The Spoils Before DyingMiniseries

TV-14

Fictional author and filmmaker, Eric Jonrosh, adapts his epic tale of a pianist-turned-detective investigating a murder in the 1950s underground jazz scene.

6 Episodes

Murder in B-Flat
E1
Murder in B-FlatLegendary writer and director Eric Jonrosh presents his lost masterpiece, The Spoils Before Dying. Jazz pianist Rock Banyon passes out and awakens to find he is accused of killing his one time lover Fresno Foxglove and scientist Wilber Stygamian. The cops give Rock three days to help solve the murder. Instead he splits town for Mexico where he runs into a washed up singer named Delores DeWinter.
Blues for Barnaby
E2
Blues for BarnabyOn the run in Mexico, Rock is visited by the ghost of Fresno Foxglove. She warns him not to dig deep into the murders. Rock decides to return to the U.S. to clear his name but a trip to the morgue reveals no clues. Meanwhile his manager Alistair Barnaby St. Bixby-Jones hounds him to make a jazz album with strings and Delores bakes a cake.
That's Jazz
E3
That's JazzThe pressure of trying to solve the murders and clear his name is getting to Rock. After blowing a big TV gig he ends up in a bar where he meets Kenton Price. Kenton reveals that scientist Wilbur Stygamian was a powerful player in the underground 1950's gay community. Meanwhile another body turns up, a sax player who went missing the night Fresno died.
Fear Steps In
E4
Fear Steps InWhile trying to uncover the mystery, Kenton Price is shot; Rock goes to Stygamian's house where Rock is drugged in a secret lair.
The Trip Trap
E5
The Trip TrapIn the hidden room beneath scientist Wilbur Stygamian's house, Rock is drugged and left for dead. His hallucinations take him into the darkest corners of his mind. He survives what was supposed to be a lethal injection and pays a visit to Gerhart Moll. Gerhart knows what he is looking for - a modern statue once owned by Adolf Hitler. The statue will clear his name, but the clock is ticking and he's not the only one looking for it.
The Biscuit Eaters
E6
The Biscuit EatersRock finds the mysterious statue that holds the secrets to his freedom. He heads to his cabin in the woods with his manager Alistar and Delores Federal agents jump Rock and there is a shoot out. Rock explains why he can never do a jazz album with strings and then goes to meet J. Edgar Hoover for a final showdown.