An unofficial companion to Fringe
Glyphs, easter eggs, buried clues, behind-the-scenes videos, thematic connections, and more, catalogued episode by episode with screenshots and timestamps.
Connection
Olivia shot her captors in "The Human Kind" with the bullet she took from Etta in "The Bullet that Saved the World".
Item of interest
The Fringe team is the First People. Walter sent the parts of the machine back through time via the wormhole in Central Park. That's why the First People had such a knowledge of Peter and Olivia.
Hand glyph
A hand can be seen outside the entrance to the daycare center.
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".
Item of interest
Peter's grave says he died when he was 7.
Seahorse glyph
A seahorse can be seen on Peter's luggage.
Connection
Walter and Donald hid the Child from "Inner Child" in the pocket universe in "Through the Looking Glass and What Walter Found There".
Item of interest
The crane that crashed during the intro has a Massive Dynamic logo on it.
Flower glyph
The flower glyph can be seen on the wall in Karen Truss's house.
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".
Item of interest
When Walter explains that his red/blue lensed glasses were created by his friend from Washington, Doctor Jacoby, he's referencing the television show 'Twin Peaks' which also had an eccentric man of science, Doctor Jacoby, who wore red/blue lensed glasses very similar to Walter's.
Frog glyph
A frog can be seen on the dock when Walter is high.
Connection
The 'green-green-green-red' pattern from "The Equation" is seen on Donald's Observer communication device in "August".
Item of interest
The Child's happy expression drops when he sees the Observer.
Hand glyph
A hand can be seen on the wall when Olivia and Peter attack the Observers and Loyalists.
Connection
Simon Foster was trapped in amber in "Letters of Transit" and the Observers were experimenting on Simon's head in the Ministry of Science in "In Absentia".
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.
Seahorse glyph
A seahorse pattern can be seen in the toxin's molecular structure.
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".
Item of interest
There are 'Wanted' billboards for the Fringe team.
Butterfly glyph
Butterflies can be seen in Olivia's bedroom.
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
The cuneiform on the boat door says "bí".
Seahorse glyph
A seahorse can be seen in Walter's Monty Python trip.
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