The final five episodes of “Cobra Kai” drop on Netflix Thursday.
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Are you ready for one last tournament, karate fans?
On Feb. 13, the final five episodes of the Emmy-nominatedCobra Kaidrop onNetflix.
C.S. Lee and Martin Kove in ‘Cobra Kai’.Credit:Curtis Bonds Baker/Netflix
But not everyone is happy about it.
“Johnny and Daniel feel differently about it,” saysHayden Schlossberg, who createdCobra KaiwithJon HurwitzandJosh Heald.
“Daniel wants to forget about it and move on as quickly as possible.”
Ralph Macchio and William Zabka in ‘Cobra Kai’.Elizabeth Morris/Netflix
Good luck with that, Daniel-san.
Seeing that a student died has kind of thrown the whole tournament into doubt.
Johnny and Daniel feel differently about it.
Diora Baird and Courtney Henggeler in ‘Cobra Kai’.Curtis Bonds Baker/Netflix
Speaking of Kreese, we see a glimpse of him in the trailer as well, at Kwons funeral.
What can you tell us about where his story goes this season?
To him, he always felt like he was still being a mentor in his own twisted way.
But all bets have been off this year with his hatred towards Johnny and Daniel.
It kind of rocks Kreeses world in a way that nothing else has up until this point.
And he’s trying to figure out where to go from here.
Has hell frozen over?
What’s happening here?
Will Amanda LaRusso finally become a karate maniac in these final episodes?
In that first season, it was really just, What is going on?
Now she understands, by the final season, why karate is such a life-or-death situation.
The trailer was set to the most indelibleKarate Kidanthem of all, Joe Espositos Youre the Best.
How hard was it waiting seven years to use that song in a trailer?
Weve come a long way.
So having Youre the Best in that trailer felt like it was a necessity.
Did you guys secure the rights to that song back in 2018 when you first started this show?
HEALD:We started talking with Joe Esposito probably back then.
The moment the show got announced, they started reaching out to us also.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
The final five episodes ofCobra Kaipremiere Thursday, Feb. 13, on Netflix.
