Cobra Kai season 5

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Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 10
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Original network Netflix
Original release September 9, 2022 (2022-09-09)

The fifth season of Cobra Kai, also known as Cobra Kai V, was released to Netflix on September 9, 2022, and consisted of 10 episodes. The series is a direct sequel to the original four films in The Karate Kid franchise, focusing on the characters of Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence over 30 years after the original film.[1][2] This is the third season to be released to Netflix.

The season has twelve starring roles, eleven of which returned from the previous season. Dallas Dupree Young was promoted to main cast after recurring in the previous season, and Gianni DeCenzo was demoted to a recurring cast member, being credited as a "special guest star".

The season has been met with generally positive reviews from critics.

Cast and characters

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Main article: List of The Karate Kid and Cobra Kai characters

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Recurring

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Guest

Episodes

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Main article: List of Cobra Kai episodes
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season		 Title Directed by Written by Original release date
41 1 "Long, Long Way from Home" Joel Novoa & Steven Tsuchida Michael Jonathan Smith September 9, 2022 (2022-09-09)
Silver begins his planned expansion of Cobra Kai, opening up a flagship dojo in Encino and acquires local dojos across the San Fernando Valley. Johnny and Robby travel to Mexico in search of Miguel, who is looking for his biological father, Hector Salazar. Robby is initially displeased with the aim of their trip and wishes to return home, but relents after helping his father take a group of Australian scammers who were attempting to pickpocket them. Miguel eventually finds Hector, who is now remarried with a woman, Maria and has a young son named Luis. After saving Luis from the path of an oncoming vehicle, Miguel is invited by Maria and Hector to stay with his family as a reward. As part of his deal with Cobra Kai, Daniel decides to shut down Miyagi-Do Karate. While spying on Silver with Daniel, Chozen recognizes Silver's moves and deduces that his sensei was Kim Sun-yung, a martial artist and master of Tang Soo Do whose teaching style was based on deception. Daniel and Chozen concoct a plan to expose Silver's maniacal nature to the Valley, which involves Chozen posing as a local sensei auditioning alongside other senseis that Silver is looking to hire.
42 2 "Molé" Steven Tsuchida Joe Piarulli & Luan Thomas September 9, 2022 (2022-09-09)
In 1972, a young Chozen trains under his uncle Sato. Johnny and Robby get their van towed, forcing them to participate in a spicy pepper challenge to get it back. Robby wins the competition by eating the spiciest pepper available, although he reveals he cheated and ate candy Johnny gave to him earlier in the trip. Miguel discovers that Hector doesn't know he exists and confronts his mother, who warns that he is a very dangerous man. Miguel accompanies Hector to an underground fight ring, where it is implied that Hector is a wanted man due to his shady history in Ecuador. Miguel realizes his mother was right and flees before being found by Johnny and tearfully reuniting with him. Meanwhile, Silver introduces his new lineup of senseis to his students. Tory talks with Chozen, and Terry becomes acquainted with Chozen, inviting him over to dinner later that day. Silver is confronted by Tory, who reveals she knows that Silver paid off the referee to ensure Cobra Kai's victory at the All-Valley Tournament. Silver discovers Chozen's true identity due to a toast the two shared during dinner and has the other senseis attack him, but Chozen easily defeats them and tells Silver to stay away from the LaRussos.
43 3 "Playing with Fire" Marielle Woods Mattea Greene September 9, 2022 (2022-09-09)
Upon Johnny's return from Mexico, Carmen tells him that she thinks she might be pregnant. Not wanting to fail the baby like he failed Robby, Johnny gets advice off a YouTube tutorial on the internet on how to prepare and cleans up his apartment, later learning that Carmen is actually pregnant. Meanwhile, Miguel thinks Sam wants to break up with him, so Eli and Demetri give him various ways to win her over, including buying an octopus necklace. Meanwhile, Sam, Yasmine, and Moon go on a spa day to help Sam figure out who she really is, during which she confronts her past, including an evil version of herself. Miguel and Sam meet up at Miyagi-Do, where Sam tells him she needs a break to figure out who she is. Daniel and Chozen track down Silver's old associate, Mike Barnes, after deducing that Silver will call upon old friends for help, only to discover that he is a changed man and has cut ties with Silver. Mike apologizes to Daniel for how harshly he treated him during the 1985 All-Valley Tournament and gives him the number of Silver's former attorney. Upon discovering that Daniel used Barnes for help, Silver burns his furniture store in retaliation.
44 4 "Downward Spiral" Steve Pink Ashley Darnall September 9, 2022 (2022-09-09)
Johnny receives a visit from Shannon, who has come to pick up Robby so he can spend the summer with her parents. Upon learning Carmen is pregnant, Shannon recommends Johnny get a job as a rideshare driver. Johnny's first day does not go as planned, with him getting multiple one star reviews due to his questionable driving, loud music and unsanitary habits. He contemplates quitting, but he gets inspired from a pawn shop owner to continue working to provide for his new family, later asking Shannon for a second chance with Robby. Meanwhile, the teens get into a feud at a local waterpark. Tory and Eli have a race down a waterslide to determine which dojo gets to stay. Tory wins, but the other teens discover that they cheated by giving Eli a tube with a hole in it. They get into a fight and are kicked out. Robby wants Tory to leave Cobra Kai since he knows all the students are getting brainwashed by Silver. Tory refuses which leads to Robby breaking up with her. Daniel and Amanda go to a charity auction, which they discover is being hosted by Silver, who starts to aggravate Daniel, causing him to embarrass Amanda in front of the attendees. Furious at Daniel for ruining her chance of getting a spot on the charity board and for refusing to let his rivalry with Silver go, Amanda leaves to her mother's house in Columbus, Ohio and takes her children with her.
45 5 "Extreme Measures" Jennifer Celotta Bob Dearden September 9, 2022 (2022-09-09)
Johnny tries numerous times to get Miguel and Robby to befriend each other, but they refuse due to their history together. After reminiscing with Daniel about their past, Johnny has the two boys fight each other to help them get over their rivalry. They reconcile, during which Johnny accidentally reveals that Carmen is pregnant, much to their joy. Daniel, who has begun drinking heavily after Amanda's departure, receives a newspaper clipping via mail implying that Stingray lied about Kreese assaulting him, which leads to him and Chozen paying him a visit. Stingray now lives a luxurious life, having been bribed by Silver to lie at Kreese's trial. When Daniel returns to apologize to Stingray for berating him earlier, he is ambushed by Silver and beaten to a pulp, leaving him demoralized. In Ohio, Amanda learns from her cousin and Daniel's friend, Jessica Andrews, about how Silver tormented him in 1985. Finally learning how twisted Silver actually is, Amanda and the children return home to care for an injured Daniel. Meanwhile, Tory (who gave Daniel the tip) and an imprisoned Kreese scheme to take Silver down.
46 6 "Ouroboros" Joel Novoa Michael Jonathan Smith September 9, 2022 (2022-09-09)
Silver recruits a group of senseis from South Korea led by Kim Da-eun, the granddaughter of Kim Sun-yung. They take over a local dojo, Topanga Karate, and rebrand it as Cobra Kai, merging it into his new string of dojos. Kim forces the students into a brutal combat tournament as a test, during which former Eagle-Fang student Devon Lee fails to defeat Tory. The next day, Devon joins Cobra Kai, due to her being in Topanga briefly. In prison, Kreese is harassed by a group of inmates but refuses to react, hoping to get a parole hearing so he can be released. Upon discovering that his parole hearing has been denied, Kreese gets into a fight with the group of inmates, earning their respect. Meanwhile, Daniel gives up karate and returns to work at the car dealership, prompting Johnny and Chozen to go confront Silver at the Topanga dojo, only to fight Hyan-woo instead. The duo are forced to flee when Kim Da-eun shows up with the rest of the senseis. Amanda takes Daniel to the Miyagi-Do dojo, where he visits Mr. Miyagi's old room and reconciles with Robby, who has rejoined Miyagi-Do. Inspired by the combined efforts of the Miyagi-Do & Eagle Fang students, Johnny, and Chozen, Daniel decides to continue fighting.
47 7 "Bad Eggs" Joel Novoa Joe Piarulli & Luan Thomas September 9, 2022 (2022-09-09)
In 1980, Silver and Kreese train in South Korea under Kim Sun-yung. Daniel and Johnny go to visit Kreese to find out what Silver's motive is, leaving Chozen as the students' sensei for the day. Chozen issues a challenge in which the students must protect an egg they are assigned from being destroyed, but they all fail when Chozen destroys the eggs. On their second attempt, the students win when they work together to protect the eggs, at Anthony's suggestion. At Cobra Kai, Silver and Kim split the students into two groups, the boys and the girls, and have two students from each group work together to combat a respective sensei. Tory and Devon are paired up and fail to defeat Kim, while Kyler and Kenny are paired up and fail to work together when Kyler deems himself superior to Kenny. After a pep talk from Silver, Kenny beats Kyler as a distraction and manages to beat Sensei Odell by himself. During their visit, Daniel and Johnny trick Kreese into revealing Silver plans to enroll Cobra Kai into the Sekai Taikai, the most elite karate tournament in the world so that Cobra Kai can go worldwide.
48 8 "Taikai" Marielle Woods Ashley Darnall September 9, 2022 (2022-09-09)
A Sekai Taikai selection committee meet with Silver at the Cobra Kai dojo. Daniel, Johnny, Amanda and Chozen intrude and try to convince the judges to let Miyagi-Do and Eagle Fang try out for the tournament. They do so and both dojos show them their techniques. Impressed by both dojos, the judges decide to hold a tournament-style presentation to decide which will participate in the Sekai Taikai, with each dojo deciding one male and female fighter. Cobra Kai chooses Kenny and Tory, while Miyagi-Do and Eagle Fang choose Eli and Sam. Apparently giving up on his scheme, Kreese tells Tory to just look after herself, which angers her as she worked with him for nothing. Sam finds the discarded octopus necklace Miguel bought for her in the ground at Miyagi-Do. Later, Kenny defeats Eli, using the 'Silver Bullet' strike Silver taught him to knock the wind out of him. Realizing Silver bribed the referee in charge of the presentation, Tory flees before her and Sam's fight, forcing Devon to take her place. In spite of the rigged match, Sam still defeats Devon, and the committee decide to let both dojos join the Sekai Taikai. At a party at Johnny's apartment, a remorseful Tory arrives and admits to Sam that Silver rigged their match at the All-Valley tournament.
49 9 "Survivors" Steven Tsuchida Michael Jonathan Smith September 9, 2022 (2022-09-09)
Sam lashes out at Tory following her confession due to her not doing anything about the tournament being rigged. Later during training, Silver and Kim punish Tory for deserting the fight the previous day by forcing her to punch through a stone dummy, heavily injuring her hand and making it bleed. Robby attempts to persuade the Cobra Kai students to quit, but they ignore him. Miguel, Sam, Hawk, Demetri and Bert approach Stingray at his house, who uses a Dungeons & Dragons scenario to recount the true story of the assault, admitting he is too scared of Silver to confess the truth. Sam gives Tory another chance, discovering her mother's illness, and they hatch a plan with the other students to acquire evidence of Silver's crimes to show to the Cobra Kais. After Silver discovers Carmen's pregnancy in a hospital encounter, she and Johnny inform Daniel, Amanda and Chozen, and the five go clubbing to celebrate. Chozen admits to Johnny and Daniel that he is in love with Kumiko, and he leaves her a voicemail message. The three men continue their night out, only for their limo to be hijacked while on their way to another bar, with Chozen believing that Silver did it.
50 10 "Head of the Snake" Joel Novoa Bob Dearden September 9, 2022 (2022-09-09)
Kreese, in prison, tries showing mercy towards a cellmate, but is presumably killed in the fight. A vengeful Barnes, who hijacked the limo, decides to launch an attack on Silver and his senseis at his mansion, and Johnny and Chozen join him, but Daniel refuses, leaving him behind. Barnes is quickly subdued, while Silver and Chozen engage in a fight to the death, which ends with the latter being wounded. Meanwhile, Johnny almost gives up on defeating the senseis, but does so after seeing an ultrasound of his unborn baby and is later assisted by Barnes. At the same time, Tory helps the Miyagi-Do and Eagle Fang students infiltrate the Cobra Kai dojo and hack the mainframe to procure footage of Silver beating up Stingray, but when they find out the footage was deleted, they decide to upload the video of Tory's confrontation with Silver, in which he admits to rigging her match with Sam. Mitch defects to the Cobra Kai students, warning them about the Miyagi-Do and Eagle Fang students' plan. A fight between the 3 dojos ensues, soon joined by Kim. Devon switches sides and helps Tory fight Kim, while Eli and Demetri acquire the footage and join the fight. Anthony grabs the Cobra Kai tablet, and as the Miyagi-Do and Eagle Fang students protect him, he uploads and plays the video on the dojo screens via YouTube, breaking their faith in Silver. Daniel, Amanda, Carmen and a remorseful Stingray arrive at the dojo, as does Silver, who desperately tries to sway back his Cobra Kai students, but they don't respond to him as his maniacal nature is exposed. Silver challenges Daniel to a fight, during which Daniel uses the Quicksilver method against him. He finally finishes him off using a crane kick, which leads to Silver falling to the ground in defeat. Silver's students desert him, throwing their Cobra Kai shirts on him, and he is arrested when Stingray confesses to his false testimony. Tory and Robby reconcile with a kiss, and Sam and Miguel confess their love for each other. Chozen arrives being heavily wounded and is hospitalized, while Barnes steals a painting from Silver to compensate for his furniture store. Daniel, Johnny and their students celebrate their victory over Cobra Kai. However, unknown to everyone, Kreese is revealed to have faked his death by using melted Jell-O as fake blood, and escaped prison with revenge on his mind.

Production

Development

In August 2021, ahead of the fourth season premiere, the series was renewed for a fifth season.[4]

Casting

All main cast members from the previous season returned for the fifth, with Gianni DeCenzo now being credited as a "special guest appearance". Sean Kanan and Robyn Lively guest starred as Mike Barnes and Jessica Andrews respectively, reprising their roles from The Karate Kid Part III.[5][6] In addition to Kanan and Lively returning, Alicia Hannah-Kim joined the cast as Kim Da-eun.[7] Dallas Dupree Young, who portrays Kenny Payne, was upped to a series regular role after recurring during the fourth season.[8]

Filming

Filming for the fifth season began in September 2021 and finished in December. Like previous seasons, parts were filmed in Atlanta, Georgia, Marietta, Georgia and Los Angeles, California. The Mexico scenes were filmed in Puerto Rico on a two-day filming block, just like the two-day filming block of Okinawa, Japan and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building in Tokyo, Japan for the third season.

Marketing and release

The first teaser trailer for the season was released on May 5, 2022, which confirmed a September 9 release date.[9] The official trailer was released on August 16. A home media release has yet to be confirmed, but is likely due to all previous seasons being released on DVD.

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the season has received a 100% approval rating, with an average rating of 8 out of 10 based on 33 reviews. The site's critical consensus reads: "Deftly managing an expanded roster of punchy personalities, Cobra Kai graduates to a black belt proficiency in heartfelt melodrama and sly humor".[10] On Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, it has received a rating of 78 out of 100, based on seven reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[11]

Between September 4 and October 9, 2022, the show was watched for 274.72M hours globally according to the Netflix top 10s.[12]

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