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"Digital Estate Planning" is the 20th episode of the third season of the U.S. television series ''Community''. It originally aired on May 17, 2012 on NBC. The episode featured retro video game styled graphics and a synthesizer driven soundtrack reminiscent of 8 bit consoles such as the Nintendo Entertainment System and Sega Master System, with references to multiple classic games on those and later consoles.〔http://screencrush.com/community-video-game/〕 The episode was written by Matt Warburton and directed by Adam Davidson. ==Plot== Pierce Hawthorne (Chevy Chase) invites the study group, as well as actor LeVar Burton, to a warehouse, when Pierce himself is invited with instructions to bring along his seven closest friends. Those in the study group are the only to show up. Upon arrival, the study group is greeted by Gilbert Lawson (Giancarlo Esposito), Pierce's deceased father Cornelius Hawthorne's (voiced by Larry Cedar) assistant of thirty years and estate executor. He informs them of Cornelius's last will and testament, whose dying wish was for Pierce and seven friends to play a video game that was developed over the course of thirty years, in response to a request made by Pierce in 1979 to invest in video games. The group enters a stylized 16-bit video game world, where they are informed by the in-game voice recording of Cornelius that, as punishment for questioning the economic viability of moist towelettes, the first player to reach the castle at the end of the game will win Pierce's inheritance. The group rejects the idea of playing to steal Pierce's inheritance, while Gilbert, taking on the role of the eighth player, reveals that he intends to do so. With complete knowledge of the game he easily kills the group's characters, sending them back to the start. After restarting, the group arrives at a town where Abed seemingly falls in love with an NPC named Hilda. While exploring the town, Britta mixes random ingredients in a cauldron into what she assumes is a strength potion, while Jeff assumes it to be poison. Meanwhile, Annie and Shirley accidentally kill the town's blacksmith and his wife (Hilda's parents), steal everything in the shop, and burn it down to cover their tracks. Gilbert appears, having leveled up, and begins easily killing the group again. However, after killing Britta, Gilbert drinks the potion she made and dies, which turned out to be poison as Jeff had assumed. Starting back from the beginning again, Gilbert becomes frustrated and decides to use cheat codes, turning his character invincible. The group continues playing, while Abed stays back in town to help Hilda rebuild her life. After beating most of the game, the group finds the "white crystal" needed to enter the castle on the last level. They are again confronted by Gilbert, who, now invincible, deflects their attacks and kills them, taking the crystal for himself. Jeff and Pierce realize he is cheating and angrily confront him outside of the game, where Gilbert reveals that he is the product of Cornelius's affair with Pierce's childhood nanny's "hot cousin", and claims that he has a greater right to the fortune than Pierce, having been more of a son to Cornelius than Pierce. The group starts from the beginning and return to the town where they left Abed and discover that he has built an enormous castle and has an endless amount of resources to build whatever they desire. Gilbert arrives at the final stage of the game, where he is greeted by another recording from Cornelius. He demands that Gilbert sign a legal agreement that forbids him from revealing their genealogical relationship to anyone, which Gilbert refuses, prompting Cornelius to turn hostile and attack him. The study group arrives heavily armed with new equipment and defeats Cornelius, at the cost of their lives. Gilbert is left to claim the inheritance but rejects it, believing he does not deserve the prize. The study group decides to forfeit, Pierce having decided that Gilbert was more of a son to Cornelius than he ever was, and has more right to the inheritance. Gilbert thanks them and beats the game, winning the inheritance. He offers to treat the study group to margaritas as a thanks, and is shown to be bonding with Pierce. As the group leaves, Abed sneaks back to copy Hilda from the game onto a flash drive before leaving. 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「Digital Estate Planning」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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