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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
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 is a Massive Dynamic logo on Flight 627's engine.
Butterfly glyph
The butterfly glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
Connection
A butterfly shadow box like those seen in "The Dreamscape" was seen in Walter's storage vault in "The Bullet that Saved the World".
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
Peter's map of Walter's crimes in "Brown Betty" resembles the map of Pattern cases in "There's More Than One of Everything".
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
The hand glyph can be seen on the piano stool in the Orpheum Theater in the Redverse.
Connection
"He's Not Dead" on the tombstone in Olivia's dreamscape in "Pilot" actually refers to Peter, not John Scott. Walter visited the grave of Peter Bishop in "There's More Than One of Everything", yet Peter is alive and well.
Item of interest
Peter's shared dream state with September looks like an observation deck.
Butterfly glyph
The butterfly glyph can be seen outside the entrance to the daycare center.
Connection
In "And Those We've Left Behind" Peter picked up the same toy plane (perhaps not literally the same) that he played with in "Subject 13".
Item of interest
William Bell left Massive Dynamic to Walter.
Hand glyph
The hand glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
Connection
In "The End of All Things" September told Peter about Henry, the son he never knew existed, who was born in "Bloodline".
Item of interest
Olivia struck James Heath with a candlestick in her dining room, making the title a complete red herring.
Butterfly glyph
The butterfly glyph can be seen on the wall in the diner where Olivia and Lincoln meet.
Connection
Walter thought of Peter when he saw the image of a coffin in "Grey Matters" because his Peter died in "Peter".
Item of interest
Nick Lane's wardrobe is all dark colors like Olivia's.
Frog glyph
The frog glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
Connection
Nina communicated with an animated William Bell in "Brown Betty". When Walter and Peter found Bell in Olivia's mind in "Lysergic Acid Diethylamide" he was animated.
Item of interest
Bell stole Walter's David Bowie album 'The Man Who Sold the World', which describes what Bell did multiple times for his own benefit.
Frog glyph
A frog can be seen in Walter's Monty Python trip.
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