That is the impression I'd gotten of Fringe, from what I'd heard of it, glad to hear it confirmed! I'm looking forward to seeing where it goes (have only very limited spoilers now and am going to try to keep it that way ^_^)

The science...heh. I actually am hoping it gets worse...it would be hard for it to actually get good enough to be plausible, but if it gets ridiculous enough I'll be able to enjoy it for that ^_^