Brennan wants the Fathers to show the Catholic Church has made a stand on it; he considers this matter of utmost importance as he had to be recalled from his holiday in California.
Ted and Dougal go to the cinema to find only a couple of people there, one of whom swiftly leaves after being told by Michael, the manager that the film is subtitled; she prefers dubs instead.
He finds that Dougal does not have any keys, and as the pair have to remain handcuffed to the railing until a method of freeing themselves comes, they are forced to carry it home with them.
[2] The cinema used was the Ormonde in Greystones, County Wicklow (It continued to operate until July 2007, when it closed due to commercial difficulties).
When Hernandez speaks in Spanish, he is clumsily dubbed over by an English translator, which the Craggy Islanders can inexplicably hear and understand – an idea Linehan considered "just this side of being too mad to do".
The writers cast Jim Norton after seeing him as Wentworth in the 1995 Frasier episode "The Club"; Mathews had also heard his reading of James Joyce's Ulysses.
The writers used these scenes for end-of-the-day conversations to wrap up the story, and to provide a sort of "safe zone" for Ted and Dougal to discuss the plot.
Linehan and Mathews had to cut laughs in some scenes because the studio audience incorrectly thought they were making sex jokes.
[2] The vague protest signs carried by Ted and Dougal are among the show's most-recognised jokes – this is acknowledged in the closing montage of the final episode, where the slogans are the only soundbite used.
[6] A black-and-white silent short film, Saint Tibulus & The Bog Water, was shot on 1 March 2014 at the eighth annual Ted Fest event in the Aran Islands - a professional camera crew and actors took part in the production, which featured fans as minor characters and extras.