High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "And Then There Were Fewer" is the first episode of the ninth season of the animated comedy series Family Guy. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on September 26, 2010. The episode follows the citizens of Quahog, Rhode Island, 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. Creator and executive producer Seth MacFarlane dedicated the episode to his mother, Ann Perry MacFarlane, who died of cancer on July 16, 2010.