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
Windmark visited his boss, The Commander, in 2609.
Seahorse glyph
A seahorse can be seen outside the entrance to the daycare center.
Connection
Walter hid the beacon at the tombstone of his father, Robert Bishop, in "The Arrival". Robert Bishop's work and history is central to the plot of "The Bishop Revival".
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".
Butterfly glyph
The butterfly glyph can be seen as Olivia and Shapeshifter Charlie fight in the alley.
Connection
Walter sent Peter the white tulip note from "White Tulip" in the mail and Peter received it in "An Enemy of Fate" after the future was successfully altered.
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 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
Nick Lane's wardrobe is all dark colors like Olivia's.
Seahorse glyph
A seahorse can be seen in Walter's Monty Python trip.
Connection
Walter used the clapper to turn on the lights in "In Absentia". He installed it in "Midnight".
Item of interest
The cuneiform on the boat door says "bí".
Flower glyph
A flower can be seen outside the entrance to the daycare center.
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
Donald helped Walter set up the pocket universe hiding spot.
Seahorse glyph
The seahorse glyph can be seen as Olivia and Shapeshifter Charlie fight in the alley.
Connection
Nina said that Bell was a father figure to Jones in "There's More Than One of Everything". They finally worked together in "Brave New World (Part 1)".
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
A seahorse can be seen on Peter's luggage.
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
The Redverse traded Alt Broyles for Fauxlivia by cutting off one of his legs to make their masses equal.
Hand glyph
A hand can be seen outside the entrance to the daycare center.
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