"Two Birds" is the twelfth episode of the American television police procedural fantasy drama Awake.
The story and concept of the episode was written by Evan Katz, with teleplay by Howard Gordon and Davey Holmes.
The episode starts with Michael Britten (Jason Isaacs) trying to convince therapists Dr. Jonathan Lee (BD Wong) and Dr. Judith Evans (Cherry Jones) that Ed Hawkins (Kevin Weisman) tried to kill him.
His partner, Bird, goes to his house, after trying to call him to make sure he is alright, but then looks in the garage and finds Michael's work on his accident and Detective Hawkins.
Bird suggests that to get into Hawkins' laptop, they use a hacker they both worked with previously, right before he knocks out Michael, who wakes up in the red reality.
Michael manages to escape Hawkins, but passes out from his wound and wakes up back in the green reality.
Other guest stars included Laura Innes as Tricia Harper and Daniela Bobadilla as Emma.
[5] Alan Sepinwall from HitFix complimented parts of the episode, notably the "excellent work from Jason Isaacs, Steve Harris and Laura Innes in both realities", despite claiming that they did not particularly care for the script.
[8] ScreenCrush claimed that "a conspiracy that saw NBC running this great show off the road, or a simple unfortunate accident.".
[9] The Voice of TV graded the episode an "A−", despite claiming that it is annoying that he doesn't tell his family members about his new knowledge.