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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
The ship at the end of "Brave New World (Part 2)" showed the creatures from "Snakehead".
S4E22 - Brave New World (Part 2) Timestamp: 30:31
Item of interest
Jones is working with Bell, who is alive.
Seahorse glyph
The seahorse glyph can be seen on the back of one of Markham's books.
Connection
Walter stole Bell's hand in "Letters of Transit" to gain access to Bell's personal storage unit in "Five-Twenty-Ten".
S5E07 - Five-Twenty-Ten Timestamp: 41:08
Item of interest
The Redverse traded Alt Broyles for Fauxlivia by cutting off one of his legs to make their masses equal.
Leaf glyph
The leaf glyph is on the electronic keypad at Massive Dynamic.
Connection
The radio found in the pocket universe in "Through the Looking Glass and What Walter Found There" was stuck on 6955 kHz, the same frequency as the number station broadcasts in "6955 kHz".
S5E06 - Through the Looking-Glass and What Walter Found There Timestamp: 37:41
Item of interest
Peter's grave says he died when he was 7.
Seahorse glyph
A seahorse pattern can be seen in the toxin's molecular structure.
Connection
Despite Walternate's efforts to mold Olivia's mind into Fauxlivia's, Olivia kept seeing Peter and Walter in "Amber 31422". Similarly, in "Alone in the World" Peter didn't exist in the rewritten timeline yet Olivia kept having visions of him.
S4E03 - Alone in the World Timestamp: 03:02
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'.
Seahorse glyph
A seahorse can be seen in Walter's Monty Python trip.
Connection
The Observer's binoculars in "The Arrival" have the green-green-green red pattern from "The Equation" at the bottom left corner.
S1E08 - The Equation Timestamp: 01:17
Item of interest
The opening crawl is an homage to Blade Runner.
Hand glyph
The hand glyph can be seen on the piano stool in the Orpheum Theater in the Redverse.
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
The Child's happy expression drops when he sees the Observer.
Seahorse glyph
A seahorse can be seen hanging from the taxi when Walter listens to music.
Connection
The tombstone in Olivia's dream state in "Pilot" says "He's Not Dead", possibly referring to John Scott, assumed dead, who appears at the end of "The Arrival".
S1E04 - The Arrival Timestamp: 51:27
Item of interest
William Bell's name is partially faded/scratched off of the door to the lab.
Butterfly glyph
The butterfly glyph can be seen as Olivia and Shapeshifter Charlie fight in the alley.
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 cuneiform on the boat door says "bí".
Frog glyph
The frog glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
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