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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
Walter used the same neural halo in "The Box" as he used on the child in "Inner Child".
Item of interest
Madison Square Garden in the Redverse is quarantined in amber.
Leaf glyph
A leaf can be seen on the bio-scan monitor at the Liberty Island security checkpoint.
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
Windmark said "Nothing grows from scorched earth" to Walter and then later Walter saw a dandelion growing from rubble outside. He has hope.
Frog glyph
The frog glyph can be seen as Olivia and Shapeshifter Charlie fight in the alley.
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.
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.
Seahorse glyph
A seahorse can be seen on Peter's luggage.
Connection
The opening scenes of "Letters of Transit" reference Casablanca (a man named Rick owning an upscale nightclub). Peter and Fauxlivia watched Casablanca together in "The Abducted".
Item of interest
Olivia struck James Heath with a candlestick in her dining room, making the title a complete red herring.
Seahorse glyph
A seahorse can be seen on the Bishops' refrigerator.
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
Nick Lane's wardrobe is all dark colors like Olivia's.
Flower glyph
A flower can be seen outside the entrance to the daycare center.
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.
Item of interest
Olivia entered "Martin Luther King/Eldridge Cleaver Memorial Park" which has a plaque quoting them as saying "We have a dream" rather than "I".
Seahorse glyph
The seahorse glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
Connection
Peter ran possible futures in "Five-Twenty-Ten" to try to coerce the Observers to be where he wanted them to be just like Milo Stanfield did to his doctors in "The Plateau".
Item of interest
Michael can show emotion as he cried when he saw Nina's dead body.
Butterfly glyph
The butterfly glyph can be seen outside the entrance to the daycare center.
Connection
There was a white tulip in Walternate's bedroom in "Immortality" when he was struggling with what he had to do to save his world, suggesting that the symbol has meaning for him just like it did for Walter in "White Tulip".
Item of interest
Donald helped Walter set up the pocket universe hiding spot.
Hand glyph
The hand glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
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