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Glyphs, easter eggs, buried clues, behind-the-scenes videos, thematic connections, and more, catalogued episode by episode with screenshots and timestamps.
Connection
In "And Those We've Left Behind" Astrid used the same wand to detect abnormalities that Lincoln used in the opera house in "Over There (Part 1)".
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 as Olivia and Shapeshifter Charlie fight in the alley.
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".
Item of interest
Windmark said "Nothing grows from scorched earth" to Walter and then later Walter saw a dandelion growing from rubble outside. He has hope.
Flower glyph
A flower can be seen outside the entrance to the daycare center.
Connection
The hallucinogenic drug from "The Dreamscape" was used as a weapon against the Observers in "An Enemy of Fate" to make them think they were being attacked by butterflies.
Item of interest
Peter's shared dream state with September looks like an observation deck.
Flower glyph
The flower glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
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
Who did the Observer say was "still alive," Peter or Walter?
Butterfly glyph
The butterfly glyph can be seen as Olivia and Shapeshifter Charlie fight in the alley.
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).
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.
Butterfly glyph
The butterfly glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
Connection
Walter had his life's work in a journal in "Black Blotter" just like he did in the fairy tale he told Ella in "Brown Betty".
Item of interest
The Child's happy expression drops when he sees the Observer.
Butterfly glyph
Butterflies can be seen in Etta's apartment.
Connection
In "The Ghost Network" Roy had visions of the crash of Flight 627 from "Pilot", suggesting that that incident is part of a larger pattern of incidents and not a one-off event.
Item of interest
Olivia struck James Heath with a candlestick in her dining room, making the title a complete red herring.
Hand glyph
The hand glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
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".
Item of interest
Michael can show emotion as he cried when he saw Nina's dead body.
Seahorse glyph
A seahorse can be seen hanging from the taxi when Walter listens to music.
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