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
The bus in "The Ghost Network" was ambered. Huge sections of cities were ambered in the Redverse in "Over There (Part 2)".
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
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".
Item of interest
The Child's happy expression drops when he sees the Observer.
Seahorse glyph
The seahorse glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
Connection
The ship at the end of "Nothing as it Seems" showed the creatures from "Snakehead".
Item of interest
The Redverse traded Alt Broyles for Fauxlivia by cutting off one of his legs to make their masses equal.
Butterfly glyph
The butterfly glyph can be seen near Lincoln in the rail yard.
Connection
The hallucinogenic drug from "The Dreamscape" was used as a weapon against the Observers in "An Enemy of Fate" to make them think they were being attacked by butterflies.
Item of interest
The opening crawl is an homage to Blade Runner.
Frog glyph
A frog can be seen in Walter's Monty Python trip.
Connection
The End-of-Dayers used light bombs called Electrilights in "The Day We Died". Loyalists threw a light bomb at Peter in the sewer tunnels in "The Bullet that Saved the World".
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
William Bell had a bell on his desk in "There's More Than One of Everything" and rang it after he introduced himself to Olivia. He left a similar bell to Nina in his will in "The Box".
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.
Seahorse glyph
A seahorse can be seen on Peter's luggage.
Connection
In "The End of All Things" September said that he made a mistake when he distracted Walternate in his lab in "Peter" and saving Walter and Peter from the icy lake was an attempt to rectify that mistake.
Item of interest
Olivia pulled up a list of the frozen heads found in S02E04 'Momentum Deferred' and they were all marked with "2E204", a reference to the episode in which they were stolen.
Hand glyph
A hand can be seen on the wall when Olivia and Peter attack the Observers and Loyalists.
Connection
Fauxlivia studied old Fringe cases for intel in "The Box", including Olivia's taped testimony from "Dream Logic".
Item of interest
The episode opened in "Manhatan", seemingly a typo but actually signifying this was an alternate Manhattan.
Hand glyph
A hand can be seen outside the entrance to the daycare center.
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