The Spoils Before Dying

Name: The Spoils Before Dying
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Cast: Will Ferrell, Michael K. Williams, Kristen Wiig, Bérénice Marlohe, Haley Joel Osment

TV Series201530m1 season · 6 episodes

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Comedy Crime

Get your jazz hands ready, because Jonrosh's story takes viewers into the seedy underbelly of the 1950s jazz scene, in a detective story positively buzzing with erotic charge and a murder investigation that spins out of control.

Creators: Andrew Steele Matt Piedmont
Stars: Will Ferrell Michael K. Williams Kristen Wiig

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E1Murder in B FlatJul 8, 2015 · 30m · In this never-before seen filmitization of Eric Jonrosh's best-selling novel The Spoils Before Dying, jazz musician Rock Banyon is accused of the murder of his former lover, Fresno Foxglove. The police give Rock two (maybe three) days to solve the murder, and he skips town and heads to Actual Mexico City... where he meets another old lover, Delores DeWinter.TVmaze 5.5

E2Blues for BarnabyJul 8, 2015 · 30m · Rock links up with Delores in Actual Mexico City, but Delores delivers a cryptic warning. The musician eventually heads back to LA to try and get a lead on Stymagian, and has chocolate-banana cake with the police.TVmaze 5.5

E3That's JazzJul 9, 2015 · 30m · After Rock freaks out on The Artie Mann Show, he discovers that Fresno's sax player has turned up dead. However, he's holding the wrong sax, and Rock figures that it's the key to the mystery of who killed Fresno.TVmaze 5.5

E4Fear Steps InJul 9, 2015 · 30m · After a helicopter gunman takes out Kenton, Rock goes to Stymagian's house in the hills and meets the scientist's daughter.TVmaze 5.5

E5The Trip TrapJul 10, 2015 · 30m · After surviving Caligarious' attempt to kill him and make it look like a drug overdose, Rock uses a clever pants analogy to convince Chip and Kermit to let him go. Everything becomes clear, but can Rock track down the killer in time?Not rated yet

E6The Biscuit EatersJul 10, 2015 · 30m · Rock confronts the man behind Fresno's murder and is forced to decide whether he'll live free as a jazz musician... and die the same way.TVmaze 6.5

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Will FerrellEric Jonrosh Michael K. WilliamsRock Banyon Kristen WiigDelores DeWinter Bérénice MarloheBeatrice Haley Joel OsmentAlistair St. Barnaby-Bixby-Jones Chin HanSalizar Vasquez DeLeon Steve TomChip Donwelly Marc Evan JacksonKermit Biggs Peter CoyoteDizzy the Cat Michael SheenKenton Price

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Details

Premiered: July 8, 2015
Ended: July 10, 2015
Status: Ended
Network: IFC
Country of origin: United States
Language: English
Episode runtime: 30m
Official site: ifc.com/shows/the-spoils-before-dyin
TVmaze ID: 1848