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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
Broyles had jazz posters in his storage unit in "Earthling". His character in "Brown Betty" performed in a jazz bar.
S2E19 - Brown Betty Timestamp: 07:55
Item of interest
There is a Massive Dynamic logo on Flight 627's engine.
Seahorse glyph
A seahorse can be seen on Peter's luggage.
Connection
Ten Observers are present on Liberty island in "The Day We Died" from an assumed total of 12. One of the missing two Observers might be John Mosley, a potential former Observer, who was killed in "The Arrival". See the FAQs for more information (note: FAQs contain spoilers through season 5).
S3E22 - The Day We Died Timestamp: 43:12
Item of interest
The Redverse traded Alt Broyles for Fauxlivia by cutting off one of his legs to make their masses equal.
Hand glyph
The hand glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
Connection
Walter shot Olivia in the head in "Brave new World (Part 2)" like Walternate did in the possible future in "The Day We Died".
S4E22 - Brave New World (Part 2) Timestamp: 29:38
Item of interest
Donald helped Walter set up the pocket universe hiding spot.
Frog glyph
The frog glyph can be seen as Olivia and Shapeshifter Charlie fight in the alley.
Connection
In "Grey Matters" Walter's brain pieces were stored the heads of living people. In "Letters of Transit", in the altered timeline, they were stored in Massive Dynamic.
S4E19 - Letters of Transit Timestamp: 24:46
Item of interest
Peter's grave says he died when he was 7.
Leaf glyph
A leaf can be seen on the bio-scan monitor at the Liberty Island security checkpoint.
Connection
In "Lysergic Acid Diethylamide" Walter fell into a representation of a frozen Reiden Lake just like he really did in "Peter".
S3E19 - Lysergic Acid Diethylamide Timestamp: 28:02
Item of interest
The crane that crashed during the intro has a Massive Dynamic logo on it.
Flower glyph
The flower glyph can be seen on the wall in the diner where Olivia and Lincoln meet.
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
Sam Weiss died 10-15 years earlier in a shootout with Observers trying to protect the radio signal relay used to locate Michael.
Seahorse glyph
A seahorse pattern can be seen in the toxin's molecular structure.
Connection
The child needed an air degradation unit in "Through the Looking Glass and What Walter Found There" because he needed a less oxygen-rich environment like where he was found underground in "Inner Child".
S5E06 - Through the Looking-Glass and What Walter Found There Timestamp: 29:02
Item of interest
Who did the Observer say was "still alive," Peter or Walter?
Hand glyph
A hand can be seen on the wall when Olivia and Peter attack the Observers and Loyalists.
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.
S5E12 - Liberty Timestamp: 27:28
Item of interest
William Bell's name is partially faded/scratched off of the door to the lab.
Leaf glyph
The leaf glyph is on the electronic keypad at Massive Dynamic.
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