The "priest as pop star" Ted's nun fans were inspired by interviews Andi Peters hosted with young female fans, who would ask questions about embarrassing moments. Jack's intense fear of nuns was not followed up in subsequent episodes (except in "Cigarettes and Alcohol and Rollerblading", when he runs and crashes through the window upon seeing a nun); Linehan states that he was "just in a no-nuns mood that day". Linehan later expressed surprise that they had not brought Dr Synott into the scene where Ted is caught lying about several of his parishioners. The writers were pleased with Rose Henderson's performance, and her menacing reaction when told that Ted would be unable to give mass gave them the idea that Sister Assumpta had a "hidden fierceness"; the character was brought back as a sadomasochistic Lent enforcer in the second-series episode "Cigarettes and Alcohol and Rollerblading". The mass was filmed in an actual church, which would not have been allowed after the first series. Ted psyching himself up for the mass was a "Raging Bull" reference inserted by Linehan. Mathews drew inspiration from a story he had read about an Irish priest who got people from different parishes because he gave short masses.