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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
In "The Cure" David Esterbrook has an aleph pin on his jacket that can also be seen on the canoe from Olivia's dreamscape in "Pilot".
S1E06 - The Cure Timestamp: 51:20
Item of interest
The briefcase contained photos of Walter.
Seahorse glyph
A seahorse can be seen hanging from the taxi when Walter listens to music.
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
William Bell's name is partially faded/scratched off of the door to the lab.
Seahorse glyph
A seahorse can be seen on the Bishops' refrigerator.
Connection
The Beacon from "The Arrival" appeared in "Brown Betty" as the Watchers attempted to locate Peter.
S2E19 - Brown Betty Timestamp: 33:09
Item of interest
Michael can show emotion as he cried when he saw Nina's dead body.
Leaf glyph
A leaf can be seen on the bio-scan monitor at the Liberty Island security checkpoint.
Connection
In "Black Blotter" Walter had a vision of his scuffle with Nina at Reiden Lake from "Peter" and later recalled other memories from that day.
S5E09 - Black Blotter Timestamp: 11:23
Item of interest
Walter's pose as he listens to the Mozart Requiem is a reference to the iconic Maxell tape advertisement from the '80s.
Butterfly glyph
The butterfly glyph can be seen as Olivia and Shapeshifter Charlie fight in the alley.
Connection
The radioactive isotope compound from "The Cure" that caused heads to explode was used as a weapon against the Observers in "An Enemy of Fate".
S5E13 - An Enemy of Fate Timestamp: 05:10
Item of interest
The Fringe team is part of a full-fledged branch of the Department of Defense in the Redverse.
Seahorse glyph
A seahorse can be seen outside the entrance to the daycare center.
Connection
The combination to Bell's safe in "Concentrate and Ask Again" was 0-5-2-0-1-0, the same combination used in "Five-Twenty-Ten".
S5E07 - Five-Twenty-Ten Timestamp: 01:51
Item of interest
The Redverse traded Alt Broyles for Fauxlivia by cutting off one of his legs to make their masses equal.
Butterfly glyph
Butterflies can be seen in Olivia's bedroom.
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
Observers send materials to themselves via shipping lanes from the future using metal cubes.
Seahorse glyph
A seahorse can be seen in Walter's Monty Python trip.
Connection
Walter used the same neural halo in "The Box" as he used on the child in "Inner Child".
S3E02 - The Box Timestamp: 30:33
Item of interest
Carr's work review sent to Astrid from his previous employer shows that in the three years prior to his dismissal, he only missed three days of work. He was out for only one day each year and each year it was the same day: Valentine's Day.
Leaf glyph
The leaf glyph is on the electronic keypad at Massive Dynamic.
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