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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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The hallucinogenic drug from "The Dreamscape" was used as a weapon against the Observers in "An Enemy of Fate" to make them think they were being attacked by butterflies.
S5E13 - An Enemy of Fate Timestamp: 02:15
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.
Butterfly glyph
Butterflies can be seen in Etta's apartment.
Connection
Agent Jessup was relating season 1 Fringe cases to Bible verses in "A New Day in the Old Town". In "Nothing as it Seems", creatures can be seen on something resembling Noah's Ark.
S4E16 - Nothing As It Seems Timestamp: 41:55
Item of interest
Nick Lane's wardrobe is all dark colors like Olivia's.
Frog glyph
The frog glyph can be seen as Olivia and Shapeshifter Charlie fight in the alley.
Connection
The radio found in the pocket universe in "Through the Looking Glass and What Walter Found There" was stuck on 6955 kHz, the same frequency as the number station broadcasts in "6955 kHz".
S5E06 - Through the Looking-Glass and What Walter Found There Timestamp: 37:41
Item of interest
The opening crawl is an homage to Blade Runner.
Leaf glyph
The leaf glyph is on the electronic keypad at Massive Dynamic.
Connection
In "Back to Where You've Never Been" Peter and Lincoln set up the universe portal in the Orpheum Theater, the same place Walter, Olivia, and the Cortexiphan subjects crossed over to rescue Peter in "Over There (Part 1)".
S4E08 - Back to Where You've Never Been Timestamp: 13:16
Item of interest
The episode opened in "Manhatan", seemingly a typo but actually signifying this was an alternate Manhattan.
Frog glyph
A frog can be seen in Walter's Monty Python trip.
Connection
Peter needed a Faraday cage to safely enter the time bubble in "And Those We've Left Behind" like Alistair Peck built into his own body in order to time travel safely in "White Tulip".
S4E06 - And Those We've Left Behind Timestamp: 22:40
Item of interest
The license plate on Olivia's SUV reads 1R2D21, and the licence plate on Broyles's SUV reads 1C3PO1.
Seahorse glyph
The seahorse glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
Connection
The radioactive isotope compound from "The Cure" that caused heads to explode was used as a weapon against the Observers in "An Enemy of Fate".
S5E13 - An Enemy of Fate Timestamp: 05:10
Item of interest
Peter's shared dream state with September looks like an observation deck.
Seahorse glyph
The seahorse glyph can be seen as Olivia and Shapeshifter Charlie fight in the alley.
Connection
Jones presented Olivia with the light box test in "The End of All Things" just as he did in "Ability".
S4E14 - The End of All Things Timestamp: 12:11
Item of interest
Windmark said "Nothing grows from scorched earth" to Walter and then later Walter saw a dandelion growing from rubble outside. He has hope.
Butterfly glyph
The butterfly 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.
S3E19 - Lysergic Acid Diethylamide Timestamp: 25:47
Item of interest
Windmark visited his boss, The Commander, in 2609.
Frog glyph
The frog glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
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