"The Spoils of Babylon," is based on the fictional novel by fictional author Eric Jonrosh (Ferrell), who has 57 best-sellers in 85 different languages. The six-part series is a century-spanning saga about a family - Jonas Morehouse (Robbins), his daughter Cynthia (Wiig) and her adopted brother Devon (Maguire) - who made their fortune in the oil business. The story also includes Cynthia's evil son Winston (Osment), her husband Chet Halner (Sheen) and Devon's new love interest Dixie Mellonworth (Alba).And the plot doesn't stop there. There are also illegal arms deals, international espionage and characters like the Shah of Iran (Ferrell) and two Army generals played by Kilmer and Steve Tom.