An unofficial companion to Fringe
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
The entire story of Fringe started in "Peter" when Walter crossed worlds with a boy that wasn't his because he couldn't stand to let Peter die, and the entire story concluded in "An Enemy of Fate" when Walter crossed worlds with a boy that wasn't his knowing that by doing so he would never see Peter again.
S5E13 - An Enemy of Fate Timestamp: 36:37
Item of interest
William Bell's name is partially faded/scratched off of the door to the lab.
Frog glyph
A frog can be seen outside the entrance to the daycare center.
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 Redverse traded Alt Broyles for Fauxlivia by cutting off one of his legs to make their masses equal.
Flower glyph
The flower glyph can be seen on the wall in the diner where Olivia and Lincoln meet.
Connection
Walter and Donald hid the Child from "Inner Child" in the pocket universe in "Through the Looking Glass and What Walter Found There".
S5E06 - Through the Looking-Glass and What Walter Found There Timestamp: 28:21
Item of interest
It is true that the Empire State Building's spire really was initially designed for airship docking as it was in the Redverse.
Seahorse glyph
A seahorse can be seen hanging from the taxi when Walter listens to music.
Connection
Olivia noticed the book "Burlap Bear Goes To The Woods" in Max's room in "The Abducted". This is the same book Rachel read to Ella in "Unleashed".
S3E07 - The Abducted Timestamp: 48:42
Item of interest
The Fringe team is part of a full-fledged branch of the Department of Defense in the Redverse.
Flower glyph
The flower glyph can be seen on the wall in Karen Truss's house.
Connection
A butterfly shadow box like those seen in "The Dreamscape" was seen in Walter's storage vault in "The Bullet that Saved the World".
S5E04 - The Bullet that Saved the World Timestamp: 09:00
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 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".
S2E15 - Peter Timestamp: 27:50
Item of interest
Observers send materials to themselves via shipping lanes from the future using metal cubes.
Frog glyph
A frog can be seen on the dock when Walter is high.
Connection
The 'green-green-green-red' pattern from "The Equation" is seen on Donald's Observer communication device in "August".
S2E08 - August Timestamp: 15:31
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.
Seahorse glyph
A seahorse can be seen on the Bishops' refrigerator.
Connection
The Fringe team used the skin-growth toxin from "Ability" as a weapon against the Observers and Loyalists in "The Bullet that Saved the World".
S5E04 - The Bullet that Saved the World Timestamp: 27:07
Item of interest
Olivia struck James Heath with a candlestick in her dining room, making the title a complete red herring.
Frog glyph
The frog glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
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