Packed airports, delayed (or canceled) flights, and lost luggage can send even the most stable of travelers into an emotional tailspin.

Following Lauren's demise (and between the third and fourth seasons), Vaughn appeared to go into an emotional tailspin that culminated with him setting fire to his own house.

The news sent him into an emotional tailspin - until he rekindled his relationship with an old girlfriend, by cellphone and Facebook.

The result, they said, was that their son was abandoned at a police station far from home after events that may have left him devastated, ashamed and in an emotional tailspin.

As the date of the exhibit opening approaches, Frank learns that Anna has a boyfriend, sending him into an emotional tailspin.

Facing Karen sends Max into an emotional tailspin, and he realizes that he must tell Mimi the truth about his indiscretion.

When it was later confirmed that Palandine was indeed among the dead, I went into an emotional tailspin.

Finding his wallet, he ran into a photo of them hiking together, and that sent him into another emotional tailspin.

Hell, she'd been in an emotional tailspin since the moment he'd met her.

The case went all the way to the Supreme Court, but Snepp ultimately lost, sending him into a financial and emotional tailspin from which he is only now recovering.