[jQuery] slideDown for a <tr> ignores the colspan

[jQuery] slideDown for a <tr> ignores the colspan


I'm having problems using slideDown for a TR that contains a TD with a
colspan of 5
Basically my code looks like this:
<tr>
<td> stuff </td>
<td> stuff </td>
<td> stuff </td>
</tr>
<tr id="expandme" style="display:none">
<td colspan="3"> stuff </td>
</tr>
My script tries to run slideDown on "expandme" but instead of having a
colspan of 3 the td acts as a colspan of 1, and everything gets
squished together.
Any suggestions?