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
Senator Van Horn, who died in "Do Shapeshifters Dream of Electric Sheep?", was still alive in the altered timeline and talked to Broyles in "Brave New World (Part 2)".
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
The seahorse glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
Connection
September was labeled as "Mr. X" on Walter's computer in "The End of All Things", the same name that fans used to refer to the man Peter freed in Olivia's mind in "Lysergic Acid Diethylamide".
Item of interest
The episode ends with September going into December's apartment, apartment 513, the episode code of the next and final episode of the series.
Seahorse glyph
The seahorse glyph can be seen on the back of one of Markham's books.
Connection
William Bell left Nina a bell in his will in "The Box". Walter rang that bell in "Os" which initiated Bell's soul magnet experiment.
Item of interest
This episode reveals that there is more than one Observer. The intro sequence since the pilot episode has had a single frame that says "OBSERVERS ARE HERE".
Frog glyph
A frog can be seen outside the entrance to the daycare center.
Connection
Jones presented Olivia with the light box test in "The End of All Things" just as he did in "Ability".
Item of interest
One of the envelopes Peter sorted through said "Thank you for your support!", a direct message from the creators of Fringe to all the fans.
Butterfly glyph
The butterfly glyph can be seen on the wall in the diner where Olivia and Lincoln meet.
Connection
September's security system flashed the 'green-green-green-red' pattern from "The Equation" before exploding in "The Boy Must Live".
Item of interest
The episode opened in "Manhatan", seemingly a typo but actually signifying this was an alternate Manhattan.
Seahorse glyph
A seahorse can be seen in Walter's Monty Python trip.
Connection
The entire story of Fringe started in "Peter" when Walter crossed worlds with a boy that wasn't his because he couldn't stand to let Peter die, and the entire story concluded in "An Enemy of Fate" when Walter crossed worlds with a boy that wasn't his knowing that by doing so he would never see Peter again.
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.
Flower glyph
The flower glyph can be seen on the wall in Karen Truss's house.
Connection
When Peter left the hospital in "The Last Sam Weiss" he wrote "I am going home" on an envelope, the same phrase he wrote for Elizabeth in "Subject 13" when he tried to return to his home world.
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.
Apple glyph
The apple glyph can be seen as Olivia and Shapeshifter Charlie fight in the alley.
Connection
Nick Lane is being kept in a coma indefinitely at the end of "Bad Dreams". In "Over There (Part 1)" Olivia learned that he and other found Cortexiphan subjects have been training to keep their abilities under control.
Item of interest
There is a Massive Dynamic logo on Flight 627's engine.
Seahorse glyph
The seahorse glyph can be seen as Olivia and Shapeshifter Charlie fight in the alley.
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