Fringe Easter Eggs: Observer in "The Last Sam Weiss"

The Observer can be spotted in the Fringe episode "The Last Sam Weiss" standing just down the street from Peter in NYC, right before he gets help to find the pawn shop.

You can see all of The Observer's other appearances here.

Fringe Easter Eggs: Glyphs in "The Last Sam Weiss"

The Glyphs code in the Fringe episode The Last Sam Weiss spelled out MULTI, as in MULTI-VERSE.

For more information on the Fringe Glyphs, check out Fringepedia's Glyph / Symbols page, which has all the previous glyphs and codes.

Fringe Easter Eggs: Observer in "6:02 AM EST"

The Observer can be spotted behind Olivia just after she gets the message on her pager about the Fringe event on Liberty Island.

You can see all of The Observer's other appearances here.

Fringe Easter Eggs: Glyphs in "6:02 AM EST"

The Glyphs code in the Fringe episode 6:02 AM EST spelled out AGENT.

For more information on the Fringe Glyphs, check out Fringepedia's Glyph / Symbols page, which has all the previous glyphs and codes.

Fringe Easter Egg In Bones?

In last night's episode of Bones, there were a few subtle nods to Fringe:

• "Walter vs. FBI" was written on the chalkboard
• A character named Walter, who is jokingly called Wally
• Booths ring a bell

JJ Abrams' Super 8 Promo With Fringe Easter Egg

Can you identify the Fringe Easter egg in this promo?

Fringe Easter Eggs: Observer in "Lysergic Acid Diethylamide"

The Observer can be spotted at the hospital just as Olivia is brought in for her tonic-clonic seizures.

You can see all of The Observer's other appearances here.

Fringe Easter Eggs: Glyphs in "Lysergic Acid Diethylamide"

The Glyphs code in the Fringe episode Lysergic Acid Diethylamide spelled out FEARS, like what Olivia had to overcome to free herself from her own mind.

For more information on the Fringe Glyphs, check out Fringepedia's Glyph / Symbols page, which has all the previous glyphs and codes.

Fringe Easter Eggs: Glyphs in "Bloodline"

The Glyphs code in the Fringe episode Bloodline spelled out FATED.

For more information on the Fringe Glyphs, check out Fringepedia's Glyph / Symbols page, which has all the previous glyphs and codes.

Fringe Easter Eggs: Observer in "Stowaway"

The Observer can be spotted standing across the street from where Jim and Dana Gray jump from the building and into a taxi..

You can see all of The Observer's other appearances here.

Fringe Easter Eggs: Glyphs in "Stowaway"

The Glyphs code in the Fringe episode Stowaway spelled out ERODE.

For more information on the Fringe Glyphs, check out Fringepedia's Glyph / Symbols page, which has all the previous glyphs and codes.

Fringe Easter Egg Roundup for "Os"

Here are some recurring "Easter egg" screen shots from the Fringe episode "Os":

The Observer can be spotted near the Massachusetts Metal Depository, observing the crime scene amongst the crowd. You can see him clearly walking up to the scene (with umbrella!) in this promotional photo.

Hidden Glyphs: I did not see any hidden glyphs in this episode. If you find any in the "Os" screenshots, let  us know!

Next Episode Clue: The Fringe episode "Subject 13" contained two posters of the periodic table of elements, the standard Mendeleev model, and the much newer Circular model (we won't mention the fact that both versions are too modern for 1985...). In either poster, you can see the symbol for Osmium - "Os", the titular element of the episode:

KRICK: I work in aeronautics. A few months ago, I was contracted to develop a new alloy for military aircraft-- A metal dense enough to keep pilots safe from ground fire, but still allow for flight. I wasn't having much success. And then I combined two elements. Rare elements.
WALTER: Osmium and lutetium.
KRICK: And that's when it happened. I'd combined two of the densest elements on earth, and somehow the result was a new molecule... A molecule lighter than air.

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Jorge Garcia (Hurley from LOST) On Fringe

Jorge Garcia made a cameo appearance in the Fringe episode "Os", as a Massive Dynamic security guard. Although he had a short scene, he got to work with the amazing John Noble, and it looks like they had fun.

Here are also a couple of behind the scene photos from Jorge's blog Further Dispatches

Fringe Easter Eggs: Observer in "Os"

The Observer can be spotted near the Massachusetts Metal Depository, observing the crime scene amongst the crowd. If you look closely, you can also see him walking up to the scene.

You can see all of The Observer's other appearances here.

Fringe Easter Eggs: Glyphs in "Os"

The Glyphs code in the Fringe episode Os spelled out EARTH.

For more information on the Fringe Glyphs, check out Fringepedia's Glyph / Symbols page, which has all the previous glyphs and codes.

More Easter Eggs for Fringe Episode "Subject 13"

Here are a couple of more Easter Eggs from the Fringe episode "Subject 13".

The first is the video above, comparing the puzzle Walter frustrates young Olivia with, to the puzzle seen in the Alias episode "The Indicator". As you can see the puzzles are very similar, due in no small part to the fact that Fringe executive producer Jeff Pinkner also wrote that episode of Alias.

The second is a comparison of the Olivia "explosion" in "Subject 13" to another fire "incident" that we saw in the Fringe episode "Jacksonville":

It's interesting to note that the fire does not come any where near young Nick. Either she unconsciously protected her Jacksonville experiment buddy, or he was immune to her powers because he was also a Cortexiphan kid.

The footage we see in "Jacksonville" is from a much younger Olivia than the one we see in "Subject 13"

UPDATE: A couple of more interesting facts to ponder:

"Subject 13" was the first episode not to star Anna Torv. In fact, the only regular cast member in the episode was John Noble - no Anna Torv or Joshua Jackson (although we did see young Olivia and Peter). Plus no Jasika Nicole, Lance Reddick, Blair Brown, or even Gene.

According to the Fringepedia "death count" page, "Subject 13" was the first episode where no one died.

Fringe Easter Egg Roundup for "Subject 13"

Here are some recurring "Easter egg" screen shots from the Fringe episode Subject 13:

The Observer can be spotted walking in the Bishop Dynamics lobby, just as Walternate arrives.

Hidden Glyphs: If you want to count cartoon versions of the Fringe glyphs, then butterflies, seahorses and frogs can be found near the Jacksonville Family Daycare Center entrance. There are also some seahorses on the Bishop family's fridge.

Next Episode Clue: As we mentioned in the last Easter egg roundup, the episode "6B" contained an abundance of tulips, which were in fact references to "Subject 13". In this episode, a very special field of white tulips is the location that young Peter visits twice. Once driving in the car with his mother, and once when he finds Olivia. The White Tulip was also a very important symbol for Walter Bishop:

"I, too, attempted the unimaginable, and I succeeded. I crossed into another universe, and took a son that wasn't mine. And since then, not a day has passed without me feeling the burden of that act. I'm going to tell you something that I have never told another soul. Until I took my son from the other side, I had never believed in God. But it occurred to me... that my actions had betrayed him and that everything that had happened to me since was God punishing me. So now I'm looking for a sign of forgiveness. I've asked God for a sign of forgiveness. A specific one, a white tulip.". - Walter Bishop (to Alistair Peck)  in White Tulip.

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Fringe Books: What Young Olivia Was Reading in "Subject 13"

The book that young Olivia is reading in "Subject 13" is called Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin.

Wikipedia has some interesting things to say about the book:

The title Winter's Tale is a reference to the similarly named Shakespeare play. In that play, as in this book, a major character disappears for years, only to return after a long and unexplained absence, unharmed, transformed, and redeemed.[Peter?]
...
Winter's Tale is a 1983 novel by Mark Helprin. It takes place in a mythic New York City, markedly different than our own.[Alternate Universe?]
...
New York City is subsumed in arctic winds, dark nights, and white lights, its life unfolds, for it is an extraordinary hive of the imagination, the greatest house ever built, and nothing exists that can check its vitality.[Is this why it snowed in the tulip field?]

The most interesting part of the book is name of the main character Peter Lake!

FYI, the paperback edition has a different cover, but if you want the exact same book Olivia is reading, hardcover versions with the same cover are available in the Amazon used books section.

Fringe Retro Title Sequence Returns

The Fringe episode "Subject 13" is a flashback that takes place in 1985. To match the style of the era, location titles and the Fringe title sequence was given a new look. The same title sequence was also seen in the the Fringe episode "Peter".

The Tron-style graphics are complimented by retro "fringe science" subjects. While these subjects may have seemed "fringe" at the time of Back To The Future and Weird Science, every one (with maybe the exception of cold fusion) is now considered mainstream science.

One thing that seems to be missing from this old school sequence is the "Observers Are Here" quote.




Screenshots of every single frame from the title sequence are available at FringeFiles.com.

Fringe Easter Eggs: Observer in Subject 13

The Observer can be spotted walking in the Bishop Dynamics lobby, just as Walternate arrives.

You can see all of The Observer's other appearances here.