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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
The ship at the end of "Nothing as it Seems" shows creatures like the Porcupine Man from "The Transformation".
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.
Seahorse glyph
A seahorse can be seen on the Bishops' refrigerator.
Connection
Peter ran possible futures in "Five-Twenty-Ten" to try to coerce the Observers to be where he wanted them to be just like Milo Stanfield did to his doctors in "The Plateau".
Item of interest
Observers send materials to themselves via shipping lanes from the future using metal cubes.
Butterfly glyph
A butterfly can be seen attacking Mark Young.
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
Jones is working with Bell, who is alive.
Flower glyph
The flower glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
Connection
In "Liberty" the Fringe team used the universe window from "Peter" to help them rescue Michael.
Item of interest
There is a Massive Dynamic logo on Flight 627's engine.
Hand glyph
A hand can be seen outside the entrance to the daycare center.
Connection
Walter hid the beacon at the tombstone of his father, Robert Bishop, in "The Arrival". Robert Bishop's work and history is central to the plot of "The Bishop Revival".
Item of interest
The flower glyph glitches away after the scene where Olivia's fear caused her to interrupt all the electronics in the room.
Seahorse glyph
The seahorse glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
Connection
The opening scenes of "Letters of Transit" reference Casablanca (a man named Rick owning an upscale nightclub). Peter and Fauxlivia watched Casablanca together in "The Abducted".
Item of interest
The episode ends with September going into December's apartment, apartment 513, the episode code of the next and final episode of the series.
Leaf glyph
The leaf glyph is on the electronic keypad at Massive Dynamic.
Connection
Olivia's pregnancy dream in "The Same Old Story" is in a waiting area with giant tulips.
Item of interest
Carr's work review sent to Astrid from his previous employer shows that in the three years prior to his dismissal, he only missed three days of work. He was out for only one day each year and each year it was the same day: Valentine's Day.
Butterfly glyph
The butterfly glyph can be seen near Lincoln in the rail yard.
Connection
Jones presented Olivia with the light box test in "The End of All Things" just as he did in "Ability".
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
The butterfly glyph can be seen as Olivia and Shapeshifter Charlie fight in the alley.
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