The title is based upon an American child's lullaby: "Rock-a-bye baby, in the treetop, When the wind blows, the cradle will rock, When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall, And down will come baby, cradle and all."
Mariska Hargitay and Joel de la Fuente would later end up working together on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) as Olivia Benson and TARU Tech Ruben Morales, respectively.