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Fringe Connections
Glyphs, easter eggs, buried clues, behind-the-scenes videos, thematic connections, and more, catalogued episode by episode with screenshots and timestamps.
- 100 episodes
- 375 connections
- 356 items of interest
- 42 glyph sightings
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Connection
The ship at the end of "Nothing as it Seems" shows creatures like the Porcupine Man from "The Transformation".
S4E16 - Nothing As It Seems Timestamp: 42:30
Item of interest
The Child's happy expression drops when he sees the Observer.
Butterfly glyph
The butterfly glyph can be seen outside the entrance to the daycare center.
Connection
The translucent skin toxin from "Pilot" was used as a weapon against the Observers in "An Enemy of Fate".
S5E13 - An Enemy of Fate Timestamp: 02:39
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'.
Seahorse glyph
The seahorse glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
Connection
September's security system flashed the 'green-green-green-red' pattern from "The Equation" before exploding in "The Boy Must Live".
S5E11 - The Boy Must Live Timestamp: 29:55
Item of interest
The cuneiform on the boat door says "bí".
Leaf glyph
The leaf glyph can be seen as Olivia and Shapeshifter Charlie fight in the alley.
Connection
Jones got 'electrocuted in half' after fighting Peter in "Brave New World (Part 1)" similar to how he got sliced in half in "There's More Than One of Everything".
S4E21 - Brave New World (Part 1) Timestamp: 38:53
Item of interest
There is a Massive Dynamic logo on Flight 627's engine.
Flower glyph
The flower glyph can be seen on the wall in the diner where Olivia and Lincoln meet.
Connection
Walter had his life's work in a journal in "Black Blotter" just like he did in the fairy tale he told Ella in "Brown Betty".
S5E09 - Black Blotter Timestamp: 17:10
Item of interest
William Bell's name is partially faded/scratched off of the door to the lab.
Butterfly glyph
A butterfly can be seen painted on the side of a white trash can.
Connection
Walter thought of Peter when he saw the image of a coffin in "Grey Matters" because his Peter died in "Peter".
S2E15 - Peter Timestamp: 28:43
Item of interest
In his dream at the end, young Peter is in bed wearing a jersey with the number 96 on it. The number 96 is the same jersey number that Joshua Jackson wore as Charlie Conway in the Mighty Ducks trilogy.
Butterfly glyph
Butterflies can be seen in Etta's apartment.
Connection
The Fringe team used the skin-growth toxin from "Ability" as a weapon against the Observers and Loyalists in "The Bullet that Saved the World".
S5E04 - The Bullet that Saved the World Timestamp: 27:07
Item of interest
The Fringe team is part of a full-fledged branch of the Department of Defense in the Redverse.
Butterfly glyph
The butterfly glyph can be seen as Olivia and Shapeshifter Charlie fight in the alley.
Connection
Walter's password at Massive Dynamic in "Letters of Transit" is 0-5-2-0-1-0, the same as the combination to the Jacksonville daycare center and to Bell's safe in "Five-Twenty-Ten".
S5E07 - Five-Twenty-Ten Timestamp: 24:37
Item of interest
Mark Young's colleague is wearing a butterfly pin, possibly prompting the subject of his hallucination.
Hand glyph
A hand can be seen outside the entrance to the daycare center.
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