It's not on the countdown but I remember when Katey Sagal was pregnant during her Married with Children run, Peg would conveniently be visiting family by herself and check in here and there calling on the phone and only shown from the chest up.
Watching the first 3 eps of Stranger Things so mild spoilers but not really ahead but: A person refusing to believe something weird could be happening in spite of experiencing insane shit before: Hopper not believing Joyce's suspicions in ep 3. YOU WERE THERE IN SEASON TWO BRO! YOUR ADOPTED DAUGHTER HAS MAGIC POWERS! HOW ARE YOU SO SKEPTICAL?!?!
In media when a character waits until they're alone, often in a car, with the person they want to confront about being unstable or a liar or murderer or whatever. Like c'mon.