And Then There Were Fewer is the hour-long premiere of the ninth
season of the American animated television series Family Guy. 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 occur, 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
episode borrows its premise and title from Agatha Christie's 1939
murder mystery And Then There Were None, while also serving as a
parody of the 1985 film Clue.The episode was written by Cherry
Chevapravatdumrong and directed by Dominic Polcino. It received high
acclaim from critics, who praised its storyline and 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 16:9 and 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 etc.) 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 made for celebrities and revived
him.Most of the known residents of Quahog are invited to a dinner
party by James Woods at his cliffside mansion, who states he has
become a born-again Christian thanks to his new girlfriend, Priscilla,
and wishes to repent for all his wrongdoings. Early into the night, as
James and Priscilla go to the kitchen, Quagmire's new and embarrassing
girlfriend, Stephanie, is mysteriously shot and killed when she sits
in James' seat, leading the guests to believe that James intends to
murder them all. They try to leave, but lightning from a thunderstorm
strikes a tree, causing it to break the bridge while the causeway is
flooded. After discovering that Stephanie's body has disappeared and
returning amidst accusations, James pleads ignorance before he too is
murdered in front of the guests by an unseen killer with a knife
during a power outage, causing Priscilla to faint. Trapped on the
remote estate with no way of contacting anyone due to the storm and
being out of cell phone range, the guests realize that the killer is
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