 The episode was always intended to be the last "Father Ted"; in the original script, the last scene was to be set at the "It's "Still" Great Being a Priest" conference with Father Kevin once again on the window ledge and once again Ted arriving on the ledge, except this time it is not to stop him from jumping but to join him, because he was depressed that the intended trip to America fell through and he would have to stay on Craggy Island forever.This ending was abandoned in favour of a montage of clips from all three series of the show.This was for a two fold reason; the writers thought their ending would not work, and by virtue, Dermot's death occurring pushed them into dropping the ending, due to the idea now seeming especially tacky.