Through the Looking-Glass and What Walter Found There



Season 5, Episode 06
Aired: November 9th, 2012
Written By: David Fury
Directed By: Jon Cassar

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Through the Looking-Glass and What Walter Found There

The Glyphs



This episode's glyphs spell: S-P-L-I-T

Half of this episode takes place in a pocket universe, a split in the membrane that separates the two universes.

Glyph symbol SGlyph symbol PGlyph symbol LGlyph symbol IGlyph symbol T
Glyph symbol S
Glyph symbol P
Glyph symbol L
Glyph symbol I
Glyph symbol T

The Observer



Observers are featured in this episode.

Observer

Timestamp: 34:09

Episode Clues



Previous Episode Clue

Graffiti behind Anil's van in 'An Origin Story' says "Ask Alice", foreshadowing the theme and title of 'Through the Looking Glass and what Walter Found There'.

Previous episode clue

Timestamp: 09:02


Next Episode Clue

Unknown

Next episode clue

Items of Interest



  • Donald helped Walter set up the pocket universe hiding spot. (Image 1)
  • The child was an Observer, proven by Walter and Donald putting an air degradation unit in his hiding room.
  • Peter is developing Observer abilities: speed, strength, teleportation, pocket universe vision, blue Matrix-style vision. (Image 2)
Item of interest: Donald
Image 1: Donald
Timestamp: 28:04
Item of interest: Peter's vision
Image 2: Peter's vision
Timestamp: 42:16

Glyph Sightings



  • The apple glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
  • The butterfly glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
  • The flower glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
  • The frog glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
  • The hand glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
  • The seahorse glyph can be seen on a door in the pocket universe.
Apple
Timestamp: 27:07
Butterfly
Timestamp: 27:00
Flower
Timestamp: 26:53
Frog
Timestamp: 27:01
Hand
Timestamp: 26:57
Seahorse
Timestamp: 26:46

Walter's Food



Walter ate a grape Red Vine and drank some milk, got distracted by pastries in Tape #7, and ate a raspberry-filled pastry.
Connection: Grape Red Vine and milk
Grape Red Vine and milk
Timestamp: 01:28
Connection: Pastries
Pastries
Timestamp: 10:54
Connection: Raspberry-filled pastry
Raspberry-filled pastry
Timestamp: 11:00

Connection Chart


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

Episode Connections



S1E15 - Inner Child

  • Walter and Donald hid the Child from 'Inner Child' in the pocket universe in 'Through the Looking Glass and What Walter Found There'.
  • Walter gave the Child M&Ms in the pocket universe in 'Through the Looking Glass and What Walter Found There' because he ate them with Olivia in 'Inner Child'.
  • 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'.
Connection: The Child
The Child
S5E06 - Through the Looking Glass and What
Walter Found There
Timestamp: 28:21
Connection: M&Ms
M&Ms
S1E15 - Inner Child
Timestamp: 17:58
Connection: M&Ms
M&Ms
S5E06 - Through the Looking Glass and What
Walter Found There
Timestamp: 28:28
Connection: Air degradation unit
Air degradation unit
S5E06 - Through the Looking Glass and What
Walter Found There
Timestamp: 29:02
Divider


S3E06 - 6955 kHz

  • The radio found in the pocket universe in 'Through the Looking Glass and What Walter Found There' was stuck on 6955 kHz, the same frequency as the number station broadcasts in '6955 kHz'.
Connection: Radio stuck on 6955 kHz
Radio stuck on 6955 kHz
S5E06 - Through the Looking Glass and What
Walter Found There
Timestamp: 37:41
Divider


S5E04 - The Bullet that Saved the World

  • Cecil mentions the Observers using a light bomb in 'Through the Looking Glass and what Walter Found There', which is what Loyalists threw at Peter in the sewer tunnels in 'The Bullet that Saved the World'.
Connection: Light bomb
Light bomb
S5E04 - The Bullet That Saved the World
Timestamp: 03:57