An unofficial companion to Fringe
Glyphs, easter eggs, buried clues, behind-the-scenes videos, thematic connections, and more, catalogued episode by episode with screenshots and timestamps.
Connection
Nina communicated with William Bell through the universe window from "Peter" in "Brown Betty".
Item of interest
Observers send materials to themselves via shipping lanes from the future using metal cubes.
Apple glyph
The apple glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
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).
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
The butterfly glyph can be seen near Lincoln in the rail yard.
Connection
The creatures from "Snakehead" were used as a weapon against the Observers and Loyalists in "An Enemy of Fate".
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
The butterfly glyph can be seen as Olivia and Shapeshifter Charlie fight in the alley.
Connection
In "The Ghost Network" Roy had visions of the crash of Flight 627 from "Pilot", suggesting that that incident is part of a larger pattern of incidents and not a one-off event.
Item of interest
Nick Lane's wardrobe is all dark colors like Olivia's.
Seahorse glyph
A seahorse can be seen hanging from the taxi when Walter listens to music.
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)".
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.
Seahorse glyph
The seahorse glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
Connection
In "And Those We've Left Behind" Peter picked up the same toy plane (perhaps not literally the same) that he played with in "Subject 13".
Item of interest
Olivia struck James Heath with a candlestick in her dining room, making the title a complete red herring.
Seahorse glyph
A seahorse can be seen in Walter's Monty Python trip.
Connection
Walter used the clapper to turn on the lights in "In Absentia". He installed it in "Midnight".
Item of interest
The opening crawl is an homage to Blade Runner.
Hand glyph
A hand can be seen outside the entrance to the daycare center.
Connection
Walter and Donald hid the Child from "Inner Child" in the pocket universe in "Through the Looking Glass and What Walter Found There".
Item of interest
The Fringe team is part of a full-fledged branch of the Department of Defense in the Redverse.
Frog glyph
The frog glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
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