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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
Nina communicated with an animated William Bell in "Brown Betty". When Walter and Peter found Bell in Olivia's mind in "Lysergic Acid Diethylamide" he was animated.
S3E19 - Lysergic Acid Diethylamide Timestamp: 25:47
Item of interest
Marshall Bowman had a disk in his hand like John Scott and the woman in 'The Ghost Network'.
Butterfly glyph
The butterfly glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
Connection
Peter found Olivia in a field of white tulips in "Subject 13", a nod to "White Tulip".
S3E15 - Subject 13 Timestamp: 33:00
Item of interest
One of the envelopes Peter sorted through said "Thank you for your support!", a direct message from the creators of Fringe to all the fans.
Flower glyph
The flower 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).
S3E22 - The Day We Died Timestamp: 43:12
Item of interest
There is a Massive Dynamic logo on Flight 627's engine.
Butterfly glyph
The butterfly glyph can be seen outside the entrance to the daycare center.
Connection
Agent Jessup was relating season 1 Fringe cases to Bible verses in "A New Day in the Old Town". In "Nothing as it Seems", creatures can be seen on something resembling Noah's Ark.
S4E16 - Nothing As It Seems Timestamp: 41:55
Item of interest
The crane that crashed during the intro has a Massive Dynamic logo on it.
Frog glyph
A frog can be seen outside the entrance to the daycare center.
Connection
The password to retrieve Michael in "Black Blotter", "Black Umbrella", came from the poster for Singin' in the Rain, from which September chose his new name (Donald O'Connor) in "The Boy Must Live".
S5E11 - The Boy Must Live Timestamp: 15:14
Item of interest
Olivia struck James Heath with a candlestick in her dining room, making the title a complete red herring.
Flower glyph
The flower glyph can be seen on the wall in Karen Truss's house.
Connection
In "The Human Kind" Walter tested the Observer tech implant on the brain of the Porcupine Man from "Nothing as it Seems".
S5E08 - The Human Kind Timestamp: 17:28
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.
Leaf glyph
A leaf can be seen on the bio-scan monitor at the Liberty Island security checkpoint.
Connection
Patterns drawn on cards from David Robert Jones's box of tests for Olivia in "Ability" bear a resemblance to the stasis runes used in "Brave New World (Part 2)". Very little is known about either.
S4E22 - Brave New World (Part 2) Timestamp: 28:13
Item of interest
The Redverse traded Alt Broyles for Fauxlivia by cutting off one of his legs to make their masses equal.
Apple glyph
The apple glyph can be seen as Olivia and Shapeshifter Charlie fight in the alley.
Connection
Fauxlivia studied old Fringe cases for intel in "The Box", including Olivia's taped testimony from "Dream Logic".
S3E02 - The Box Timestamp: 23:03
Item of interest
Donald helped Walter set up the pocket universe hiding spot.
Leaf glyph
The leaf glyph can be seen as Olivia and Shapeshifter Charlie fight in the alley.
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