"Good Luck, Father Ted" Dougal, Jack and Mrs Doyle at the parochial house. Ted cringes as, during the interview, Dougal goes on about his doubts of Christianity and organised religion, while the on-screen caption reads "Father Ted Crilly". Jack sees Dougal on the TV, and angrily hurls a wine bottle at the TV like he did earlier in the episode. While this was the first "Father Ted" episode broadcast, it was not always intended to be; the writers originally planned to air "The Passion of Saint Tibulus" first, but later decided that "'Good Luck, Father Ted'" would make a better introduction. Linehan makes a
Entertaining Father Stone Entertaining Father Stone "Entertaining Father Stone" is the second episode of Channel 4 sitcom "Father Ted". Arthur Mathews introduces this episode by stating that the idea for Father Stone came from a 'friend' of a friend who stayed with the friend for his holidays and used to cheat at golf. This person had the ability to dominate and ruin the atmosphere of a room. Ted announces to a horrified Dougal that Father Paul Stone (Michael Redmond) has come for his holidays. For the preceding six years, Father Stone has visited the parochial house; he is pathologically boring and is totally