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* The Season 1 finale of ''Series/Fargo'', which is even called "Morton's Fork", has one of these. Protagonist Lester Nygaard can either let BigBad Lorne Malvo kill him, or turn himself in and rot in prison for the rest of his life. [[spoiler: He attempts to TakeAThirdOption, which is partially successful in that he manages to fight Malvo to a draw and force his retreat. Malvo is finished off a little while later by a different character, and Lester attempts a RunForTheBorder but drowns and dies along the way.]]
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* The Season 1 finale of ''Series/Fargo'', ''Series/{{Fargo}}'', which is even called "Morton's Fork", has one of these. Protagonist Lester Nygaard can either let BigBad Lorne Malvo kill him, or turn himself in and rot in prison for the rest of his life. [[spoiler: He attempts to TakeAThirdOption, which is partially successful in that he manages to fight Malvo to a draw and force his retreat. Malvo is finished off a little while later by a different character, and Lester attempts a RunForTheBorder but drowns and dies along the way.]]
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* The Season 1 finale of ''Series/Fargo'', which is even called "Morton's Fork", has one of these. Protagonist Lester Nygaard can either let BigBad Lorne Malvo kill him, or turn himself in and rot in prison for the rest of his life. [[spoiler: He attempts to TakeAThirdOption, which is partially successful in that he manages to fight Malvo to a draw and force his retreat. Malvo is finished off a little while later by a different character, and Lester attempts a RunForTheBorder but drowns and dies along the way.]]
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* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'':
** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S1E6EscapeClause Escape Clause]]", a hypochondriac makes a DealWithTheDevil to gain immortality in exchange for his soul, with an "escape clause" that he can summon the Devil to painlessly kill him and claim his soul. The hypochondriac proceeds to live recklessly [[spoiler:and even commits murder... only to be sentenced to life in prison. The hypochondriac realizes he can either spend eternity in a lonely prison cell, or surrender his soul and spend eternity in Hell. He chooses the latter.]]
** Played tragically in "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S3E31TheTradeIns The Trade-Ins]]". John Holt is a sickly old man who suffers from agonizing chronic pain, who is given the option to have his mind transplanted into a younger, pain-free body. Unfortunately, he only has enough money for one person to undergo the procedure, and his beloved wife Marie refuses to so he can have a cure to his pain, meaning he'll almost certainly out-live her. [[spoiler:[[ActOfTrueLove John decides not to get the procedure,]] wanting instead to live out his last days with Marie.]]
** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S1E6EscapeClause Escape Clause]]", a hypochondriac makes a DealWithTheDevil to gain immortality in exchange for his soul, with an "escape clause" that he can summon the Devil to painlessly kill him and claim his soul. The hypochondriac proceeds to live recklessly [[spoiler:and even commits murder... only to be sentenced to life in prison. The hypochondriac realizes he can either spend eternity in a lonely prison cell, or surrender his soul and spend eternity in Hell. He chooses the latter.]]
** Played tragically in "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S3E31TheTradeIns The Trade-Ins]]". John Holt is a sickly old man who suffers from agonizing chronic pain, who is given the option to have his mind transplanted into a younger, pain-free body. Unfortunately, he only has enough money for one person to undergo the procedure, and his beloved wife Marie refuses to so he can have a cure to his pain, meaning he'll almost certainly out-live her. [[spoiler:[[ActOfTrueLove John decides not to get the procedure,]] wanting instead to live out his last days with Marie.]]
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* ''Series/BetterCallSaul'': Nacho is forced to act as Gus' double agent against the Salamancas when uses the life of Nacho's father as leverage. However, Nacho eventually [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness outlives his usefulness]], and he has to either face being shot and killed by Gus' men in order to hide Gus' treachery and ensure Nacho's father's safety, or face an excruciating [[ColdBloodedTorture torturous]] demise by the Salamancas. Even if he managed to somehow escape his immediate death, Don Eladio placed a bounty on his head, making the odds of his continued survival astronomical. Nacho, [[spoiler:realizing his death is certain, [[TakeAThirdOption decides to stick it to both sides]] and [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled then commit suicide to deny anyone the pleasure of executing him]]]].
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* From ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', when Spike forces Willow to cast a locking her and Xander in the basement of an abandoned factory.
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* From ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', when Spike forces Willow to cast a spell by locking her and Xander in the basement of an abandoned factory.
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* From ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', when Spike forces Willow to cast a locking her and Xander in the basement of an abandoned factory.
-->'''Xander:''' So what are our options?\\
'''Willow:''' Well, I figure either... I refuse to do the spell and he kills us, or I do the spell and he kills us.\\
'''Xander:''' Give me a third option.\\
'''Willow:''' He's so drunk he forgets about us, and we starve to death.
-->'''Xander:''' So what are our options?\\
'''Willow:''' Well, I figure either... I refuse to do the spell and he kills us, or I do the spell and he kills us.\\
'''Xander:''' Give me a third option.\\
'''Willow:''' He's so drunk he forgets about us, and we starve to death.
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* Much of the ''Series/BabylonFive'' episode [[Recap/BabylonFiveS04E18IntersectionsInRealTime Intersections In Real Time]], consists of Sheridan, the main hero, trying to dodge verbal versions of these from an interrogator trying to torture a FalseConfession out of him on behalf of [[PresidentEvil President Clark's]] fascistic government, often without much success. For example, one of first questions the interrogator asks is if Sheridan's decision to turn his back on his government was due to the influence of others, specifically the alien races on the space station Sheridan commanded. When Sheridan says no, the interrogator expresses surprise at the thought that Sheridan can be so far removed from other people that they have no influence on him at all, and puts it down as a lie, which he can use as an excuse to punish Sheridan and continue attempting to break Sheridan down physically and mentally. Had Sheridan said yes, it would have gotten the interrogator a step closer to breaking him, and given the government a recording they could use to defame Sheridan and his inner circle.
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** In "Mother Lode," Frasier runs into trouble with Cam Winston, his SitcomArchNemesis, over a coveted parking spot in their apartment building. When Frasier won't surrender it, Cam, who lives one floor above him, drapes an ''enormous'' American flag over his own balcony, which naturally tumbles down and blocks Frasier's entire view of the city. A furious Frasier realizes that Cam has [[InvokedTrope invoked]] this trope: if he gives Cam the parking spot, he'll be admitting defeat and forced to admit that someone outsmarted him, which he can't stand; if he complains about the flag, everyone in the building will brand him as "unpatriotic" and shun him. He's ultimately forced to concede the space to Cam.
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* ''Series/YoungSheldon'': In "A Mother, a Child, and a Blue Man's Backside", embarrassed by Mary shouting at the comic book shop's owner for selling a mature comic to a child and confiscating Sheldon's entire comic collection, Sheldon demands to be treated like an adult. When Mary agrees to do so, Sheldon asks for his books back, and she says that he still can't have them because comic books are for children.
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* A self-inflicted one in the ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'' episode "Serendipity". A doctor murders a pregnant woman and inserts a tube with the blood sample of another man into his arm, so that his DNA sample doesn't match the DNA of her baby. It turns out that the man he took the blood sample from is a pedophile who is being pursued by the NYPD. Either he keeps quiet and gets framed for child molestation, or he admits the deception and in doing so all but admits that he killed the pregnant woman (since he went to such lengths to hide the DNA match). He ultimately decides to do the latter, only to be murdered by the real child molester who was afraid the doctor would reveal his identity.
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* A An accidentally self-inflicted one in the ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'' episode "Serendipity". A doctor murders a pregnant woman and inserts a tube with the blood sample of another man into his arm, so that his DNA sample doesn't match the DNA of her baby. It turns out that the man he took the blood sample from is a pedophile who is being pursued by the NYPD. Either he keeps quiet and gets framed for child molestation, or he admits the deception and in doing so all but admits that he killed the pregnant woman (since he went to such lengths to hide the DNA match). He ultimately decides to do the latter, only to be murdered by the real child molester who was afraid the doctor would reveal his identity.
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* ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'': Of the Hobson's Choice variety in the pilot: Grand Maester Mellos warns King Viserys that if they don't act, both his wife Aemma (who's in labor) and their child will die. Or he could attempt a [[TraumaticCSection C-section]], which ''might'' save the baby, but make Aemma die in agony (though she will die no matter what they do). In light of that, Viserys decides to go ahead with the C-section. Both mother and child die anyways.
