The Plague (Father Ted) conversation, the Bishop notices a rabbit hutch on the floor, rabbit droppings on the carpet (which Ted says is caviar) and Mrs. Doyle walking in with some lettuce, all of which prompt the Bishop to go to bed. Ted then realises that Dougal left the rabbit army in the spare bedroom (where Brennan is sleeping), and he and Dougal have to tiptoe in to get the rabbits out and into Jack's room. The Bishop wakes up, to find himself surrounded by rabbits and Jack sleeping in his bed. Ted tells Bishop Brennan that he is only having a "bad dream",
Father Ted Crilly more conservative, traditional priest. Morgan lobbied hard for the role, eventually persuading Linehan. The writers considered O'Donoghue a back-up to use should Morgan become unavailable, and later created Father Dick Byrne, Ted's recurring rival, specifically for O'Donoghue to play. Aspects such as Ted's obsession with money and fantasy of going to Las Vegas emerged while writing for Morgan, and the writers began to feel for Ted in a way they did not for the other characters. After the second series aired, Linehan said he still believed that Mathews could easily have played Ted in the show. There have been several