6:02 AM EST



Season 3, Episode 20
Aired: April 22nd, 2011
Written By: David Wilcox, Josh Singer, Graham Roland
Directed By: Jeannot Szwarc

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6:02 AM EST

The Glyphs



This episode's glyphs spell: A-G-E-N-T

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The Observer



The Observer can be seen at the park where Fauxlivia walked around with Henry.

Observer

Timestamp: 13:59

Episode Clues



Previous Episode Clue

A poster in Olivia's mind in 'Lysergic Acid Diethylamide' that says "Be Vortex Aware" foreshadows the vortex that consumed part of a ranch in '6:02 AM EST'.

Previous episode clue

Timestamp: 12:28


Next Episode Clue

The lightning bolt bumper sticker on the rancher's truck in '6:02 AM EST' foreshadows the widespread lightning attacks in 'The Last Sam Weiss'.

Next episode clue

Timestamp: 03:35

Walter's Food



Walter said he was going to pop another mushroom frittata into the oven and poured himself a drink.
Connection: A drink
A drink
Timestamp: 19:19

Notable Quotes



WALTER: "Son..."
PETER: "I know."

Connection Chart


A visualization of all the ways this episode connects to other episodes. Scroll down to see the actual connections.

Episode Connections



S2E10 - Grey Matters

  • NEWTON in 'Grey Matters': "On my side, the trees died long ago. And the same thing killed the grass. They call it 'The Blight'."
      Similar phenomena started happening in '6:02 AM EST'.
Connection: Blight phenomena
Blight phenomena
S3E20 - 6:02 AM EST
Timestamp: 08:46
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S2E15 - Peter

  • WALTERNATE in '6:02 AM EST': "Oppenheimer saved us too. But at what cost? He couldn't bear the nightmares... the screams of all the innocents he had killed. 'Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of Worlds.' Only in our case, that really is true. We destroyed their world to save ours. May God have mercy on us."
      Walter got angry in 'Peter' when Carla Warren fr-quoted that same Oppenheimer line at him.
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S2E22 - Over There (Part 2)

  • In '6:02 AM EST' Walternate trapped Fauxlivia in the same cell as Olivia was kept in in 'Over There (Part 2)'.
Connection: Olivia
Olivia
S2E22 - Over There (Part 2)
Timestamp: 42:35
Connection: Fauxlivia
Fauxlivia
S3E20 - 6:02 AM EST
Timestamp: 41:04
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S3E10 - The Firefly

  • SEPTEMBER to Walter in 'The Firefly': "When the time comes, give him the keys and save the girl."
      The Observer was orchestrating a plan to test Walter. At the end of the episode he discussed the event with December.
    SEPTEMBER: "I must admit, I feared my experiment would fail."
    DECEMBER: "But you were right. He's changed. He was willing to let his son die."
    SEPTEMBER: "Yes. And now we know. When the time comes... he will be willing to do it again."
      In '6:02 AM EST', as Walter struggled with the idea of allowing Peter to enter The Machine, he recalled the words of the Observer.
    WALTER: "Give him the keys and save the girl."
    PETER: "What?"
    WALTER: "This is what he was doing. He was preparing me."
    PETER: "Who?"
    WALTER: "The Observer. He was preparing me because he knew I would have to let you go. That I would... that I would have to sacrifice you to fix the problems I'd created."
     
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S3E12 - Concentrate and Ask Again

  • NINA SHARP to Olivia in '6:02 AM EST': "It wasn't supposed to be this way. I was told on good authority that if you and Peter were together it would all work out."
      Sam Weiss told her that in 'Concentrate and Ask Again'.
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S3E15 - Subject 13

  • Young Peter argued with Walter and Elizabeth about differences between the universes in 'Subject 13'.
    WALTER to young Peter: "Of course the Dodgers play for Los Angeles."
    YOUNG PETER: "No, they don't. They play in Brooklyn, and I've seen them."
      A radio broadcast from the Redverse in '6:02 AM EST' mentioned the Dodgers playing at Ebbets field in Brooklyn.

Spoilers for future episodes below!



S5E11 - The Boy Must Live

  • WALTER in 'The Boy Must Live': "I can't explain it, but when the boy touched me, he showed me more than just images. It was freeing, Peter. All at once, I understood that everything I've ever known - or thought I knew, as a great man - could fit into a thimble. And that's not all he gave me. I remember things, things I haven't experienced. I think, from the other timeline, before you were erased, before the timeline was reset. I remember when you came to me at Saint Claire's. My first words: 'I thought you'd be fatter'. And I remember the night I was up late, making a peanut butter sandwich, and you slipped and called me 'Dad'. The feeling of joy that gave me... and the terror, before you stepped into the Machine."
      In 'The Boy Must Live' Walter told Peter about memories he regained from the original timeline, including memories of Peter stepping into The Machine from '6:02 AM EST'.
Episode Information
The Glyphs
The Observer
Episode Clues
Items of Interest
JJ Abrams Easter Eggs
Fringe Division Case File
Glyph Sightings
The Redverse
Walter's Food
Names for Astrid
Walter's Lab Notes
Notable Quotes
Connection Chart
Episode Connections