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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
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".
S5E02 - In Absentia Timestamp: 40:09
Item of interest
The episode opened in "Manhatan", seemingly a typo but actually signifying this was an alternate Manhattan.
Flower glyph
The flower glyph can be seen as Olivia and Shapeshifter Charlie fight in the alley.
Connection
The End-of-Dayers targeted the Orpheum Theater in "The Day We Died", a soft spot from when Olivia and the other Cortexiphan subjects crossed over to get Peter in "Over There (Part 1)".
S3E22 - The Day We Died Timestamp: 04:49
Item of interest
There are 'Wanted' billboards for the Fringe team.
Flower glyph
The flower glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
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".
S3E07 - The Abducted Timestamp: 48:42
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.
Frog glyph
The frog glyph can be seen as Olivia and Shapeshifter Charlie fight in the alley.
Connection
Right before Alfred Hoffman grabs an apple from the Bishops' refrigerator in "The Bishop Revival" there is a Rubik's Cube with three greens and one red on its side, a reference to the 'green-green-green-red' pattern from "The Equation".
S2E13 - The Bishop Revival Timestamp: 21:33
Item of interest
Nick Lane's wardrobe is all dark colors like Olivia's.
Butterfly glyph
The butterfly glyph can be seen as Olivia and Shapeshifter Charlie fight in the alley.
Connection
Peter found Olivia in a field of white tulips in "Subject 13", a nod to "White Tulip".
S3E15 - Subject 13 Timestamp: 33:00
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.
Seahorse glyph
The seahorse glyph can be seen on the back of one of Markham's books.
Connection
Nina communicated with William Bell through the universe window from "Peter" in "Brown Betty".
S2E19 - Brown Betty Timestamp: 25:47
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.
Leaf glyph
The leaf glyph is on the electronic keypad at Massive Dynamic.
Connection
Olivia's mindscape in "Lysergic Acid Diethylamide" shows an area with Iraqi architecture, a reference to when Olivia met Peter in Iraq in "Pilot".
S3E19 - Lysergic Acid Diethylamide Timestamp: 22:54
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
Olivia saw Brandon as a zombie in her mind in "Lysergic Acid Diethylamide" because he wanted to cut out and study her brain in "Entrada".
S3E19 - Lysergic Acid Diethylamide Timestamp: 26:17
Item of interest
Donald helped Walter set up the pocket universe hiding spot.
Frog glyph
The frog glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
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