse glyph
A seahorse can be seen in Walter's Monty Python trip.
Connection
Cecil mentions the Observers using a light bomb in "Through the Looking Glass and what Walter Found There", which is what Loyalists threw at Peter in the sewer tunnels in "The Bullet that Saved the World".
S5E06 - Through the Looking-Glass and What Walter Found There Timestamp: 03:57
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.
Frog glyph
The frog glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
Connection
In "Os" Peter revealed to Olivia that he was working on the Shapeshifter devices that he collected in "Reciprocity" by killing Shapeshifters.
S3E16 - Os Timestamp: 41:47
Item of interest
There are 'Wanted' billboards for the Fringe team.
Seahorse glyph
The seahorse glyph can be seen as Olivia and Shapeshifter Charlie fight in the alley.
Connection
Windmark probed Walter's mind so forcefully in "Transilience Thought Unifier Model-11" that it caused blood vessels in Walter's eye to pop. In "Liberty" Michael resisted Windmark's mind probe, and possibly probed Windmark's mind back, causing blood vessels to pop in Windmark's eye.
S5E12 - Liberty Timestamp: 27:28
Item of interest
The episode opened in "Manhatan", seemingly a typo but actually signifying this was an alternate Manhattan.
Leaf glyph
The leaf glyph is on the electronic keypad at Massive Dynamic.
Connection
In "Entrada" Fauxlivia was brought back to the Redverse via harmonic transfer with small rods injected into her hands, similar to the harmonic transfer that brought the bridge over in "The Man from the Other Side".
S3E08 - Entrada Timestamp: 33:45
Item of interest
The license plate on Olivia's SUV reads 1R2D21, and the licence plate on Broyles's SUV reads 1C3PO1.
Flower glyph
The flower glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
Connection
Walter used the same neural halo in "The Box" as he used on the child in "Inner Child".
S3E02 - The Box Timestamp: 30:33
Item of interest
Susan Pratt's wardrobe is full of dark colors like Olivia's and Nick Lane's.
Leaf glyph
A leaf can be seen on the bio-scan monitor at the Liberty Island security checkpoint.
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