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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 Observers read Nina's phone call from the impressions her sound waves made on the glass in her office in "Anomaly XB-6783746", like Peter did in to hear the phone call Nancy Lewis made in "The Road Not Taken".
Item of interest
There are 'Wanted' billboards for the Fringe team.
Seahorse glyph
The seahorse glyph can be seen on the back of one of Markham's books.
Connection
John Mosley's beanie in "The Arrival" has the 'green-green-green-red pattern' from "The Equation".
Item of interest
Observers send materials to themselves via shipping lanes from the future using metal cubes.
Flower glyph
A flower can be seen outside the entrance to the daycare center.
Connection
Walter stole Bell's hand in "Letters of Transit" to gain access to Bell's personal storage unit in "Five-Twenty-Ten".
Item of interest
Peter's shared dream state with September looks like an observation deck.
Butterfly glyph
Butterflies can be seen in Olivia's bedroom.
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
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 on the wall in the diner where Olivia and Lincoln meet.
Connection
Broyles was hanging out at a jazz bar in "Midnight". His character in "Brown Betty" performs in one.
Item of interest
All of the people in Olivia's mind wear blacks and greys because Cortexiphan subjects have a strong desire to blend in.
Hand glyph
A hand can be seen outside the entrance to the daycare center.
Connection
Markham took a liking to Olivia when they met for the first time in "Ability". Decades later in "Transilience Thought Unifier Model-11" he buys her when she's stuck in amber.
Item of interest
William Bell left Massive Dynamic to Walter.
Butterfly glyph
A butterfly can be seen on a lampshade near the front of Olivia's apartment.
Connection
September was labeled as "Mr. X" on Walter's computer in "The End of All Things", the same name that fans used to refer to the man Peter freed in Olivia's mind in "Lysergic Acid Diethylamide".
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.
Butterfly glyph
The butterfly glyph can be seen as Olivia and Shapeshifter Charlie fight in the alley.
Connection
Olivia's pregnancy dream in "The Same Old Story" is in a waiting area with giant tulips. Young Olivia fled to a field with white tulips when she got scared in "Subject 13".
Item of interest
The license plate on Olivia's SUV reads 1R2D21, and the licence plate on Broyles's SUV reads 1C3PO1.
Frog glyph
A frog can be seen outside the entrance to the daycare center.
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