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
Michael played the music box from "The Boy Must Live" for September after September got shot in "An Enemy of Fate".
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
The End-of-Dayers used light bombs called Electrilights in "The Day We Died". Loyalists threw a light bomb at Peter in the sewer tunnels in "The Bullet that Saved the World".
Item of interest
Jones said there are 10 tests for Olivia in total. The first was a box of lights that Olivia had to turn off with her mind.
Frog glyph
The frog glyph can be seen as Olivia and Shapeshifter Charlie fight in the alley.
Connection
Windmark probed Walter's mind so forcefully in "Transilience Thought Unifier Model-11" that it caused blood vessels in Walter's eye to pop. In "Liberty" Michael resisted Windmark's mind probe, and possibly probed Windmark's mind back, causing blood vessels to pop in Windmark's eye.
Item of interest
William Bell left Massive Dynamic to Walter.
Frog glyph
The frog glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
Connection
The ship at the end of "Nothing as it Seems" showed the creatures from "Snakehead".
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
A butterfly can be seen painted on the side of a white trash can.
Connection
William Bell left Nina a bell in his will in "The Box". Walter rang that bell in "Os" which initiated Bell's soul magnet experiment.
Item of interest
Windmark visited his boss, The Commander, in 2609.
Butterfly glyph
Butterflies can be seen in Olivia's bedroom.
Connection
The Observer's binoculars in "The Arrival" have the green-green-green red pattern from "The Equation" at the bottom left corner.
Item of interest
There is a Massive Dynamic logo on Flight 627's engine.
Butterfly glyph
The butterfly glyph can be seen near Lincoln in the rail yard.
Connection
William Bell had a bell on his desk in "There's More Than One of Everything". He rang it after he introduced himself. He did that to prime Olivia to receive his soul should he die in the future. Walter rang that bell in "Os" and Olivia became inhabited by William Bell.
Item of interest
Nick Lane's wardrobe is all dark colors like Olivia's.
Flower glyph
The flower glyph can be seen as Olivia and Shapeshifter Charlie fight in the alley.
Connection
Simon Foster was trapped in amber in "Letters of Transit" and the Observers were experimenting on Simon's head in the Ministry of Science in "In Absentia".
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.
Seahorse glyph
A seahorse can be seen on Peter's luggage.
Hidden for now
Behind this are three real details, picked at random from three different episodes, each with its screenshot, caption, and timestamp.
They are also spoilers.
Hidden, because you haven’t started the series. Set your spoiler level in the Settings menu to unlock spoilers site-wide.
Cards from episodes you haven’t watched yet are blurred. to see more.
The colors mean...?
Color indicates the episode’s universe or...?
Color indicates the episode’s universe or timeline.
Learn what every section of Fringe Connections is about.