The first season of Cobra Kai was basicallythe perfect five - hour Karate Kid continuation , and , if the first two episode of time of year two are any indication , that ’s only go to continue .
Cobra Kai season twowill debut April 24on YouTube Premium but the first two sequence premiered this week at South by Southwest . They pick up mighty where season one leave off , not just story - judicious , but quality - wise as well .
When we last left the world of The Karate Kid circa 2018 , Johnny Lawrence ( William Zabka ) had result Cobra Kai to its first All Valley Karate Tournament win in year . Their victory grab the attending of Johnny ’s former sensei , the evil John Kreese ( Martin Kove ) , last see in The Karate Kid Part III being humiliated once again by Daniel LaRusso ( Ralph Macchio ) and Mr. Miyagi ( the later , great Pat Morita ) .
In its first season , Cobra Kai kicked off with a aspect that immediately sucked you in , show the climax of the 1984 archetype from a unlike perspective . It was a view that almost instantly gave you go for that thisseemingly unimaginable YouTube showcould be everything you want and more . Well , without spoiling anything , the Johnny / Kreese showdown does that again for season two .
The show could have framed that showdown in so many ways , but the one it ultimately chooses does n’t just charge your expectation , it leads to a scene Karate Kid fans will be gushing over . Of course , it ’s hard to pronounce a season of 10 episodes on just two outings — and I ’m curious if the series will be capable to keep up with the high expectations it sets — but it ’s a smashing start .
After the giving winnings for Cobra Kai in time of year one , Johnny is now face with a level of success he did n’t expect , as well as a crisis of philosophy . Should he go on to embrace the old , “ No Mercy ” Cobra Kai , or follow up a less evil method ? It was something we interpret Johnny battle with at the end of the last time of year when his Logos , Robbie ( Tanner Buchanan ) , was defeated and injured by his pupil , Miguel ( Xolo Maridueña ) , and it follow through here .
From the other perspective , last season Daniel saw his pupil , Robbie , get overcome by the evil Cobra Kai , something he ’s been portion out with in his own liveliness . So , he ’s decided to do something about it . As revealed by the season two lagger , Daniel decides to open up his own dojo , Miyagi - Do Karate , something not even Mr. Miyagi did in the past . And in the first two episode , we see Daniel both boom as a instructor , number up with a few masterful lessons that would make Mr. Miyagi proud , and struggle with his own self - doubt about the whole thing . Daniel LaRusso is a car salesman who won a few karate tournament as a tyke . How could he peradventure live up to the bequest of Mr. Miyagi ?
The fact that so early in the time of year both Johnny and Daniel already have such interesting internal struggle is a testament tothe show ’s creative teamlead by Jon Hurwitz , Hayden Schlossberg , and Josh Heald . They ’ve once again crafted the offset of a floor that works really well dramatically but is also sprinkled with enough winks and nod to the original films to give fans a dig of nostalgia . In the first two episodes alone , there are about five or six winks back to the original movies that are simply joyous . ( One in particular , at the end of the first installment , literally brought tear to my eyes , but I ’m sappy like that . )
Plus , as all of this is fall out , there ’s also the Kreese plot line ( which we wo n’t spoil ) and the rebel confidence of all the new Karate Kids , such as Miguel , Hawk ( Jacob Bertrand ) , and Aisha ( Nichole Brown ) over at Cobra Kai , and Robbie and Daniel ’s girl Sam ( Mary Mouser ) at Miyagi - Do . Each is dealing with finding balance in the increasingly complex societal world that is high-pitched school day , all on top of the ecumenical Johnny and Daniel material .
If you care the first season of Cobra Kai , it seems like time of year two is exit to dwell up to that measure . At least , we hope so . There are still eight episodes to go for the show to establish it ’s still the best….around !
Cobra Kai season two comes to YouTube Premium April 24 .
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