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
Madison Square Garden in the Redverse is quarantined in amber.
Butterfly glyph
The butterfly glyph can be seen outside the entrance to the daycare center.
Connection
The boy in "Alone in the World" played with the same action figure Peter showed to the Child in "Inner Child".
Item of interest
The Fringe team is the First People. Walter sent the parts of the machine back through time via the wormhole in Central Park. That's why the First People had such a knowledge of Peter and Olivia.
Flower glyph
A flower can be seen outside the entrance to the daycare center.
Connection
Ten Observers are present on Liberty island in "The Day We Died" from an assumed total of 12, given their names. One of the missing two is August, who was killed in "August".
Item of interest
There is a Massive Dynamic logo on Flight 627's engine.
Butterfly glyph
A butterfly can be seen painted on the side of a white trash can.
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.
Item of interest
When Nina looks in Bell's storage room for his copy of the First People book the camera pans by a copy of 'Dr. Spock's Baby and Childcare'.
Frog glyph
The frog glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
Connection
The translucent skin toxin from "Pilot" was used as a weapon against the Observers in "An Enemy of Fate".
Item of interest
Jones said there are 10 tests for Olivia in total. The first was a box of lights that Olivia had to turn off with her mind.
Seahorse glyph
The seahorse glyph can be seen on the back of one of Markham's books.
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
Observers send materials to themselves via shipping lanes from the future using metal cubes.
Flower glyph
The flower glyph can be seen on the wall in the diner where Olivia and Lincoln meet.
Connection
The Observers read Broyles' phone call from the impressions his sound waves made on the glass in his car in "An Enemy of Fate", like Peter did in to hear the phone call Nancy Lewis made in "The Road Not Taken".
Item of interest
Donald helped Walter set up the pocket universe hiding spot.
Apple glyph
The apple glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
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
Bell stole Walter's David Bowie album 'The Man Who Sold the World', which describes what Bell did multiple times for his own benefit.
Flower glyph
The flower glyph can be seen on the wall in Karen Truss's house.
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