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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
Broyles had jazz posters in his storage unit in "Earthling". His character in "Brown Betty" performed in a jazz bar.
S2E19 - Brown Betty Timestamp: 07:55
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 pattern can be seen in the toxin's molecular structure.
Connection
Walter had the Cortexiphan subjects stand in a circle around him to activate their abilities in "Over There (Part 1)" just like he did when they were children in "Subject 13".
S3E15 - Subject 13 Timestamp: 23:35
Item of interest
The Redverse traded Alt Broyles for Fauxlivia by cutting off one of his legs to make their masses equal.
Butterfly glyph
Butterflies can be seen on a box in September's apartment.
Connection
The merged wall paintings from "Jacksonville" were seen in Walter's storage vault in "The Bullet that Saved the World".
S5E04 - The Bullet that Saved the World Timestamp: 06:58
Item of interest
The green and yellow posters in the diner represent how this new timeline with the yellow/amber title sequence is starting to merge with the original timeline with the blue title sequence now that Peter has returned (blue + yellow = green).
Butterfly glyph
The butterfly glyph can be seen on the wall in the diner where Olivia and Lincoln meet.
Connection
The opening scenes of "Letters of Transit" reference Casablanca (a man named Rick owning an upscale nightclub). Peter and Fauxlivia watched Casablanca together in "The Abducted".
S4E19 - Letters of Transit Timestamp: 41:08
Item of interest
Windmark visited his boss, The Commander, in 2609.
Frog glyph
The frog glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
Connection
The nanites in "Brave New World (Part 1)" have an "X" on them that matches the "X" on the shirt worn by the man Peter freed from Olivia's mind in "Lysergic Acid Diethylamide", suggesting that "Mr. X" from Olivia's mind may have been William Bell (who was ultimately behind the nanites).
S4E21 - Brave New World (Part 1) Timestamp: 27:14
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.
Leaf glyph
A leaf can be seen on the bio-scan monitor at the Liberty Island security checkpoint.
Connection
The universe window from "Peter" was seen in Walter's storage vault in "The Bullet that Saved the World".
S5E04 - The Bullet that Saved the World Timestamp: 14:44
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.
Leaf glyph
The leaf glyph is on the electronic keypad at Massive Dynamic.
Connection
An ambering device, first (nearly) used by the Blueverse Fringe team in "6B", was seen in Walter's storage vault in "The Bullet that Saved the World".
S5E04 - The Bullet that Saved the World Timestamp: 30:05
Item of interest
Susan Pratt's wardrobe is full of dark colors like Olivia's and Nick Lane's.
Apple glyph
The apple glyph can be seen on the backrest of a chair in the lab.
Connection
Walter used the same neural halo in "Alone in the World" as he used on the Child in "Inner Child".
S4E03 - Alone in the World Timestamp: 30:33
Item of interest
The opening crawl is an homage to Blade Runner.
Apple glyph
The apple glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
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