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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
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
When Nina looks in Bell's storage room for his copy of the First People book the camera pans by a copy of 'Dr. Spock's Baby and Childcare'.
Butterfly glyph
Butterflies can be seen in Olivia's bedroom.
Connection
The child needed an air degradation unit in "Through the Looking Glass and What Walter Found There" because he needed a less oxygen-rich environment like where he was found underground in "Inner Child".
Item of interest
The license plate on Olivia's SUV reads 1R2D21, and the licence plate on Broyles's SUV reads 1C3PO1.
Butterfly glyph
The butterfly glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
Connection
Patterns drawn on cards from David Robert Jones's box of tests for Olivia in "Ability" bear a resemblance to the stasis runes used in "Brave New World (Part 2)". Very little is known about either.
Item of interest
Madison Square Garden in the Redverse is quarantined in amber.
Seahorse glyph
A seahorse can be seen on Peter's luggage.
Connection
Olivia's mindscape in "Lysergic Acid Diethylamide" shows an area with Iraqi architecture, a reference to when Olivia met Peter in Iraq in "Pilot".
Item of interest
There are 'Wanted' billboards for the Fringe team.
Hand glyph
A hand can be seen on the wall when Olivia and Peter attack the Observers and Loyalists.
Connection
Ten Observers are present on Liberty island in "The Day We Died" from an assumed total of 12. One of the missing two Observers might be John Mosley, a potential former Observer, who was killed in "The Arrival". See the FAQs for more information (note: FAQs contain spoilers through season 5).
Item of interest
Peter's grave says he died when he was 7.
Frog glyph
The frog glyph can be seen as Olivia and Shapeshifter Charlie fight in the alley.
Connection
The creatures from "Snakehead" were used as a weapon against the Observers and Loyalists in "An Enemy of Fate".
Item of interest
It is true that the Empire State Building's spire really was initially designed for airship docking as it was in the Redverse.
Butterfly glyph
A butterfly can be seen painted on the side of a white trash can.
Connection
The End Dock Stabilizer's lights in "An Origin Story" flashed the 'green-green-green-red' pattern from "The Equation" when Peter finished assembling it.
Item of interest
Mark Young's colleague is wearing a butterfly pin, possibly prompting the subject of his hallucination.
Apple glyph
The apple glyph can be seen as Olivia and Shapeshifter Charlie fight in the alley.
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
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.
Seahorse glyph
A seahorse can be seen on the Bishops' refrigerator.
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