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Being obsessed with watching television, on Sunday mornings, I would sometimes watch INSIGHT and remember that it featured very good acting and some interesting story lines. Like others, I wish it was available on DVD or online.

Three episodes stuck with me but I do not recall the titles or most of the actors.

One involved some Americans being held in a third world country (or was it America in a bleak future?) and Martin Sheen played a clown. At the end, Martin Sheen was executed by firing squad (I guess he had practice as Pvt. Slovick). He refused a blindfold playfully saying, "I'm afraid of the dark!" To which the firing squad commander snorted to him, "Better get used to it!" Sheen escaped his bindings, saying that as a magic trick, the bullets would pass through him without hurting him (shades of EL TOPO). They shot. He died.

Another featured a time when suicide was allowed and services were provided for someone to complete the task. The man committing suicide was taking a series of several poisons and with each one, I think he reflected on his life. He poured the final chemical on the floor (it looked like corn syrup).

The final one I remember was about a couple who were going to clone their child. They were meeting with the genius from whom they were going to take the samples for the clone. But the genius professor brought in his identical twin brother who was retarded. I think the couple decided to try it "the old fashioned way." I think I can still remember the theme music to the series. I wish I could see some episodes to see how it stands up to 30+ years of memory.