EPISODE

8. Well Cooked Hams

A frustrated magician comes across a true genius. He decides to kill him and steal his magic, but he finds himself in big trouble and it's going to be the last magic trick he will ever perform.

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In a turn-of-the-century tale, inept magician Miles Federman ( Billy Zane ) blames his assistant Greta ( Maryam d'Abo ) on a failed show and fires her. Shortly after, Miles is met by another magician, Franz Kraygen ( Martin Sheen ), who invites Miles to see his own show. Miles is left astonished when Kraygen demonstrates his most famous illusion: the Box of Death. When Kraygen refuses to tell Miles how he pulls off the trick, Miles kills him and steals the prop for his own show. When Miles attempts to perform the trick himself, he is unaware that the Box of Death has been sabotaged, leading to tragic consequences.

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