100% height pseudo element on a table cell in IE - css

Question

I am encountering an issue in IE9,10,11 where an ::after pseudo element will not fill 100% of the height of it's td parent.
If the first column in the second row had two lines of text, the pseudo element would fill the full height with no problem. So, I figured that the issue was happening because the td was not filling the height of the tr but that isn't the case.
The first screenshot is Chrome and the second is IE9
HTML
<table>
<tr>
<td>Two<br/>Lines</td>
<td>Two<br/>Lines</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>One Line</td>
<td>Two <br/>Lines</td>
</tr>
</table>
CSS
table td {
border-bottom: 1px solid;
}
table td:first-child {
position: relative;
}
table td:first-child::after {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
right: 0;
content: '';
width: 2px;
height: 100%;
display: block;
background-color: orange;
}
Codepen: http://codepen.io/cbier/full/BjpaqB/
P.S. I am using an ::after pseudo-element instead of borders for a special reason and it is a requirement
Thanks!

Answer 1

May be using a single pseudo element for the whole table ?
table {
overflow: hidden;
}
table td {
border-bottom: 1px solid;
}
table tr:first-child td:first-child {
position: relative;
}
table tr:first-child td:first-child:after {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
right: 0;
content: '';
width: 2px;
height: 1000px;
display: block;
background-color: orange;
}
<table>
<tr>
<td>Two<br/>Lines</td>
<td>Two<br/>Lines</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>One Line</td>
<td>Two <br/>Lines</td>
</tr>
</table>
An alternate way, with background : linear-gradient
table td {
border-bottom: 1px solid;
}
table td:first-child {
background-image: linear-gradient(270deg, orange 3px, transparent 3px);
}
<table>
<tr>
<td>Two<br/>Lines</td>
<td>Two<br/>Lines</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>One Line</td>
<td>Two <br/>Lines</td>
</tr>
</table>

Answer 2

You can use following code for it:
table td:first-child::after {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
right: 0;
content: '';
width: 2px;
height: 45px;
display: block;
background-color: orange;
}
it is giving same output in chromeas well as IE 9