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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 noticed the book "Burlap Bear Goes To The Woods" in Max's room in "The Abducted". This is the same book Rachel read to Ella in "Unleashed".
S3E07 - The Abducted Timestamp: 48:42
Item of interest
Bell stole Walter's David Bowie album 'The Man Who Sold the World', which describes what Bell did multiple times for his own benefit.
Flower glyph
The flower glyph can be seen on the wall in Karen Truss's house.
Connection
William Bell had a bell on his desk in "There's More Than One of Everything" and rang it after he introduced himself to Olivia. He left a similar bell to Nina in his will in "The Box".
S3E02 - The Box Timestamp: 45:37
Item of interest
The yellow dot in the final glyph of the episode is replaced by a yellow heart.
Apple glyph
The apple glyph can be seen on the backrest of a chair in the lab.
Connection
Olivia saw Brandon as a zombie in her mind in "Lysergic Acid Diethylamide" because he wanted to cut out and study her brain in "Entrada".
S3E19 - Lysergic Acid Diethylamide Timestamp: 26:17
Item of interest
Olivia pulled up a list of the frozen heads found in S02E04 'Momentum Deferred' and they were all marked with "2E204", a reference to the episode in which they were stolen.
Butterfly glyph
The butterfly glyph can be seen outside the entrance to the daycare center.
Connection
Peter said "You're going to be fine" to Olivia in "Brown Betty", like Charlie's "You're gonna be fine" message to Olivia in "Dream Logic".
S2E19 - Brown Betty Timestamp: 41:58
Item of interest
Jones said there are 10 tests for Olivia in total. The first was a box of lights that Olivia had to turn off with her mind.
Seahorse glyph
A seahorse can be seen on the Bishops' refrigerator.
Connection
Walter used the same neural halo in "Lysergic Acid Diethylamide" as he used on the Child in "Inner Child".
S3E19 - Lysergic Acid Diethylamide Timestamp: 30:33
Item of interest
The Redverse traded Alt Broyles for Fauxlivia by cutting off one of his legs to make their masses equal.
Butterfly glyph
A butterfly can be seen painted on the side of a white trash can.
Connection
In "The Box" Bell wrote to Nina in his will "And for the precious few we had alone in Tuscany, a memento of me." In "Five-Twenty-Ten" Bell's old safe had a picture of Nina in Tuscany.
S5E07 - Five-Twenty-Ten Timestamp: 32:54
Item of interest
Peter's shared dream state with September looks like an observation deck.
Butterfly glyph
The butterfly glyph can be seen near Lincoln in the rail yard.
Connection
In "6:02 AM EST" Walternate trapped Fauxlivia in the same cell as Olivia was kept in in "Over There (Part 2)".
S3E20 - 6:02 AM EST Timestamp: 42:35
Item of interest
Nick Lane's wardrobe is all dark colors like Olivia's.
Butterfly glyph
A butterfly can be seen on a lampshade near the front of Olivia's apartment.
Connection
The bus in "The Ghost Network" is ambered. Ambering later becomes a real safety tool used by the other side as seen in "Over There (Part 1)".
S2E21 - Over There (Part 1) Timestamp: 04:33
Item of interest
Michael can show emotion as he cried when he saw Nina's dead body.
Frog glyph
A frog can be seen in Walter's Monty Python trip.
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