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"And Then There Were Fewer" is the first episode of the ninth season of the animated comedy series ''Family Guy''. This and all the other season 9 episodes were produced for the eighth production season. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on September 26, 2010. The episode follows the citizens of Quahog after they are invited by actor James Woods to his stately mansion on a remote island. While there, a series of murders occurs, and the group struggles to determine who committed the mysterious acts, before ultimately attempting to escape from the island, and avoid being murdered themselves. The name of the episode is a parody of Agatha Christie's murder mystery, ''And Then There Were None''. The episode was written by Cherry Chevapravatdumrong and directed by Dominic Polcino. It received critical acclaim from critics, praising its storyline and many cultural references. According to Nielsen ratings, it was viewed in 9.41 million homes in its original airing. The episode features guest performances by Drew Barrymore, H. Jon Benjamin, Max Burkholder, Colin Ford, Patrick Stewart, Ashley Tisdale and James Woods, along with several recurring guest voice actors for the series. It was the first ''Family Guy'' episode to air in 720p high definition. The episode was nominated for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards. "And Then There Were Fewer" was released on DVD along with two other episodes from the season on December 13, 2011. The show confirmed afterwards that it was part of the show's "real" canon and those characters that died (i.e. Diane Simmons, Muriel Goldman) would not be brought back in the future. However, James Woods is seen in the thirteenth episode of season 10, "Tom Tucker: The Man and His Dream", in which he tells Peter and Tom that paramedics brought him to a secret science lab and revived him. In the same episode, he hires Peter as his agent after he fired Tucker, but later also fires Peter. ==Plot== The Griffin family, Joe, Quagmire, and other residents of Quahog are sent an anonymous letter inviting them to a party in each of their honor. When they get to the address, they find that they are at the isolated island mansion of James Woods, who wants to make amends with them for various wrongdoings. While they are having a drink, Woods explains he has become a born-again Christian with the help of his new girlfriend, Priscilla. When he and Priscilla leave to check on dinner, Quagmire's girlfriend Stephanie sits in Woods' chair and is mysteriously shot to death. The guests panic, believing Woods intends to kill them all. They try to leave, but lightning causes a tree to fall across the bridge, the only way off the island. When Woods returns, the guests accuse him of Stephanie's murder, which he denies. A sudden blackout occurs, and when the lights come back on, Woods has been stabbed to death with one of the dinner knives. Priscilla faints and is laid on a couch, while Stephanie's body is found missing. The guests discover none of them can get reception to call for help from their cellphones. While the guests search for more clues, a plate suddenly smashes, revealing a gun with a silencer connected to a timer. The gun was pointed toward Woods' chair, indicating that Stephanie was killed accidentally. Tension ensues, with many of the guests blaming each other for the murder; however, they all have motives for killing Woods. Mort's wife Muriel disappears after it is discovered that she was providing Woods with prescription Oxycotin from her husband's pharmacy and was being blackmailed by Woods when she got suspicious, causing everyone to then suspect her as the killer. Peter organizes several groups to investigate different parts of the mansion. Brian and Stewie hear a scream and discover Muriel dead, having been stabbed in the back. The guests reunite and discover Priscilla missing from the couch where she was laid. Jillian Russell's husband Derek points out that he is getting a very faint signal on his cellphone and goes to a balcony to get better reception. As he dials the police, he is murdered and sent over the veranda. Dr. Hartman points out a skull fracture on Derek's forehead, indicating that he was killed with a blunt object before the fall. Consuela points out that one of Woods' Golden Globe Awards is missing; the group deduces it was used to kill Derek. The group searches the guestrooms and finds the bloodstained award in Tom Tucker's room. Tom denies murdering anyone and suggests that Priscilla planted the award there to frame him since she was the only one not there the entire time during the murders. However, Priscilla's dead body is discovered inside the ventilation shaft over Tom's room shortly after. He is implicated as the murderer and apprehended after a short chase. The next day, Tom is arrested by the police. Workmen repair the damaged bridge, allowing the guests to return home. Lois goes to comfort Diane over the arrest of her coworker, but a comment Diane makes about her mother packing a blouse for her first solo broadcast — something she couldn't have known about unless she knew what was going to happen — causes Lois to realize that Diane is the real killer. Diane reveals that she once dated Woods until he dumped her on her fortieth birthday, during which Tom arranged for Diane to be replaced by an attractive younger news anchor. Seeking revenge, Diane bribed Priscilla, a news intern at the time, to talk Woods into becoming a born-again Christian and throw the dinner party so she could get revenge on both men by killing Woods and framing Tom for it. Diane was forced to kill the other guests after her plan went awry upon Stephanie's accidental death. During the power outage, she stabbed Woods, and Priscilla woke up when she was removing the knife, so Diane killed her. While hiding Priscilla's body, Muriel saw her and Diane killed her as well. Diane then killed Derek to stop the police from arriving too soon. Lois is still unsure of what happened to Stephanie's body, to which Diane responds that it is the only thing she has no knowledge of (it is revealed Quagmire stowed Stephanie's corpse in the trunk of his car to take home for sexual gratification). Diane takes Lois outside at gunpoint, intending to shoot her. Suddenly, Diane is shot, loses her balance, and falls down a cliff. Lois shouts her thanks to the unknown shooter before joining the other guests as they prepare to leave. It is then revealed that the shooter is Stewie, who proclaims, "If anybody's gonna take that bitch down, it's gonna be me." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「And Then There Were Fewer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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