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When the Bough Breaks

episode of ER (S4 E4)
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Summary

When the Bough Breaks is a television series episode[1]. It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Richard Thorpe[3]
  • Screenwriter: Jack Orman[4]
  • Follows: Friendly Fire[5]
  • Followed by: Good Touch, Bad Touch[6]
  • Part of the series: ER[7]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[8]
  • Original broadcaster: NBC[9]
  • Country of origin: United States[10]
  • Publication date: October 23, 1997[11], October 28, 1998[12], October 16, 1997[13]
  • Title: When the Bough Breaks[14]
  • Production code: 466353[15]
  • Season: ER, season 4[16]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . 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 · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tv maze episode id → 50401
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Tv maze episode id: 50401, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270840|batch #270840]]"
  2. 18w ago · Supaplex · 2026-06-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Follows → Friendly Fire
    Country of origin → United States
    Isan → 0000-0002-D808-0049-4-0000-0000-P
    Followed by → Good Touch, Bad Touch
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||zh, zh-hant, zh-tw */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/35772|batch #35772]]: TV series ER: 新增華語變體的名稱與描述"
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