Oh MAN I tried to parcel out the last episodes of COBRA KAI and I couldn’t. This show is incredible and I wish it wasn’t ending — but it ended PERFECTLY.
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I agree. It probably should have ended 1 or 2 seasons earlier, but the finale did a good job of tying up the various threads. It's a bit sad that the 40-odd year arc – story, actors and vibe – has come to an end. But it leaves a warm fuzzy feeling after all these years.
Cobra Kai will never die!
It’s like if they decided that 3 was the best movie in the series and decided to take its signature style of cartoonish, over the top, batshit crazy scenarios happening on the regular while poorly pretending to be super emotional and taking it all so seriously and turned it up to 11
I watched a few seasons, and got tired of the after school special level of overacting and lack of maturity from the adult characters. Did it stay that hokey all the way till the end?
I was glad to see it come full circle with the focus back on Johnny Lawrence and Cobra Kai dojo. Daniel and Miyagi-Do seemed to take over mid-series, but at its heart the show is supposed to be about Johnny.
I’d rather watch X AE A-12 wipe his boogers on the Resolute Desk on repeat than watch that dry ass show. That show is so dry and uninteresting and fake and derivative and slow and….
Started watching the show, then we cut off Netflix and the rest of our paid streaming services because we couldn't justify paying for what very little we got out of it. This was one of only a couple shows I was semi enjoying. Maybe try again someday. Too many more important things going on now.
It's a really good show - when I first started watching it, I was surprised at how much I liked it & got into the different characters & their stories. Kudos all around.
I was wondering what became of Johnny Lawrence after "Sweet the Leg & Wake the Gimp"😉
I had classes with the Gracies when they toured Aus.
My sensei is the 10th dan Soke of Zen do Kai ... Yes. I have punched Richard Norton in the face... 😁 .. then he kicked me through a wall!! Hahaha! Landed a sidekick directly on my chest, and I went backwards through the plaster into the kitchen.
He didn't "immediately" nail me with a sidekick - that was the following week and to be honest I stepped into it.
When I got him my first reaction was "yes! I tagged sensei!" .. then "shit .. I tagged sensei.."
So I stopped and bowed and he recognised the move and bowed back, then we kept going
I forgot it was on since the world is burning. Thanks for reminding me. I have not looked at anything else, but this post. I do not want to get a spoiler.
I read it in an article noting how it showed Johnny learned a valuable lesson: He lost to Daniel back in '84 by "striking first",running right into an otherwise avoidable crane kick. This time, he watched Wolf's body language, let HIM "strike first", and ducked under the attack to "sweep the leg".
Tory's fight was the absolute best moment of the entire series. I love Peyton List.
I'm still trying to get my head around how Miguel showed up just to compete in the final and was named world champion, though. Kick ass stuff, but the rules of that competition were hilarious.
I hope the creators get some great opportunities after this. I hope they get a Star War. It's just such a perfect continuation of the Karate Kid films. Love for the franchise and the skill to pull off something that truly honors it.
I’ve enjoyed it some. I find it unsettling that a show about kids with no impulse control and always turning to violence. At least some mafia, cartel show sorta mandates the violence. This is kids getting violent.
But, and maybe I missed this altogether, but what happens to Terry Silver? He just gets off? No pursuit? The end? It’s like it left room for yet another season. Don’t get me wrong; I would love another season. But I just found the ending so unsatisfying. Fist fight; the end; fade to dark.
It was so good, we were sitting there saying, thank goodness they took out the less impressive karate, put the focus back on Johnny and Danny, and didn't fall into the toxic tropes so many shows descend to.
Thank you for this recommendation @pattonoswalt.bsky.social
Does the show actually live up to the wild meta-ness of its premise?
PS Michelle’s ‘I’ll be Gone in the Dark’ is one of the most gripping - and heart-wrenching - true crime books I have ever read.
Have a good Sunday
Wanted it so bad but think it showed he learned from Danny but isn’t Danny and that both ways are valid—Gotta know when to play offense and when to play defense! 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼
Comedically, even though Johnny Lawrence ended the series by winning the tournament..
It was Daniel LaRusso who really won, because his actor is still employed.
Perfect ending. The show was always about Johnny! And the kids who remade Cobra Kai!
The entire episode, I kept asking my son…where’s Stingray? They gotta bring back Stingray to go full circle. And there he was at the end. Stingray being Stingray! *chef’s kiss*
My daughter and I binged it Thursday night. Wow! Cheers and tears- absolutely perfect ending. I am old enough to have seen the original in a theater, and she is in high school now, so it has been our thing for a few years. Really sad it’s over, but well done!
I was sobbing like a 45 year old baby who begged his mom to buy him a Karate Kid t-shirt that came with the bandana (and wore the bandana everywhere along with wrist warmers that doubled as Wonder Womans bracelets) when he was five years old should. It was perfect. Every single scene.
I gave up on it pretty early on - I just couldn't take the lame use of Atlanta as Los Angeles. Stone Mountain in the fall resembles absolutely nothing in Southern California ever.
Does anyone else think William zabka is a way better actor than Ralph macchio?
The show was an unbelievable cheesy poor written bad acting fest.
But I was never able to quit the show. I had to see how it ended, didn't disappoint
Literal blueprint of how to handle a continuation of legacy content while staying true to the vibes/themes of the OG, though expanding and surpassing things we all remembered fondly. These guys are FANS.
We dumped Netflix before I could watch it. Love that show but I'll have to wait until we're not boycotting American business. It's way overpriced here anyway for the 4K plan. 😅
As an actual martial artist I tried and tried to like it but it was way too cringe and a little horrifying at times. Couldn't finish. 2 out of 5 stars.
Enjoyed the show even if it ran a season too long for me, and loved the ending except that Johnny and Daniel never seem to know about Kreese’s death? (Silver’s also, but he needed to die). No reaction or acknowledgement? It was kind of bizarre.
As an OG fan of the movie, the Cobra Kai finale was incredible! Goosebumps. Those last 5 episodes WOW. I wish there was a way they could have had Julie show up even for a quick cameo. Cobra Kai NEVER dies
It was rough going the past few seasons, with absurd storylines and plot stunts, but they definitely stuck the landing in the last couple episodes with William Zabka really delivering for the show in the end.
I never watched the last episode of Sopranos until I rewatch the series for the first time a couple of years ago. I watched every single episode originally except the last one. I don’t know why.
Was really glad with how it ended. Really great moments for the core cast, each with their individual lessons, showing us that happiness and peace can look different for everyone, and that's okay
Maybe I’ll go back to it then. I was watching it since release on YouTube red. But this last season and its death match for kids has been so dumb. If it gets better I’m in.
My daughter loves Cobra Kai & acknowledged there were good parts in the last season as some people have said. But she was disappointed that as the characters grew throughout the seasons, toward the end, they abandoned that growth and re-adopted some juvenile mentalities.
Loved the whole series. Right after I finished binging Cobra Kai I watched the original Karate Kid. Mr. Miyagi's character is the best. Plan to watch the next 2 as well to fill myself in on some of the CK backstories, specifically Terry Silver
Guess I need to get a month of Netflix. But also F them…record profits and they raised rates again. I don’t want to give them a dime. But I do want to see more cobra Kai.
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I just finished binge watching The Day of the Jackal.
I'd highly recommend it. 👍👍
Day 1 of the tournament has one fight. Everyone goes home.
2nd day, everyone comes back. There's no fight. Everyone goes home.
3rd day, everyone comes back. There's two fights. Everyone goes home.
4th day, one fight.
WHHHYYYYYYYY?!?!?!??!?!
IT'S SO STUPID!!!!
My wife’s been watching it, and it’s a trainwreck of bad acting and worse dialogue.
But we loved every cheesey minute of it. Gotta be the nostalgia
I’m very glad so many people liked it, though.
Cobra Kai will never die!
I was wondering what became of Johnny Lawrence after "Sweet the Leg & Wake the Gimp"😉
Such a perfect ending.
My sensei is the 10th dan Soke of Zen do Kai ... Yes. I have punched Richard Norton in the face... 😁 .. then he kicked me through a wall!! Hahaha! Landed a sidekick directly on my chest, and I went backwards through the plaster into the kitchen.
When I got him my first reaction was "yes! I tagged sensei!" .. then "shit .. I tagged sensei.."
So I stopped and bowed and he recognised the move and bowed back, then we kept going
I'm still trying to get my head around how Miguel showed up just to compete in the final and was named world champion, though. Kick ass stuff, but the rules of that competition were hilarious.
Does the show actually live up to the wild meta-ness of its premise?
PS Michelle’s ‘I’ll be Gone in the Dark’ is one of the most gripping - and heart-wrenching - true crime books I have ever read.
Have a good Sunday
You haven't let me down before, Patrick Osman.
But that was not the ending…
It was Daniel LaRusso who really won, because his actor is still employed.
The entire episode, I kept asking my son…where’s Stingray? They gotta bring back Stingray to go full circle. And there he was at the end. Stingray being Stingray! *chef’s kiss*
The NextHeads are coming for you, Oswalt.
five more to go 😁
Talk about perfection.
I will write it down!
The show was an unbelievable cheesy poor written bad acting fest.
But I was never able to quit the show. I had to see how it ended, didn't disappoint
And to think we were just sitting here watching at the same time as PATTON OSWALT!
can't wait for second half of season 3 in November... 👽