History ShowerOfAngst / LiveActionTV

* An episode of ''Series/{{CSI}}'' features Catherine Willows waking up half-dressed and disoriented in a cheap motel. She takes a shower--''after'' improvising a SAE kit to run on herself. It wouldn't be admissible in court, but she just wants to know, one way or the other.
* The second episode of ''Series/{{CSINY}}'' has one as well. It's a victim who's been raped, but Stella is so frustrated over the fact that the semen sample they collected has no sperm, and thus no DNA, and all the other pieces of evidence have led to dead ends, that she heads for the shower before leaving work.

* Chandler of ''Series/{{Whitechapel}}'' is seen sitting down in the shower, fully clothed and having a serious HeroicBSOD, after [[spoiler: Cazenove]] commits suicide so close to him that his blood and brains splatter onto him.

* In the LifetimeMovieOfTheWeek ''No One Would Tell'', Stacy is seen taking a hot steaming shower in order to soothe her aches and bruises she got at the hands of her abusive boyfriend.

** Lana is shown taking a shower after a hard day at school caused by the MonsterOfTheWeek. [[DistressedDamsel Again]].

* ''Series/PromisedLand(1996)''. Daughter Dinah takes one after her NearRapeExperience.

* ''Promised Land''. Daughter Dinah takes one after her NearRapeExperience.

* ''Series/TheXFiles'': Scully finds Mulder huddled in a shower in a sleazy hotel room after he wakes up, disoriented, suffering amnesia and covered in blood.
* On ''Series/VeronicaMars'', Veronica has more than one of those, though the main one after Logan broke up with her.
* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'': B'Elanna has one of these in the sonic shower after having to kill an insane alien in "Juggernaut".

* The first season finale of ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' has the survivors find temporary shelter, complete with hot showers. Most of them enjoy it, but Shane carries a wine bottle in there with him and breaks down sobbing. Of course, he's carrying a lot of angst by this point. Andrea is in a fetal position, since she had recently mercy killed her zombified younger sister.

* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'': Tom Servo and Crow are so disgusted and repulsed by the movie ''Film/{{Eegah}}'' that they each take a shower once it's all over.

* ''Series/Daredevil2015'':
** In "The Ones We Leave Behind," Karen Page has a nervous breakdown after she kills James Wesley, frantically [[DrowningMySorrows drinking every bit of alcohol in her apartment]] and showering vigorously.
** Played with in "No Good Dead," which opens with Wilson Fisk using the shower in his new penthouse upon being released from prison, as he worries that the Albanians that just tried to kill him will go after Vanessa.

* ''Series/ThePunisher2017''
** A creepy version happens at the end of "Cold Steel" after Homeland Security agent Sam Stein is murdered. As he died in the arms of his partner Dinah Madani, she's shown taking a bath to wash Stein's blood off her, but she's still in shock, so she barely pays attention. So her boyfriend Billy Russo takes the job of washing the blood off her. Unknown to Dinah, it was Russo who killed Sam.
** In Season 2, Madani is having a shower while having flashbacks of her ShowerOfLove with Russo, and Russo shooting her in the head.

* ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'': Several rape victims are introduced crying in the shower after the ordeal.

** "[[Recap/BuffyTheVapmireSlayerS2E19IOnlyHaveEyesForYou I Only Have Eyes For You]]". Angelus is possessed by a ghost and forced to act out a tragic love affair with a similarly-possessed Buffy. He's seen afterwards vigorously scrubbing his body in cold water and [[GoodHurtsEvil complaining about having been violated]].

* ''Series/ThePunisher2017''. A creepy version happens at the end of "Cold Steel" after Homeland Security agent Sam Stein is murdered. As he died in the arms of his partner Dinah Madani, she's shown taking a bath to wash Stein's blood off her, but she's still in shock, so she barely pays attention. So her boyfriend Billy Russo takes the job of washing the blood off her. Unknown to Dinah, it was Russo who killed Sam.

* ''Series/ThePunisher2017''. A creepy version happens at the end of "Cold Steel" after Homeland Security agent Sam Stein is murdered. As he died in the arms of his partner Dinah Madani, she's shown taking a bath to wash Stein's blood off her, but she's still in shock, so she barely pays attention. So her boyfriend Russo takes the job of washing the blood off her. Unknown to Dinah, it was Russo who killed Sam.

* ''Series/TheXFiles'': Scully finds Mulder huddles in a shower in a sleazy hotel room after he wakes up, disoriented, suffering amnesia and covered in blood.

** Buffy takes a particularly hard fall on patrol and goes to take a shower to soothe away her aches and pains. This plan goes awry when Spike accosts and tries to rape her. However contrary to the usual she doesn't actually use the shower.
** Willow after the first time [[TastesLikeStrawberries she visits the magic dealer]].
** "I Only Have Eyes For You". Angelus is possessed by a ghost and forced to act out a tragic love affair with a similarly-possessed Buffy. He's seen afterwards vigorously scrubbing his body in cold water and [[GoodHurtsEvil complaining about having been violated]].
* ''Series/{{Angel}}'': After Faith gets the crap beaten out of her, she showers off to clean up the blood. Then she vents her frustrations on the shower tiles.

* ''Series/Daredevil2015'': Karen Page has a nervous breakdown after she kills James Wesley, frantically [[DrowningMySorrows drinking every bit of alcohol in her apartment]] and showering vigorously.

* ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'': Tobias Fünke has ''three'' of these in one episode after his wife Lindsey gets the first acting part he tries out for. Unfortunately he also missed the call telling him that Lindsay hadn't shown up and he had got the part because he was crying in the shower at the time. He also received a bad review from the school paper for the high school production of ''[[Creator/WilliamShakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' he directed. Cut to Tobias weeping in the shower wearing cut-off jean shorts. It isn't [[RunningGag the only time.]]

* ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'': Tobias Fünke has ''three'' of these in one episode after his wife Lindsey gets the first acting part he tries out for. Unfortunately he also missed the call telling him that Lindsay hadn't shown up and he had got the part because he was in the shower at the time. He also received a bad review from the school paper for the high school production of ''[[Creator/WilliamShakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' he directed. Cut to Tobias weeping in the shower wearing cut-off jean shorts. It isn't [[RunningGag the only time.]]

* Lampshaded somewhat on ''Series/{{Friends}}'' when Joey gets an acting gig as AlPacino's 'butt double' in a shower scene in a movie, and manages to overact the moment: