Inside Victor Lewis-Smith - Season 1 (1993)

Victor is prepped for surgery to have his brain cut open and inspected by BBC officials, prior to being launched as a cheap replacement for all existing BBC programming. However, he and the hospital staff are trapped in the lift on the way to surgery. When supplies run low, the others may be forced to eat bits of him for sustenance. Victor's alter ego consults the office of a New York plastic surgeon.

The doctor concludes that desperate measures are called for and subjects Victor to "Edison Medicine" (i.e., an electric shock administered directly to the head), leaving him susceptible to paranoid delusions of conspiracy. As Victor's subconscious ruminates on the Kennedy assassination, his wife informs him that she has rented out his room and intends to appeal to the court for his right to a dignified death. Victor's alter ego rings a Japanese newspaper with a scoop about a possible conspiracy in connection with the death of River Phoenix. After the credits, the ...

The TV Vicar visits in preparation for Victor's imminent termination. Victor's wife agrees to donate his bits to medical science because that's against everything he stands for, and his father arrives eager to lay claim to his few remaining possessions. Just when it seems there's light at the end of the tunnel, Victor's intravenous taxi service -slash- narrative linking device comes to an unsavory end and is eaten by one of the nurses. Before the BBC pull the plug to terminate both Victor and the series, he has time to indulge his alter ego with one final phone call, ...