Cobra Kai Season five spoilers ahead.
Cobra Kai remains one of the greatest jewels in Netflix’s crown – which is pretty impressive considering it started out as a YouTube series.
Since being dropped in 2018, the continuation of The Karate Kid has proven to be one of the most faithful and successful reboots of a beloved retro franchise of all time. Thankfully, it’s also kept the show’s ethos stable as season five is canceled on September 9th.
However, as the series has evolved, so has the ongoing theme of the show itself. In seasons one and two, the focus shifted from the original hero, Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio), to the original villain, Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka), who has spiraled downward and is desperate to regain his prime.
So there was a “two sides to every story” trend – a new perspective from Johnny’s point of view that changed the whole way we looked at the original karate kid Johnny wasn’t quite the villain we thought he was, and LaRusso wasn’t quite the hero we thought he was. There is Yin/Yang in everyone, it just depends on how you look at it.
But as the show progressed, there was more of the OG karate kid generation was brought into the herd, the original good versus evil began to come more strongly to the fore again. This has never been clearer than in the latest Big Bad, Terry Silver.
That Karate Kid III Villain started out as a good guy upon his reintroduction, but was soon lured back into the world of evil by John Kreese, eventually surpassing him in a double match, setting him up for literal attempted murder, and taking over the Cobra Kai dojo himself.
Early in Season 5, he proved the perfect focal point for former enemies to join forces and put their differences aside to accomplish something great. All of the past were suddenly united in their mission to finish him off on and off the dojo mat and prevent a tyrannical domination of the valley that could potentially spread across the world… through the art of karate.
The Season 5 finale therefore came with a gory and significant climax where the villains came out Karate Kid I (Johnny),II (Chozen Toguchi) and III (Mike Barnes) for the first time, everyone came together… and fought for something good. It was a moment that came full circle for the series, and when they succeeded, there was a sense that it could be a finite moment.
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In spirit, season five could have been the perfect finale for Cobra Kai. Long-held troubles were crushed, evil defeated, and new friendships formed as the world looked to a brighter future.
Even John Kreese, who had been in prison for the duration of the show, found his way out of prison on his own terms, using a suitably polished and bossy stunt befitting a character we’ve come to hate and love. then loved to hate it since its introduction in the original film in 1985.
Walking into the sunset to Frank Sinatra’s “My Way” felt like that was it for the leg-swinging sensei. If we never saw him again, we would hope that another day he would fight as he saw fit. And you know what? good luck to him
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However, it is highly unlikely that season five will be the end of the Cobra Kai Story. First off, Netflix’s silence on the future of the show is deafening, just for one positive reason for a change. Such an established story and such a successful show wouldn’t be quietly announced as being canceled without further explanation.
Similar to The Umbrella Academy Prior to that, announcing which season will be final before the show goes into production, it creates show hype and prepares fans to say goodbye – and allows the writers to do whatever they want.
A final season gives something like a blank power of attorney to go for everything and it creates excitement. Suddenly anyone can die because it doesn’t really matter, beyond the last few hours, suddenly everything fans have been working towards can culminate. There are predictions, as fans are used to, but that just means writers can exceed expectations.
Netflix has caught the trend of continuing its shows to the four-season mark before ending it, with very few exceptions. This is especially true for series with a young adult audience.
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The aforementioned Umbrella Academy is the last to be announced to end with the fourth season, ozark ended with season four earlier this year, I have never also ends here. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Dear White, Atypical, 13 Reasons Why and on my block are also more recent examples of shows ending in the fourth season.
Yes, Cobra Kai will be heading into its sixth season if renewed, so has somewhat bucked that trend…but that’s when you factor in the two Netflix acquired from YouTube. The actual number Netflix would have created by season six would be four. This was previously replicated with another hit show, Lucifer — which they bought from Fox after the cancellation of Season 3 and then ran it on their (Netflix) terms for three more seasons. This might have continued even further if the cast, particularly Tom Ellis, had wanted to (rumored he wanted to end with season five) and if it hadn’t been for the somewhat poetic connection between six and the devil.
So since the story is heading towards its logical conclusion anyway and with that breaking point in mind, now seems like the best time to let go Cobra Kai die. With a near-perfect record to continue a near-perfect 37-year legacy.
…But let’s have one last kickass fight first, right?
Cobra Kai is now available on Netflix.
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