An unofficial companion to Fringe
Glyphs, easter eggs, buried clues, behind-the-scenes videos, thematic connections, and more, catalogued episode by episode with screenshots and timestamps.
Connection
"He's Not Dead" on the tombstone in Olivia's dreamscape in "Pilot" actually refers to Peter, not John Scott. Walter visited the grave of Peter Bishop in "There's More Than One of Everything", yet Peter is alive and well.
Item of interest
Jones is working with Bell, who is alive.
Seahorse glyph
The seahorse glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
Connection
The radioactive isotope compound from "The Cure" that caused heads to explode was used as a weapon against the Observers in "An Enemy of Fate".
Item of interest
When Nina looks in Bell's storage room for his copy of the First People book the camera pans by a copy of 'Dr. Spock's Baby and Childcare'.
Butterfly glyph
The butterfly glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
Connection
Ten Observers are present on Liberty island in "The Day We Died" from an assumed total of 12, given their names. One of the missing two is August, who was killed in "August".
Item of interest
Who did the Observer say was "still alive," Peter or Walter?
Leaf glyph
The leaf glyph is on the electronic keypad at Massive Dynamic.
Connection
Olivia shot her captors in "The Human Kind" with the bullet she took from Etta in "The Bullet that Saved the World".
Item of interest
The opening crawl is an homage to Blade Runner.
Frog glyph
A frog can be seen on the dock when Walter is high.
Connection
When Peter drove up to the lake house in "There's More Than One of Everything" the camera focused on his car through a red panel of stained glass, foreshadowing that Peter was taken from the Redverse in "Peter".
Item of interest
The Fringe team is part of a full-fledged branch of the Department of Defense in the Redverse.
Seahorse glyph
A seahorse can be seen outside the entrance to the daycare center.
Connection
William Bell left Nina a bell in his will in "The Box". Walter rang that bell in "Os" which initiated Bell's soul magnet experiment.
Item of interest
Windmark said "Nothing grows from scorched earth" to Walter and then later Walter saw a dandelion growing from rubble outside. He has hope.
Butterfly glyph
Butterflies can be seen in Etta's apartment.
Connection
The creature from "Snakehead" and images of it were seen in Walter's storage vault in "The Bullet that Saved the World".
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 on a door in the pocket universe.
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
All of the people in Olivia's mind wear blacks and greys because Cortexiphan subjects have a strong desire to blend in.
Flower glyph
The flower glyph can be seen on the wall in the diner where Olivia and Lincoln meet.
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