Less than a year later, Cobra Kai Returning to Netflix for Season 5, and karate Kid The sequel series continues to be as melodramatic and action-packed as ever. Cobra KaiThe latest installment of the series delivers much of what fans have come to love over its first four seasons, although there are several times the series tries really hard to be what it thinks viewers want and goes above and beyond. More than in previous seasons, Cobra Kai She struggles to find her footing in Season 5 and the result is a mixed bag. Fortunately, the issues seem to be ironed out as the season progresses, and the last few episodes more than make up for what was lacking early on.
Season 5 follows the aftermath of the All-Valley Championship which saw Cobra Kai exit Terry Silver, closing the doors on both Miyagi-Do and Eagle Fang. Silver is now expanding throughout the entire valley, opening Cobra Kai dojos left and right, all while Kreese sits in jail for a crime he didn’t commit. As Terry expands, Daniel, Johnny, and Chosen think they need to stop him, and things quickly spiral out of control.
He spends nearly the entire first half of the season focusing on the tensions between Terry and Daniel, which seem frustrating and sometimes inconsequential. Two adult men set the business on fire, contract their karate muscles, and try to end marriages for seemingly nothing at all. The only thing these guys say is, “Terry Silver should be stopped,” but they don’t even bother explaining exactly what they’re trying to stop him from, other than growing his business.
The previous seasons melodrama succeeded because it was always about kids at the end of the day. Johnny and Daniel had their problems to solve, but they always built towards some kind of confrontation or competition in karate. Without it, it feels like a few big guys are stuck in their childish ways, aging really fast. Amanda Larsso by Courtney Hengler is the saving grace of those early episodes, and often a mouthpiece for common sense, as well as the entire audience, as she tells Danielle how ridiculous the whole situation was.
The first four episodes of season five are rough watching, but it’s as if a switch is flipped in episode five, and the series’ entire cycle corrects itself almost instantly. There are debates about why Terry’s actions affect the teens in the Valley, and we see these issues pop up in real time. When the stories of adults and teens come together, and their focus shifts back to Karate, everything falls into place.
Once you roll the ball, there’s a lot to love Cobra Kai Season 5. Thomas Ian Griffith is as excellent as ever in his portrayal of Terry Silver, looming with a serious presence. As usual, Mary Mouser and Peyton List steal the show when they’re on screen, and Dallas Dupree Young goes on to craft one of the show’s sexiest characters with his portrayal of Kenny Payne. The arc of Kenny’s “the bully who’s definitely a good kid under it all” is just as fun as Tory or Hawk.
Cobra Kai It works best when all of its most important pieces are involved in the same story, sharing screen and playing with each other. That’s what we got in the last five episodes of Season 5, giving fans everything they love about the series, and it takes a while to get there. Like all of Mr. Miyagi’s great lessons, patience is of paramount importance.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Cobra Kai Season 5 begins on Netflix on September 9.
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