Spoilers Cobra Kai Final Episodes

[payn]

Was hoping to see more of Chozen and Kim Da-Eun but it was a good finale.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

and I freaking loved it, lol. Not many shows get a satisfactory ending, and I feel like this one did. Cobra Kai is going down as one of my all time favorite shows.

The fact that it is absolutely coated in cheese is in no way a ding against it. This show knows exactly what it is and remains very true to the 1980s movie aesthetic without parodying it or being embarrassed by it.

I think a new franchise that tried the same tone wouldn't work -- "are we supposed to believe that everyone in America is excited about a San Fernando Valley karate tournament?" -- but as a continuation of Karate Kid, it's perfect.

 

[Zardnaar]

Fun show. Essentially a teen drama mixed with nostalgia.

 

[Morrus]

I really enjoyed this at first, but the honeymoon period only lasted the first couple of years. I still watch it, but it's no longer 'must-see' viewing for me.

 

[delericho]

I finished the show last night. Overall, I thought Cobra Kai went on just a bit too long, and most of the final season in particular was rather weak.

That said, the final few episodes were great, and I thought the finale was near-perfect, somehow managing to bring the whole thing back to the central premise and themes and wrapping it all up nicely. And, yes, it was a ludicrous mega-happy ending... but that goes with the territory.

 

[AnotherGuy]

We never got the Hillary Swank cameo , I actually thought she'd be doing the revelation of Miyagi's past...
but otherwise I was content with the wrapping up of the series - pretty decent ending actually.

 

[Stalker0]

I wanted to doublecheck the Miyagi reveals, they happened fast in the show and I'm making sure I understood them.

There were two "shocking reveals".

• Miyagi killed a guy in the Sekai Takai
• Miyagi was arrested for stealing

can someone remind me what the resolution for those were please?

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

We never got the Hillary Swank cameo , I actually thought she'd be doing the revelation of Miyagi's past...
but otherwise I was content with the wrapping up of the series - pretty decent ending actually.

Per end-of-series interviews, she apparently turned them down despite some long pitches by the folks involved.

Her character was apparently going to be involved in the stolen necklace subplot that came up and then was quietly dropped.

 

[delericho]

I wanted to doublecheck the Miyagi reveals, they happened fast in the show and I'm making sure I understood them.

There were two "shocking reveals".

• Miyagi killed a guy in the Sekai Takai
• Miyagi was arrested for stealing

can someone remind me what the resolution for those were please?

I think they dropped the Sekai Taikai thing - it was foreshadowing for the series.

For the other: his wife had a necklace that was stolen from them. Miyagi broke in to steal it back, was caught and attacked by the guy, and injured him in self-defence. That was then spun by the media as him breaking and entering and beating up a guy.

 

[Morrus]

I did enjoy the Rocky montage near the end.