I was watching Lie To Me last night, great show by the way, until last night.

I could not believe my ears nor my eyes at what they did to portray multiple sclerosis.

OK, the background. Some guys were stuck underground at a construction site. They thought one of the guys was lying and began questioning him. The investigator who specializes in reading expressions asked the guy about a twitch he had in his face. He said the guy looked scared.

Anyway, the investigator called the twitch a "rippling muscle contraction" or something like that. He then followed up with this line: "that is a clear sign of late stage multiple sclerosis."

Now I don't know about any of you but I have never heard this before. I have never heard any doctor ever state that a rippling muscle contraction in your upper cheek area is a clear sign of late stage multiple sclerosis.

But it gets better. The guy who's trapped looks down and then up. He says "My doctors say I have a few years left." He then goes on to say he felt he was at fault for the explosion that caused them to get trapped. He said his hands were shaking so bad he dropped the torch he was using which caused the explosion. He said he had no insurance and needed the job to keep being able to see the doctor.

OK, that's fine and could explain a ms symptom, the shaking, etc. BUT, in no part of the show after those comments did they confirm this guy even had ms! They never revisited the subject. They even questioned the wife who kept mum on the whole thing.

Turns out, the explosion was not the guys fault. It was the mayor who hid an inspection that said methane was leaking underground. The guy who they said had ms, he died in the explosion.

This whole show could have been done better. If they are going to portray ms do it right. Those who are newly diagnosed would freak out if they watched this show. How dare them act like a diagnosis of ms could be a death sentence. And what's with this late stage stuff? I know there is a worsening form of progressive ms, we all do. BUT, it doesn't mean it's a death sentence.

Yes I am mad and I am writing the show about it.

Climbing off soapbox now.