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1* Occurs a good number of times among the inmates in ''Series/{{Oz}}'' and ''Series/PrisonBreak''.
2* ''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 Much Ado About Nothing]]'' he directed. Cut to Tobias weeping in the shower wearing cut-off jean shorts. It isn't [[RunningGag the only time.]]
3* ''Series/GeneralHospital'': Liz Webber is shown crying in the shower after Lucky brings her to his house to comfort her post-rape.
4** Brenda, after sleeping with her friend Miguel a mere two days after breaking up with boyfriend Sonny.
5* ''Series/GreysAnatomy'': At the conclusion of "As We Know It," the main character and her two co-workers all shower (full-clothed) her off.
6* ''Series/ICarly'': Carly takes showers that can be one or two hours long when she is unhappy.
7* ''Series/Lucifer2016'': in the episode "Manly Whatnots", Chloe takes a shower and remembers the strange things she witnessed about her partner. Then she gets out of the shower and we go right to [[WardrobeMalfunction wardrobe malfunction.]]
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9* In the LifetimeMovieOfTheWeek ''Film/{{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.
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11* ''Series/OneLifeToLive'':
12** Marty Saybrooke is shown in the shower crying and reliving her gang-rape.
13** A year later, Max Holden has a similar scene, horrified and disgusted with himself for having cheated on his wife.
14** The fan-favorite [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF66GVkj58M "Gay Shower of Angst"]] cutting between Rex/Gigi and Brody.
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16* ''Series/AllMyChildren'', Noah gives Julia a ''bath'' of angst after she's raped.
17* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
18** In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E19SeeingRed Seeing Red]]", 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.
19** Willow after the first time [[TastesLikeStrawberries she visits the magic dealer]] in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E10Wrecked Wrecked]]".
20** "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E19IOnlyHaveEyesForYou 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]].
21* ''Series/{{Angel}}'': In "[[Recap/AngelS04E14Release Release]]", 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.
22* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'':
23** Lana is shown taking a shower after a hard day at school caused by the MonsterOfTheWeek. [[DamselInDistress Again]].
24** Male version: ShirtlessScene ALERT! Davis does this in season 8.. to show to the audience that he's an indestructible monster or something... (which would possibly make it a DracoInLeatherPants moment but that's a different story)
25* ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'': Several rape victims are introduced crying in the shower after the ordeal. A few times, it was the rapist who ordered them to take a shower to wash away the evidence.
26* Battle-weary Easy Company men in ''Series/BandOfBrothers'' get showers when they enter Germany; the scene focuses on one of the characters, Donald Malarkey, who has been suffering from severe HeroicFatigue.
27* ''Series/TheXFiles'': In "[[Recap/TheXFilesS04E23Demons Demons]]", Scully finds Mulder huddled in a shower in a sleazy hotel room after he wakes up, disoriented, suffering amnesia and covered in blood.
28* In ''Series/VeronicaMars'', Veronica has more than one of those, though the main one after Logan breaks up with her.
29* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'': B'Elanna has one of these in the sonic shower after having to kill an insane alien in "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS5E20Juggernaut Juggernaut]]".
30* ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles'' has one of these involving Sarah herself.
31* ''Series/DarkAngel'' has one of these with Max, in the episode "meow", after she has sex with a random guy to sate her literal "cat heat" and afterwards cries in the shower because she wanted it to be Logan. Considering Creator/JessicaAlba is involved, it is surprisingly tastefully done, mostly focused on the shoulders up.
32* ''Series/{{Dollhouse}}'':
33** A male example after [[spoiler: Ballard has sex with Mellie/November one last time]].
34** Adelle [=DeWitt=] takes one of these in episode 2x09 in an attempt to sober up and regain control.
35* ''{{Series/Cracker}}''. DS Penhaligon takes a bath after she's been raped, but makes sure to wrap her hand in plastic first to preserve evidence from when she scratched her attacker.
36* Jay Leno played this for laughs in his version of ''Series/TheTonightShow''. Leno mentions something {{Squick}}y in a monologue -- cut to a (mercifully) tight shot of him in the shower frantically scrubbing his chest and saying "[=EwEwEwEwEwEw=]".
37* ''Series/SexAndTheCity'':
38** Carrie has an angsty shower in the episode when she turns 35 and [[ButtMonkey everything is going wrong]], to the point where she drops her own $60 birthday cake in fresh tar, in front of a couple of fat construction workers screaming at her to move herself out of the way. Wonder she didn't drown herself.
39** One of Miranda's guys-of-the-week does this after sex with her, which kinda bums her out. When she attempts to empathise with him, her assumptions about his Catholicism offend him and he storms out. Carrie muses that the dialogue of this fight finds its way into a play he was writing.
40* The ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' episode "My Cold Shower" has a recurring gag of showing the characters taking cold showers, although these are moreso caused by sexual frustration and played for laughs. [[spoiler:But JD's last cold shower in the episode's final scene acts as a true Shower of Angst, as he realizes that he still has feelings for Elliot right after she accepted Keith's marriage proposal, with JD realizing "It should have been me." [[AsideGlance and then he looks at the camera]]]]
41* ''Franchise/CSIVerse'':
42** 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.
43** ''Series/{{CSINY}}'': "[[Recap/CSINYS01E02 Creatures of the Night]]" has 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.
44* An episode of ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow'' has Drew taking one of these after realizing the woman he just had cybersex with was [[SitcomArchNemesis Mimi]]. He was fully clothed, though.
45* ''Series/FlightOfTheConchords'': In the episode "Girlfriends" after having painfully awkward sex with his girlfriend, Bret goes home and sits in the tub under the running shower, fully clothed and silently crying.
46-->'''Bret:''' Could you please get out of here, I'm having a shower
47-->'''Jemaine:''' Okay.... I was in here first....
48* Naomi has one of these in ''Series/{{Skins}}'' while struggling to cope with her relationship with Emily. Effy later has a Bath Of Angst over splitting Katie's head open with a rock.
49* Bette of ''Series/TheLWord'' has a Shower of Angst in the episode "Limb from Limb".
50* Lampshaded somewhat on ''Series/{{Friends}}'' when Joey gets an acting gig as Creator/AlPacino's 'butt double' in a shower scene in a movie, and manages to overact the moment:
51-->'''Director:''' And cut. Hey, Butt Guy, what the hell are you doing?
52-->'''Joey:''' Well, I'm--I'm showering.
53-->'''Director:''' No, that was clenching.
54-->'''Joey:''' Oh. Well, the way I see it, the guy's upset here, y'know? I mean, his wife's dead, his brother's missing… I think his butt would be angry here.
55-->'''Director:''' I think his butt would like to get this shot before lunch. Once again, rolling… water working… and action… ''(Joey does the scene again)'' …and cut. What was that?
56-->'''Joey:''' I was going for quiet desperation. But if you have to ask...
57* Overlaps with Shower Of {{Gayngst}} in ''Series/{{ER}}'': Kerry Weaver, pre- and post-date with Kim Legaspi.
58* Played for laughs on ''Series/TheColbertReport'' where a reporter was promoting "Voter Abstinence" (a promise not to vote) and was pretty much doing a sexual abstinence PSA only using "voting" as an UnusualEuphemism. He said that he'd been "tricked" into voting for a candidate that he thought had his best interests in mind, but once he was elected, he abandoned those who'd elected him. He was then shown crying in the shower as if he'd been raped and was trying to get himself clean.
59* ''Series/TheWalkingDead2010'':
60** The first season finale 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.
61** There's a second one with [[MrFanservice Shane]] in season 2 as well, after he [[spoiler: shoots Otis and leaves him to be eaten by walkers so that he can escape.]] He also gets an ImportantHaircut after the shower.
62* In the second episode of ''Series/SpartacusGodsOfTheArena'', [[spoiler:Melitta]] has the ancient Roman slave equivalent, tearfully scrubbing herself with a washcloth and bucket in the wake of [[spoiler: Gannicus]] and her being forced to put on a live sex show.
63* [[AlphaBitch Madison]] from ''Series/AmericanHorrorStoryCoven'' in the very first episode, after [[spoiler: being gang-raped by Kyle's fraternity friends at a party earlier that night.]]
64* Chandler of ''Series/WhitechapelTVSeries'' 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.
65* In the ''Series/{{Witchblade}}'' pilot, Sarah takes one complete with fetal position after nearly getting killed in a shootout with a hitman. Her inner monologue communicates the angst quite nicely:
66-->I don't know why I keep pushing the envelope. Something's gotta change. ''I've'' gotta change.
67* On ''Series/{{Glee}}'', Blaine is briefly seen taking one after being forced to confront his rough relationship with his brother. Also a case of pure {{Fanservice}}.
68** Finn is also briefly seen taking one in another episode after a fight with Rachel, complete with him banging his fists against the wall.
69* Implied in the pilot episode of ''Series/MondayMornings''. A LittlestCancerPatient -- a truly cute child -- dies on Dr. Ty Wilson's table. He's got all bloody and feels obviously shattered. He wants to go to talk to the kid's mother, but Dr. Ridgeway tells him to get a shower first and change his scrubs, which he does and returns clean. (Pity the audience didn't get to see it because Dr. Wilson is played by Creator/JamieBamber.) [[spoiler:Quinn's death gives him a HeroicBSOD because he later finds out he made a mistake by not checking all relevant medical history]].
70* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'': In "[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S05E06Eegah Eegah!]]", Tom Servo and Crow are so disgusted and repulsed by the movie that they each take a shower once it's all over.
71* In an episode of ''Series/TwentyOneJumpStreet'', a pastor's son feels so ashamed of touching a girl in his teen Bible study group that he goes into the river and frantically tries to "baptize" himself to wash away his sin.
72** In another episode, Officer Hoffs plays this trope straight when one of the characters in the case she was working on rapes her.
73* In ''Series/{{Empire}}'', Andre - who's secretly bipolar - suffers a manic episode after his father Lucious reveals he's dying of ALS. It begins with him throwing a tantrum in front of his family and abruptly leaving with his wife Rhonda, and ends with him in the shower, fully clothed and hyperventilating.
74* In ''Series/TheFollowing'', [[BrokenAce Ryan]] is fond of these. A particularly notable one occurs after [[spoiler:he [[ILetGwenStacyDie fails to save]] Jeffrey Clarke and finds his mangled corpse in a box.]]
75* On ''Series/MagnificentCentury'', Sadıka takes one after [[spoiler:being raped by Süleyman.]] It's truly heartbreaking.
76* On ''Series/HowToGetAwayWithMurder'', Bonnie takes one after she finds out [[spoiler:Annalise revealed her childhood sexual abuse to Asher.]]
77* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'':
78** ''Series/Daredevil2015'':
79*** 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.
80*** 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.
81** In "Revelations," Ray Nadeem is shown having such a shower upon arriving home after getting blackmailed into working for Wilson Fisk.
82** ''Series/ThePunisher2017''
83*** 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.
84*** In Season 2, Madani is having a shower while having flashbacks of her ShowerOfLove with Russo, and Russo shooting her in the head.
85* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'':
86** Referenced in "Glitter" when the gang is watching Robin's [[ShowWithinAShow Space Teens]] video, which is loaded with {{Innocent Innuendo}}s that they find funny.
87--->'''Ted:''' Robin, this show is so dirty. I don't know whether to hug you, or run a shower for you so you can sit there alone crying and clenching your knees.
88** Referenced again later when Nora leaves after being disgusted by Barney's lies to get women in bed.
89--->'''Nora:''' I have to be at work at 8 tomorrow, which means I have just about enough time to sit in the shower for 11 hours, hugging myself.
90* In the first episode of ''Series/TheSinner'', Cora has a shower of angst during her intake at the local jail.
91* ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent'': The VictimOfTheWeek takes one in "The Consoler" following a sexual encounter with a priest that has shattered her faith. She is murdered shortly after.
92* ''Series/PromisedLand1996''. Daughter Dinah takes one after her NearRapeExperience.
93* Archie takes one in Season 2 premiere of ''Series/{{Riverdale}}'', after his dad was shot at Pop's. It then becomes a ShowerOfLove when Veronica joins him.
94* ''Series/StrangerThings'': Nancy Wheeler ends up in the Upside Down and witnesses the Demogorgon that killed Barb before Jonathan manages to rescue her. Upon returning to her house, she needs to shower vigorously, the whole time having flashes of the Demogorgon playing in her head. The memories rattle her enough that she asks Jonathan to sleep with her in her bed rather than in the sleeping bag he'd just gotten ready at the foot of her bed.
95* ''Series/UnderTheBannerOfHeaven'': In the first episode, Detective Jeb Pyre is PulledFromYourDayOff to investigate the gruesome murder of a young mother and her 15-month-old daughter. After a long and brutal first night on the case, Jeb goes home and takes a shower. His wife joins him to comforts him, looking like she's trying to invoke ShowerOfLove. But the case has clearly taken a toll on him and he's not in the mood for sex -- just a hug.
96* ''Series/FellowTravelers'': Tim Laughlin, a Catholic in seminary, takes a shower at Hawk's hunting cabin while [[{{Gayngst}} agonizing over his love for Hawk]], and he goes from standing to sitting in the stall because he feels burdened by the emotional weight.
97-->'''Tim''': ''(talking to himself)'' Father, why do I always fail? Why do I always give in? Why is my love for You never enough? Father, why is it never enough? It's never enough.
98* In ''Series/DrDeath'' season 2, a traumatized Dr. Gamelli takes a shower and screams after the patient he's been struggling to save, Yesim, finally asks (after months of horrific deterioration) [[DespairEventHorizon why he bothered to revive her]] when her heart failed.

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