Hell (Father Ted) Ted and Dougal are distracted, Jack's wheelchair is dragged up the Magic Road, and he falls over a cliff; the other two think Jack has just gone for his own walk. After it starts to rain heavily, Ted and Dougal return to the caravan to find that Ted's friend also promised its use to Father Noel Furlong and his youth group, who are cramped inside and having a sing-song. Noel's boundless energy quickly grates on Ted, and confuses Dougal. Ted decides they'll cut their vacation short, but before leaving, uses an outhouse, but too late realises it is occupied by
Father Ted Crilly leader, albeit within the context of the priesthood. In a 1997 interview, Morgan attributed the show's success to the appealing double-act formed by Dougal, "an idiot who knows nothing", and Ted, "an idiot who thinks he knows something but actually knows nothing." The actor identified Ted as "an Everyman guy, bumbling through life with a half-wit." Linehan and Mathews have described Ted as a decent man, albeit one with "cheap" and "earthly" ambitions; they note that he would hate to become a bishop or cardinal. Ted does not want to be seen as a priest, but is still willing to