Did anyone watch Fringe show tonight?

[Evo]

I really didn't understand what was going on with the old guy who had injected the younger guy with some sort of metal stuff. The old guy seemed rather nuts, and it seemed like everyone would still trust him to do whatever, even though I was pretty sure he was the one who belonged locked in a mental institution.

That was explained in the first episode. The old man was was a brilliant scientist at Harvard that became involved in some weird fringe military experiments in the 1970's. He either went crazy or they "made" him crazy, it's not clear, they just got him out of the mental institution since what is happening now appears to be a continuation of his original work by someone else. During his lucid moments he remembers enough to answer some questions.

The people writing and producing this show

J.J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman, and Robert Orci (series creators; also are writing the upcoming Star Trek flick) are co-developing the story-line for the comic as well as its artwork. Staff writers include Zack Whedon, Julia Cho, and Mike Johnson (Batman/Superman),

So, it's science-fiction along that line.