Cobra Kai

A lot happens in 'Cobra Kai' Season 5, including the introduction of some intriguing characters both new and old. If you have questions, we've got answers.

He’s still alive, after all, and as we saw in Season 5 with Kreese, just because a character is in jail doesn’t mean they can’t still play a pivotal role. That feels like a vote of confidence that the series isn’t done yet, although when it comes to Netflix, nothing is certain. It’s unclear what he might do next, but considering how Johnny and Daniel screwed him over earlier in Season 5, we have a feeling he might be out for revenge. A lot happens in Cobra Kai Season 5, including the introduction of some intriguing characters both new and old. That plan involves breaking into Cobra Kai headquarters and downloading footage of Silver brutally assaulting Stingray (Paul Walter Hauser), a crime he later used to frame John Kreese (Martin Kove). When the cops show up, Stingray admits that he lied, which the police say is enough to put Silver in jail — or at least on trial. In a final twist, Kreese engineers a daring escape from prison by faking his own stabbing and stealing a key card from his therapist. It was the story of a washed-up Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) finding meaning in his own life by training a [new generation](https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/cobra-kai-season-4-karate-kid-3) of karate kids — while feuding with his old rival Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio). Using all the training he’s ever received Daniel, scores a decisive victory. Thankfully, that’s when Daniel shows up and challenges his one-time sensei to a fight. It doesn’t go well, mostly because Silver has an entire team of karate masters with him waiting for the attack. The final episodes split up the story into several plotlines that eventually intertwine, so let’s go through them one at a time.

Episode 10 of Cobra Kai Season 5 starts with Kreese resigning himself to spending the rest of his days in prison. He reflects on the mistakes he's made ...

Kenny also realizes the error of his ways too and is shameful over his part to play in all this. Barnes jumps in and helps change the dynamic of the fight and the duo come out on top. When the transfer is complete, all of Cobra Kai see Silver admit to paying off the ref for Tory’s victory. He drives out and picks up Daniel by the side of the road. At the same time, Demetri works to try and upload the footage while Hawk holds off the kids who arrive, led by Kenny. Although Silver has deleted the footage from his attack on Stingray, he hasn’t deleted the confession he made to Tory about paying off the ref.

Netflix's Cobra Kai has clocked in 100%, 90%, 90% and 95% critics scores for the first four seasons, and now season 5 has arrived with another 100% score, ...

Season 5 looks to be another high quality offering from the team, and it’s not a matter of if it hits number one on Netflix, but when, and for how long it will stay there. Cobra Kai, however, is in the rare Netflix category of shows that never have to fear renewal, and so far, Netflix doesn’t have to worry about it putting out a stinker of a season, which has not happened yet. The show has been a star-maker, allowing Xolo Mariduena to nab the role of Blue Beetle for DC, and has elevated Peyton List to become a bonafide Gen Z superstar online. It’s almost the perfect Netflix show, one with a low budget that both critics and fans love and a seemingly endless fountain ideas of how to continue the story as characters shuffle between dojos and compete in yearly karate tournaments. 100% from fans too, but that’s based on a tiny amount of reviews, given that it just arrived a few hours ago. But finally C) almost always reviews very, very well, unlike a lot of other Netflix top hits as of late.

Welcome back to the Valley! A recap of “Long, Long Way From Home,” episode 1 and the premiere of season five of 'Cobra Kai' on Netflix.

We’ll have to wait to see how Tory is handling the revelation that her All Valley victory was based on a lie and how Kreese is handling prison — as well as checking in with Demetri, Eli, Kenny, and Anthony LaRusso, none of whom get any attention in this premiere. At the end of the episode, we see exactly what that means: Chozen is prepared to become a sensei at Cobra Kai and take it down from the inside as a mole. When the Australian guys who robbed Miguel try the same gambit with Johnny, he and his son easily handle the situation, the first big fight of the season. It all feels a bit predictable: There’s a minor local threat in the form of a few Australian guys who take almost all of Miguel’s cash, followed by a case of mistaken identity when Miguel meets the wrong Hector, followed by the moment when he accidentally stumbles upon the real Hector. Daniel doesn’t need to convey to Chozen how much of a threat Silver is; deception was a cornerstone of Kim’s teaching, and Silver uses the same tactics. Of course, Daniel has no real intention of letting Silver win, and now he has a new ally: Chozen Toguchi, his onetime rival who almost killed him back in 1985 in The Karate Kid Part II.

Crossing the streams with its sequels, the fifth season of "Cobra Kai" features heavy dollops of the second and third "The Karate Kid" movies while continue ...

Five seasons in, the show has already surpassed any reasonable expectations, developing a life of its own that proves it wasn't just "Karate Kid"-ing around. The seasons have also begun to exhibit a familiar pattern, starting and finishing strong while dragging a bit in the middle. The kids, in fact, have as many shifting allegiances as the elder generation, whose AARP-eligible karate masters continue to prove remarkably spry.

Pay for my tattoo of an Olive Garden breadstick, with little steaming squiggles coming out of the ends, and I'll get it right now. OG 4 lyfe, baby. Come at my ...

At the end of the episode, the trio all take a bite of a breadstick, in unison. This isn't like the Applebee's scene in Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, where it's part of the joke, that the Bobby fam is having this big hoorah at an Applebee's, treating it like they're at Ruth's Chris. Come at my suburban Olive Garden—Greentree, PA, the GOAT—and I will defend it with my very life. Turn out that, in an effort to make Robby and Miguel best friends, Johnny invited the two for a come-to-Jesus at the Italian ( [okay, "Italian"](https://www.esquire.com/food-drink/restaurants/a19562071/olive-garden-meatball-pizza-bowl/)) mecca. There's some humor going on in Cobra Kai, but I actually believe, in my heart of hearts, that money was transferred here, with the intent of Johnny Lawrence earnestly speaking about the healing power of breadsticks. Pay for my tattoo of an Olive Garden breadstick, with little steaming squiggles coming out of the ends, and I'll get it right now.

Cobra Kai will likely return for a Season 6 on Netflix. Here's everything we know so far about the plot, cast, and spin-offs.

The Karate Kid III turned out to be crusty backwash that wasn't remedied until the 2018 debut of [Cobra Kai](https://www.esquire.com/preview/entertainment/tv/a37414660/netflix-cobra-kai-season-5/). [The Karate Kid III](https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a35119690/terry-silver-cobra-kai-season-3-ending-thomas-ian-griffith/) instead. As I wrapped my Labor Day weekend binge of the new season of Cobra Kai, I got to thinking about The Karate Kid III. "There's stuff that they wrote in Season Three that didn't happen until Season Four, 'cause there wasn't any more room in Season Three," Macchio told [ComicBook](https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/cobra-kai-interview-ralph-macchio-reveals-karate-kid-cinematic-universe-prequels-spinoffs/) [.com](https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/cobra-kai-interview-ralph-macchio-reveals-karate-kid-cinematic-universe-prequels-spinoffs/). will probably fight me on this, The Karate Kid II, it turns out, was [infinitely more mediative than its predecessor](https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a35091708/cobra-kai-season-3-karate-kid-2-kumiko-chozen/). [Top Gun](https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a40069348/how-to-watch-top-gun-maverick/) and Hoosiers—we laid our eyes on The Karate Kid II.

The wait is over; Cobra Kai has finally returned to Netflix for its fifth season. Friday marked the debut of Cobra Kai Season 5, picking up the beloved ...

The gap between Season 4 and Season 5 was only nine months, but that's because Season 5 was already nearing the end of production when Season 4 was released. Netflix's hasn't officially renewed Cobra Kai for a sixth season, though that seems like a sure thing at this point, given the show's popularity and the open ending of Season 5. The final moments of the season show that Kreese's redemption arc in prison was all a ploy, as he was organizing an escape the entire time. Friday marked the debut of Cobra Kai Season 5, picking up the beloved story in the aftermath of Season 4's All-Valley tournament. With John Kreese in prison and Silver trying to take Cobra Kai global, he was established as the one to beat. As you'll find, by the time the Season 5 finale rolls around, there is a very clear direction for Cobra Kai in Season 6.

It's fun to see the villains of two Karate Kid sequels connecting over dinner. A recap of “Molé,” episode 2 of season five of 'Cobra Kai' on Netflix.

• Possibly the funniest moment of the episode comes after Johnny suggests they “shake the tree to get the apples.” “Or we could climb the tree ourselves,” Robby suggests. I have to think this isn’t the end of Tory’s crisis of conscience, of course. It makes for a heartwarming moment of deep respect from Johnny, who says, “That’s about the most badass thing I’ve ever seen.” It goes a familiar route: People keep warning Miguel about his dad being bad news, but he wants to believe the kindness and intelligence he sees are genuine. And it’s fun, as a fan of the franchise, to see the villains of two Karate Kid sequels connecting over dinner, relating over their rivalries with the same man. But it’s a satisfying endpoint for now, and I’m glad Miguel will soon be back in the show’s main orbit again. It does feel a bit abrupt how quickly it ends, with Miguel realizing his dad is exactly the man Carmen said he was — and presumably forgiving her for lying to him. He even demands to see Miguel’s phone, though he stops and apologizes just before he can notice a photo of Carmen. It’s basically a warning that the word “honor” is going to pop up 50 times in this episode. When she asks him why he’s a sensei, he simply answers, “Honor.” Reflecting on the time he thought he lost his honor but found it again, he wisely says, “No one can take honor from you. “Long, Long Way From Home” set up an irresistible storyline with Chozen helping defeat Cobra Kai from the inside, but by the end of the aptly named “Molé,” everything is out in the open. The episode begins with a flashback to Okinawa in 1972, as a young Chozen gets schooled about honor by his uncle Sato (last played by the late Danny Kamekona in The Karate Kid Part II).

Cobra Kai debuted its new season on Netflix this Friday, and it's precisely as chaotic as I've implied above. The season finale of The Karate Kid sequel series ...

The shitty one in the retail mall. If you ask me, the best conclusion to Cobra Kai would be bringing it all back to the beginning. The OG Karate Kid meanie spent this season in an odd sort of non-redemptive vision quest, but whatever! The season finale sees the culmination of the Silver vs. The season finale of The Karate Kid sequel series sees LaRusso, Lawrence, and Chozen pull up to The Cobra Kai team has to make sure there's another Little Lawrence out there for the 2036 reboot of The Karate Kid, right? But there are some redeemable kids on the Bad side, and vice versa. The Good Guys battle that's been brewing since the very end of Season Three. [Cobra Kai ](https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a41125032/cobra-kai-season-6/) [Season Six](https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a41125032/cobra-kai-season-6/) needs to kill Daniel LaRusso. We get a few worthwhile gags along the way, with the Johnny-as-an-Uber-driver bit by far standing out as one of this season's best moments. [Cobra Kai ](https://www.esquire.com/preview/entertainment/tv/a37414660/netflix-cobra-kai-season-5/) [Season Five](https://www.esquire.com/preview/entertainment/tv/a37414660/netflix-cobra-kai-season-5/) finale begins, essentially, with Daniel LaRusso, Johnny Lawrence, Chozen, and Mike Barnes in one place. Did any child of the '80s ever, ever think that a 60-year-old [Ralph Macchio](https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a35067193/ralph-macchio-william-zabka-cobra-kai-season-3-interview/) would share the screen with all of his [OG trilogy](https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a35091708/cobra-kai-season-3-karate-kid-2-kumiko-chozen/) kiddie villains, all at once, looking like that pointing-fingers Spider-Man meme?

This episode has it all: a little relationship drama, a little karate, and a new appearance from a character from the movies. A recap of “Playing With Fire ...

Either way, “Playing With Fire” feels like a return to the Cobra Kai we know and love. Demetri has the right idea when he and Eli take Miguel to a jewelry store to buy an expensive octopus charm for Sam. That’s continuing this season: In the tank, she sees various characters demanding different things from her, with a hallucination of Tory transforming into a hallucination of Sam herself. On one side, Demetri and Eli show some adorable (and justified) concern about the lack of emojis in Sam’s texts; on the other side, Yasmine and Moon urge Sam to keep it cool and wait until they can talk in person. Of course, this immediately leads to a fight between Mike and Chozen, the latter of whom mistakes their shadowboxing for a real fight (and already beat down the “goons” who, it turns out, were Mike’s employees). Still, it takes some time to himself — and a welcome heart-to-heart with Miguel, whom he offers some simple but genuinely good advice — to remind him that he isn’t. In the episode’s closing moments, we see exactly what that means for Mike Barnes, who finds his furniture store burning to the ground. The truth, which Daniel learns when he grabs the phone from Mike, is that he owns a furniture store passed down from his father-in-law. The episode builds up the tension around “karate’s bad boy” so much that it becomes a little obvious he won’t be the bully Daniel and Chozen expect him to be. With everyone back in the Valley, “Playing With Fire” feels like a back-to-basics episode of Cobra Kai. As Daniel and Mike catch up, we get a drastically different picture of the needlessly cruel mercenary bully of The Karate Kid Part III. Still, the classic series of misunderstandings that follows is great fun, starting with the two handsaws he removes from his trunk (“good for cutting bone,” Chozen notes) and continuing with the phone conversation Daniel overhears.

Fans of 'Cobra Kai' might have been surprised to see characters possibly die in the finale episode. So did anyone in 'Cobra Kai' season 5 die?

After trying to get them to stop fighting, things immediately went south when one of them stabbed Kreese with a shiv, leaving him for dead on the lunchroom floor in the midst of pandemonium. But given how things ended up—especially with Kreese out of jail—Cobra Kai season 6 will no doubt be the biggest one yet. While we still don't know the specifics of what the police officer told them, the show immediately jumped back to the prison where Kreese's body was wheeled into a coroner's office to be examined. Luckily, it was revealed that he actually survived the attack, and Mike and Johnny brought him over to Cobra Kai. Folsom tried to comfort him and told him he can do better and turn his life around. After Kreese spent the entire season in prison, there was no way anything could have happened to him...right? He noted that he felt his time was coming to an end and he regretted everything he'd done, since it tainted his legacy on Earth. In one of the most shocking moments in the entire series, Terry Silver and Chozen got into a major fight as the Miyagi-Do students broke into Cobra Kai and the adults went to Silver's place to try to take him down for good. After Miyagi-Do successfully exposed Silver and Cobra Kai's horrible practices to the public, Daniel began to worry over Chozen. As they took jabs at each other, they went into one of Silver's collection rooms, where he got a katana and Chozen revealed he brought his sai swords with him. [Cobra Kai ](https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/tv/a38584083/cobra-kai-season-5-news-date-cast-spoilers/) [season 5](https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/tv/a38584083/cobra-kai-season-5-news-date-cast-spoilers/) spoilers because there is a lot to talk about when it comes to that big finale. Well, we have to get to the obvious first.

"Strike First. Strike Hard. No Mercy" Ralph Macchio, William Zabka and the Cobra Kai cast tease the epic fights and higher stakes of season 5.

Ralph Macchio acknowledged the challenges that come with creating a successful program as the television medium continues to evolve. “When they say, Action!, boy, that intensity kicks up a notch.” “Kreese was a parental figure to Tory and a guide. And I think that can open up a door to hopefully some level of understanding.” Every character in this show is carrying a fair share of trauma with them. “I think there’s a really big need for for some unity,” he said. “Daniel is the only one who knows of Terry Silver, and knows the truth of Terry Silver,” Macchio explained. And since he won the bet at the All Valley Karate Tournament, Silver has no opposition in his mission, leaving him room spread his message and influence throughout the San Fernando Valley and beyond. — to expand and take over the map.” Their All Valley Karate Tournament victory against Daniel’s dojo Miyagi-Do and Johnny’s Eagle Fang means Silver’s reign seems imminent as our two heroes are forced, per a mutual agreement with Silver, to close up shop. Over three decades later, the legacy continues as new characters, conflicts, and epic fight scenes have catapulted the ’80s phenomenon back into the pop culture vernacular. Season 5 of the hit martial arts drama is now streaming on Netflix, and audiences everywhere will be witness to a series that is still showing up in top form.

Meanwhile, Mr. Miyagi's prized pupil Daniel LaRusso and Cobra Kai's original bad boy Johnny Lawrence are forced closed the doors to their dojos after losing the ...

One audience reviewer said the show brought him back to his childhood, providing viewers an escape from the turbulence of today. The show got its start on YouTube, which produced three seasons before it stopped making original scripted programming, and was then picked up by Netflix in 2020. The new season picks up with Lawrence going after his student, Miguel Diaz, who went to Mexico in search of his real father. Snake in the grass Terry Silver swept the leg on his Vietnam War buddy and Cobra Kai Karate co-founder John Kreese, landing him in jail for a crime he didn't commit. Back in the Valley, LaRusso confronts another foe from his past. A dark cloud loomed over the city of Los Angeles at the end of Cobra Kai's fourth season.

In the Season 5 premiere of Cobra Kai, Miguel searches for his father as Terry Silver reveals his expansion plan for the dojo.

Silver's voiceover returns, and it is a turning point for Cobra Ka as he addresses all of his students, celebrating that his enemies have been forced to close up shop and Cobra Kai has more students than ever before — but this means Cobra Kai will need a new Sensei. Miguel follows the man he believes is his pop to a colorful outdoor market and is dismayed to see him kiss a pretty young woman and play with a toddler. She goes on about his lack of interest in her life and when he tells her there is more to life than karate, she hangs up. Miguel tries to chat with the child, and he runs off. Miguel easily neutralizes the bouncer and speaks to the leader of the group in Spanish, who lets him go. People are flocking to Cobra Kai's grand opening and Daniel and Chozen watch from a car park nearby. He starts to approach a group of card players and a bouncer stops him. Daniel conveys his fears about Terry Silver and the expansion of Cobra Kai, and is worried Silver will brainwash most of the kids in the Valley. When he heard Miguel was in trouble, he had to do something, and he needed Robbie's help tracking down a man named Hector Salazar. Miguel is happy to reimburse them for their time until he spots the scam: they've taken his bag and now want money in exchange for it. Johnny offers Robbie a Mexican coke, which Robbie tells him is just a regular coke. His spiel is to appeal to a broad range of different people and promises to turn your kid into a warrior.