‘Cobra Kai’ – Back in the Valley for One Last Round

In the seven years that it has taken for Cobra Kai to reach the end of its multi-chapter martial arts high school drama, a lot has changed in my life. My love for the series has not wavered though. From its relatively humble beginnings on YouTubeRed, a platform that no longer exists (a fact that I am aware that I bring it up quite frequently, but I will bring it up to emphasize that I have been here since Ace Degenerate aired on May 2, 2018), to its current explosive run on Netflix that catapulted it into the mainstream (or at least to my group of friends who could now more readily watch it on more household platforms), I have covered this series every season without fail. That has also included reviewing Season 6, Part 1 and Season 6, Part 2.  This will be my final piece covering Cobra Kai. I do not think it will be the last time I cover The Karate Kid franchise, but for now, we gotta do some bookkeeping about the events in Part 2 before we get to the main event and thoughts on the series as a whole. If you’re not caught up on the first ten episodes of season six, this is your cue to turn back. Spoilers are coming. Okay? Okay? Okay.

Cobra Kai. (L to R) Alicia Hannah-Kim as Kim Da-Eun, Martin Kove as John Kreese, Daniel Kim as Yoon in episode 611 of Cobra Kai. Cr. Curtis Bonds Baker/Netflix © 2025

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