History HeroicBSOD / LiveActionTV

* ''Series/AlexRider'': Kyra, when she thinks Alex has died escaping Point Blanc and therefore won't be bringing the cavalry. [[spoiler: She spends half an episode curled up in the dark until she hears Alex's radio message and realises rescue is coming after all.]]

%%* No mention of the last 30 seconds of the Season 4 finale of ''Series/{{Dexter}}''? As if he's coming back from ''that.''

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* ''Series/PersonOfInterest'': It's subtle, because of [[TheSociopath who she is]], but Shaw goes through one late in Season 5 after [[spoiler: Root is killed]]. John looks after her as best he can be given that they're actively fighting a war, but it's clear that she's not okay. ''At all.''

** In ''Series/KamenRiderFaiz'', Takumi had one when [[spoiler: he thought that he was the one who attacked the Ryuseiji on their reunion night and when his friends found out he was an Orphnoch, going as far as almost joining Lucky Clover]] however he got over it just as [[spoiler: Yuji suffered from a permanent one when Yuka was gunned down by police after being tortured and experimented on]].

* ''Series/{{Castle}}'':

** How did we miss Ellis Carver's BSOD at the end of the fourth season, one of the series' biggest [[TearJerker tear jerkers]] and that's saying a lot. When he's unable to keep the 13-year-old Randy out of a group home after he's been outed as a snitch, he completes loses it as he knows the kid's life is ruined.

** In the Season 5 episode "Latent Image", the Doctor is revealed to have done an almost literal (as he's a computer program) version of this following an incident in which two patients were equally at risk and equally treatable; he chose the one he was better friends with, which was contrary to his programming. The memory was erased from his program, and when it was restored he suffered the same condition but eventually recovered.

** In "Heal Thyself", a visiting surgeon appears to be the picture of equanimity and poise, holding his own in the O.R. and swapping wisecracks with Hawkeye and B.J. even as he relates his horrific prior experiences at a front-line aid station. However, as the episode progresses and the wounded keep pouring in, he begins to have trouble sleeping and becomes distracted and nervous while operating. Finally -- after being told to take a short break, then vanishing from the O.R. completely -- he's discovered hunched down in Colonel Potter's tent, staring into space, crying, and [[OutDamnedSpot trying to rub the (invisible) blood from his hands]]. After Potter tells Hawkeye to summon psychiatrist Sidney Friedman to help the visiting surgeon, B.J. notes that he seemed "as strong as any of us". "That's what scares me," Hawkeye responds... rather eerily prefiguring his own eventual breakdown.

** In the Season 5 episode "Latent Image", the Doctor is revealed to have done an almost literal (as he's a computer program) version of this (using the OutDamnedSpot version) following an incident in which two patients were equally at risk and equally treatable; he chose the one he was better friends with, which was contrary to his programming. The memory was erased from his program, and when it was restored he suffered the same condition but eventually recovered.

** Picard had one after being captured by the Borg and had to go home to France for a little while to recover. He has another one after Ro Laren defected to the Maquis.
** One episode had a number of alternate universes' Enterprises gathering due to a problem involving Worf. One version was manned by just Riker and Worf who existed in a universe where the Borg overran everything and was going mad.

** B'Elanna starts running dangerous holodeck programs with the safety protocols off after she learns that most of her Maquis comrades in the Alpha Quadrant had been killed a year earlier by the Dominion.

* ''Series/{{Frasier}}'': During the final season, Niles gets accused of helping ex-wife Maris murder her lover because he leant her the crossbow that killed the guy. The press start hounding him and Frasier makes things worse with a poorly phrased statement that makes Niles look even more guilty. Despite the stress and lack of sleep Niles keeps up a calm facade until he goes for coffee and the barista tells him Roz just took {{the last straw}}. Niles finally snaps and starts stripping off his clothes in the middle of Cafe Nervosa, completely oblivious to his current surroundings and assuming he's having a Naked In Public dream. Frasier and Roz are able to get him covered up and take him home to rest. After a long sleep Niles recovers enough to [[WhatTheHellHero lay into him family]] for their terrible attempts at "supporting" him during a difficult time.

** Despite being a comedy series a few characters go through this: Monica after she breaks up with Richard and Chandler when Janice and later Kathy cheats on him. Both characters spend several episodes withdrawn, depressed and even after they get over it, still suffer long term effects. (Monica becomes paranoid about dying alone, and Chandler more commitment-phobic and scared of being hurt). Later, once they've fallen in love with each other, a misunderstanding makes you think they've both hit it again, with Monica running away to her parents and Chandler's emotional breakdown. Its thankfully averted in the final minutes of the episode.
** Ross and Rachel both completely breakdown during their breakup scene in Season 3, while Rachel seems to handle it fairly well afterward, Ross is still visibly depressed throughout the next few episodes.

** In the second episode, Legasov has a brief one after reading Shcherbina's report, and was able to read between the lines enough, in ways no one else could, to [[AwfulTruth realize that what he was initially led to believe was a minor accident]] was in reality an unprecedented catastrophe with [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt potentially apocalyptic implications]]. It takes him seeing the rest of the committee nearly brushing it off to snap him out of it.

* Series/{{Chuck}}:

** In the second episode, Legasov has a brief one after reading Shcherbina's report, and was able to read between the lines enough, in ways no one else could, to [[Awful realize that what he was initially led to believe was a minor accident]] was in reality an unprecedented catastrophe with [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt potentially apocalyptic implications]]. It takes him seeing the rest of the committee nearly brushing it off to snap him out of it.

* ''Series/Lucifer2016'': Dr. Linda goes through one after Lucifer shows her his demonic GameFace, confirming that he really ''is'' the Devil and hasn't been speaking in elaborate metaphors as she'd previously assumed. Linda completely freezes up with a ThousandYardStare and spends the next few days hiding in her office. Maze eventually reveals that Linda actually handled the situation better than most people as the usual result is permanent insanity.

* ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'': Commander Burnham suffers one following the Battle at the Binary Stars when she realizes [[spoiler:she's sacrificed her career and betrayed her captain in attempting to do something that wouldn't have affected the outcome of the situation, then proceeded to get that same captain and friend killed attempting Burnham's plan to try and shorten the new war]]. At the resulting [[spoiler:court martial]] she's completely psychologically destroyed and [[spoiler:pleads guilty to all charges]].

* Frank Black gets one at the end of Season 2 of Series/{{Millennium}}.