652: "The Bird Always Knows" (TWD: Dead City S2E5)
The 'Cast of Us: A Last of Us & Walking Dead 'Cast
Podcastica
4.4 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 11 June 2025
⏱️ 85 minutes
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Summary
Ben and Alex are back this week to break down Episode 5 of The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 2, “The Bird Always Knows.” We dig into all the major moments—Negan’s failed peace attempt, Maggie’s narrow escape, and the explosive fallout between the Dama and the Croat. We also dive into your listener feedback from Episode 4 and share some great theories and reactions. As the season barrels toward its finale, the stakes are higher than ever—and we’re here to break it all down!
Next up: TWD: Dead City S2E6 “Bridge Partners Are Hard to Come by These Days”. Let us know your thoughts.
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| 0:00.0 | You know, I had an uncle, Sirus, he had this little |
| 0:14.0 | He had this little yellow bird. |
| 0:16.0 | He would go everywhere with him. |
| 0:19.0 | And he'd get out this box filled with colorful papers on each of them was a riddle and the |
| 0:28.1 | bird would hop off and go into the box and pull out one of the papers with a speak whatever it |
| 0:36.4 | chose that was the riddle meant for us. The bird always knew somehow. |
| 0:46.3 | When Iraq invaded, he was conscripted, sent to fight in a war he knew nothing about, |
| 0:57.0 | and had nothing to do with. |
| 1:00.0 | I remember the morning he left. |
| 1:03.0 | The sun hadn't even come up yet. |
| 1:06.0 | That... |
| 1:08.0 | That was dying for nothing. |
| 1:11.6 | Welcome to the cast of us, a podcast dedicated to the show. |
| 1:38.7 | The Walking Dead. |
| 1:43.7 | Hey, Zedheads. Welcome to our podcast. I'm Ben. |
| 1:47.5 | And I'm Alex. |
| 1:48.9 | And this is the cast of us, episode 652. |
| 1:53.3 | And this episode, we're covering the Walking Dead Dead City, season two, episode five, |
| 1:58.5 | The Bird Always Knows. |
| 2:00.8 | So first things first, we have to do... Season 2, Episode 5, The Bird Always Knows. |
| 2:06.9 | So first things first, we have to do a little bit of an apology. |
| 2:11.3 | Because as we posted online, we're doing a double dose of episodes this week. We're going to bring you two episodes covering episodes four and five. |
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