Which 2018 Hugo-winning Good Place episode was written by Josh Siegal and Dylan Morgan?

The 2018 Hugo-winning Good Place episode written by Josh Siegal and Dylan Morgan was “The Trolley Problem.”

The episode won the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form at the 2018 awards. It was directed by Dean Holland and originally aired during the show’s second season, which explored the consequences of Michael repeatedly rebooting Eleanor, Chidi, Tahani, and Jason’s afterlife experiment.

Its title refers to the famous trolley problem in moral philosophy: whether it is right to sacrifice one person to save several others. In the episode, Janet tries to teach the concept to an artificial intelligence, but the lesson spirals into increasingly absurd demonstrations. The show’s version uses comedy to examine utilitarian reasoning, moral intuition, and the limits of applying rigid logic to human situations.

A common mix-up is “Janet(s),” another Hugo-winning Good Place episode also written by Siegal and Morgan. “Janet(s)” won the same category in 2019, while “The Trolley Problem” was the 2018 winner.