I really enjoy Downton Abbey, but I did not like the way that they dealt with Matthew's paralysis. I felt like they had a good opportunity to do something interesting with that story line, and instead all they did was spread misperceptions about the medical side of it (somewhat forgivable because there was a lot they didn't know about paralysis in the early 1900s) and then promote the belief that the only way to have a happy and fulfilled life is to fully recover and be able to walk again. I almost felt like the writer just decided to adopt (not to say steal) the ignorant attitudes in the Lady Chatterley story line, without actually doing any research about what paralysis is really like. A very disappointing aspect to what I otherwise believe is an entertaining show.