Cobra Kai Season 2 is the Inter-generational, High School Drama We Deserve

There are some rivalries that transcend generations.

Cobra Kai unexpectedly dropped from what felt like nowhere May 2018. The first episode has since reached 60.8 million and the rest of the first and (as of April 24, 2019) second seasons are available exclusively on YouTube Premium. While YouTube’s original content seems to be very hit or miss, Cobra Kai was a knockout punch.

Picking up thirty-some years after the original series, Cobra Kai was marketed as a Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) story about his resurrecting his old dojo when it reality it was so much deeper than that. It was the dark rise of Miguel Diaz (Xolo Maridueña) and Eli “Hawk” Moskowitz (Jacob Bertrand), prodigies of Cobra Kai. It was the redemption arc of Robby Kane, Johnny’s prodigal son, (Tanner Buchanan) by Johnny’s lifelong rival, Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio). It was star-crossed lover arc of Samantha LaRusso (Mary Mouser) falling for Miguel. It had absolutely no reason to be phenomenal, and yet by the end of the season 1 finale, Mercy, I was pretty much searching whether or not it had been renewed. I really should have known better, because. Well, y’know… Cobra Kai Never Dies Borrowing from it’s predecessors, the season 2 premiere of Cobra Kai is Mercy, Part 2 picking up at the exact moment where John Kreese (played still brilliantly and especially villainously by Martin Kove) has re-entered the All Valley Karate scene now that his former protégé has revived the old dojo. And thus starts a tale o…