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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
Peter's map of Walter's crimes in "Brown Betty" resembles the map of Pattern cases in "There's More Than One of Everything".
S2E19 - Brown Betty Timestamp: 33:04
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 can be seen in Walter's Monty Python trip.
Connection
Olivia shot her captors in "The Human Kind" with the bullet she took from Etta in "The Bullet that Saved the World".
S5E08 - The Human Kind Timestamp: 41:07
Item of interest
The yellow dot in the final glyph of the episode is replaced by a yellow heart.
Seahorse glyph
The seahorse glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
Connection
Walter implanted a tracker in his neck in "Snakehead" which is used in "Grey Matters".
S2E10 - Grey Matters Timestamp: 42:04
Item of interest
Donald helped Walter set up the pocket universe hiding spot.
Seahorse glyph
A seahorse pattern can be seen in the toxin's molecular structure.
Connection
The End Dock Stabilizer's lights in "An Origin Story" flashed the 'green-green-green-red' pattern from "The Equation" when Peter finished assembling it.
S5E05 - An Origin Story Timestamp: 31:59
Item of interest
It is true that the Empire State Building's spire really was initially designed for airship docking as it was in the Redverse.
Seahorse glyph
The seahorse glyph can be seen as Olivia and Shapeshifter Charlie fight in the alley.
Connection
Walter said that Nancy Lewis looked familiar in "The Road Not Taken"; her name is on a height chart in the daycare center where the Cortexiphan trials took place in "Jacksonville".
S2E14 - Jacksonville Timestamp: 20:01
Item of interest
Peter's shared dream state with September looks like an observation deck.
Apple glyph
The apple glyph can be seen on the backrest of a chair in the lab.
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
The opening crawl is an homage to Blade Runner.
Leaf glyph
A leaf can be seen on the bio-scan monitor at the Liberty Island security checkpoint.
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".
S4E14 - The End of All Things Timestamp: 27:14
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
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
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.
Butterfly glyph
The butterfly glyph can be seen on the wall in the diner where Olivia and Lincoln meet.
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