"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 go on about how much Father Stone looked forward to his visits at Craggy Island, showing a picture of Ted and Father Stone that he drew. Ted feels very guilty about having prayed for Father Stone to leave, and scared that the grandmother seems to know what he did. Ted begins praying at Father Stone's bedside, saying that Paul can stay for as long as he wants, that he will look after him "until the end of his days". After a brief interval, Father Stone regains consciousness, and is his old self again, giving one-word answers. Finally, we see that