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 Dougal McGuire and very, very strange. I saw Dougal as very doglike, very puppyish and lovable, and really loyal to Ted." After the first episode aired, Ben Thompson of "The Independent" singled out O'Hanlon as "the real star of the show", and said that Dougal's "holy-fool innocence" as "worthy of James Stewart". Writing for the "Irish Examiner", Ed Power said that while the "meme-worthy" Dougal and Jack received the most attention at the time of broadcast, Morgan's straight-man performance was the highlight in retrospect. Morgan attributed the show's success to the appealing double-act formed by Dougal, "an idiot who knows nothing", and