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Duck and Cover

episode of The Wire (S2 E8)
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Summary

Duck and Cover is a television series episode[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of television series episode entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (653 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Dan Attias[3]
  • Screenwriter: David Simon[4], George Pelecanos[5]
  • Follows: Backwash[6]
  • Followed by: Stray Rounds[7]
  • Part of the series: The Wire[8]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[9]
  • Publication date: July 27, 2003[10]
  • Title: Duck and Cover[11]
  • Season: The Wire, season 2[12]

Why It Matters

Duck and Cover is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Imdb id → tt0749427
    Tmdb episode id → 66471
    Tv maze episode id → 12928
    Instance of → television series episode
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Tv maze episode id: 12928, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/271003|batch #271003]]"
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