When Cobra Kai came back (basically grown-up Karate Kid), I was surprised at how good of a storyline they came up with and every episode was like a cliffhanger, making us want to binge watch all the episodes to find out what they could come up with. They even managed to keep it good enough to go from season to season for four solid seasons, they did amazing. We learned to sympathize with Johnny Lawrence, who was the original bad boy. We saw that in his day to day, he was just trying to get by and not bother anyone, until he felt he had to get involved with Miguel, a kid from his apartment complex. Daniel LaRusso finds out Johnny is back at Cobra Kai, and something wakes up in him, where he decides he needs to take down Johnny a peg or two, even though LaRusso is living a fine life and seems rich and successful.
The second season just gets better with John Kreese coming back, he is Johnny's original Cobra Kai sensei, and sidenote, the man is in his 70's in real life, but still looks like he could kick ass. This extends the storyline and drama, where at this point, Johnny Lawrence is teaching the Hispanic kid from his apartment complex, Daniel is teaching a troublemaker, who turns out to be Lawrence's kid, eventually LaRusso's daughter wants to fight too, and of course, has feelings for Miguel.
Season three gets better, LaRusso finds himself going to Japan to visit Mr. Miyagi's birthplace or something and he runs across an old foe, who has now become his ally, Master Chozen, who comes back to the US and acts as a sort of bodyguard. We also see all loose ends making small vists to LaRusso's life, such as his high school sweetheart that started all the fighting between Johnny and Daniel.
Season five just seems like they have run out of material. Johnny and Daniel have pretty much worked out their differences and have had more than one meal together. Kreese, although a badass, has been locked away, but his own once friend. The new bad guy has very little to do with the original beef of the Miyagi and Cobra Kai dojo, this Silver character is using the Cobra Kai franchise to spread his message of power and what not, although it is hard to understand or believe what we are seeing. In the last episode we saw, he had senseis from all over the world flown in to help him run his dojos who he declares are free, so he is not making money, and they are actually costing him hundreds of thousands of dollars, if we look at it without the lens of Hollywood. Season five just seems when the show has lost its focus. It was really good until recently, so I think they did a good job, it's just time to end it.
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