Originally Posted by AngelicPrincess:
“That was a cop out story, superhuman recovery. He should have been in a wheelchair for life, match the irony that Penny was facing. Never did like rack.”
It was clear that the new production team couldn't wait to finish off all Santer's storylines for the dreadful baby swap and for Kat’s big return storyline. The focus wasn’t Ronnie there. Ronnie was the plot device.
So he completely brushed under the carpet Jack's paralysis, when it was clear from early on (from Santer's episodes) that Jack was going to struggle. The episode with Max and Jack after physio, was so obvious that they were intending to take Jack down that route of struggling to deal with his condition.
He then made a mess of Ronnie’s rape reveal and rushed that too to get it over and done with.
And the ultimate idiocy was having Ronnie pregnant by a comatose Jack.