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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
Olivia's mindscape in "Lysergic Acid Diethylamide" shows an area with Iraqi architecture, a reference to when Olivia met Peter in Iraq in "Pilot".
S3E19 - Lysergic Acid Diethylamide Timestamp: 22:54
Item of interest
The briefcase contained photos of Walter.
Flower glyph
The flower glyph can be seen on the wall in Karen Truss's house.
Connection
Olivia has excellent aim in "Bound"; she killed Loeb's wife with a single shot to the head. It's stated in "Olivia" that Fauxlivia won an Olympic gold medal for marksmanship.
S3E01 - Olivia Timestamp: 41:23
Item of interest
The Child's happy expression drops when he sees the Observer.
Butterfly glyph
The butterfly glyph can be seen outside the entrance to the daycare center.
Connection
Etta clutched her necklace, a bullet, when she saw Walter for the first time and when talking about her parents in "Letters of Transit". This is the bullet Walter shot at Olivia in "Brave New World (Part 2)".
S4E22 - Brave New World (Part 2) Timestamp: 04:47
Item of interest
Susan Pratt's wardrobe is full of dark colors like Olivia's and Nick Lane's.
Butterfly glyph
Butterflies can be seen in Olivia's bedroom.
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
There is a Massive Dynamic logo on Flight 627's engine.
Butterfly glyph
The butterfly glyph can be seen on the wall in the diner where Olivia and Lincoln meet.
Connection
September loads his food with heat (pepper, jalapenos, hot sauce) in "The Arrival" because his emotions are dulled, as he explained in "The Boy Must Live".
S5E11 - The Boy Must Live Timestamp: 02:12
Item of interest
William Bell left Massive Dynamic to Walter.
Apple glyph
The apple glyph can be seen on the backrest of a chair in the lab.
Connection
Jones presented Olivia with the light box test in "The End of All Things" just as he did in "Ability".
S4E14 - The End of All Things Timestamp: 12:11
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
A leaf can be seen on the bio-scan monitor at the Liberty Island security checkpoint.
Connection
In "The End of All Things" September told Peter about Henry, the son he never knew existed, who was born in "Bloodline".
S4E14 - The End of All Things Timestamp: 30:13
Item of interest
The episode opened in "Manhatan", seemingly a typo but actually signifying this was an alternate Manhattan.
Butterfly glyph
The butterfly glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
Connection
The Porcupine Man from "Nothing as it Seems" was seen in Walter's storage vault in "The Bullet that Saved the World".
S5E04 - The Bullet that Saved the World Timestamp: 14:10
Item of interest
All of the people in Olivia's mind wear blacks and greys because Cortexiphan subjects have a strong desire to blend in.
Butterfly glyph
Butterflies can be seen in Etta's apartment.
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