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Cobra Kai

  1. Episode 10 December 19
    Cobra Kai Season-Finale Recap: O Holy Fight The season wraps in true Cobra Kai fashion with some giant karate brawls and the promise of a big tournament to come.
  2. Episode 9 Feel the Night
    Cobra Kai Recap: Ali Want for Christmas We’re spending a little too much time on romance and not enough time on ass kicking.
  3. Episode 8 The Good, The Bad, and the Badass
    Cobra Kai Recap: Tournament of Lies If Daniel, Johnny, and Kreese want City Council to believe that karate isn’t about fighting, couldn’t they agree not to fight over their tournament?
  4. Episode 7 Obstáculos
    Cobra Kai Recap: Cool and the Fang Johnny’s grand plans are no match for the realities of L.A. real estate.
  5. Episode 6 King Cobra
    Cobra Kai Recap: Sensei My Name It’s another karate miracle!
  6. Episode 5 Miyagi-Do
    Cobra Kai Recap: The Chozen One An underground Dee Snyder concert, some old-man karate, and a battle in an abandoned laser tag arena — what more could a Cobra Kai fan ask for?
  7. Episode 4 The Right Path
    Cobra Kai Recap: Turning Japanese An action-light episode instead puts its energy toward revisiting some of this show’s most classic themes.
  8. Episode 3 You’re Really Gonna Pay
    Cobra Kai Recap: Money for Nothing Johnny and Daniel both have to focus on something other than doing karate for a change, and it’s frankly pretty boring!
  9. Episode 2 Nature vs. Nurture
    Cobra Kai Recap: Making a Kreese At the end of this supersize episode, only one person has a protégé left, and it’s not the one you’d think.
  10. Episode 1 Aftermath
    Cobra Kai Season-Premiere Recap: All-Out Karate Riot In the wake of last season’s martial-arts melee, it’s clear that karate can hurt, but perhaps karate can also heal.
  1. Episode 10 The Rise
    Cobra Kai Season-Finale Recap: The Cobra Strikes Back Cobra Kai’s finale feels like a culmination of four seasons’ worth of storytelling —  every friendship, relationship, and rivalry gets its due.
  2. Episode 9 The Fall
    Cobra Kai Recap: Dirty Dancing The first half of a two-part season finale reminds us about all the relationships and conflicting motivations that make this a fight worth fighting.
  3. Episode 8 Party Time
    Cobra Kai Recap: Fast Times at West Valley High The season ramps up by reopening old wounds of love triangles past and showcasing the best and worst of Johnny.
  4. Episode 7 Minefields
    Cobra Kai Recap: Revenge of the Nerd It’s maybe not the best time for Johnny to break the news to Miguel that he’s dating his mom.
  5. Episode 6 Kicks Get Chicks
    Cobra Kai Recap: Valley Girls In the aftermath of the dojo schism, Cobra Kai focuses on important character development.
  6. Episode 5 Match Point
    Cobra Kai Recap: The Last Spar-Fighter Daniel v. Johnny. Winner takes all the students.
  7. Episode 4 Bicephaly
    Cobra Kai Recap: The Little Mermaid Miguel and Daniel are growing a little too close for Johnny’s comfort.
  8. Episode 3 Then Learn Fly
    Cobra Kai Recap: Trading Places The established sensei-student relationships get flipped, and new lessons are learned.
  9. Episode 2 First Learn Stand
    Cobra Kai Recap: The Unteachables An even younger generation of potential karate kids gets their introduction.
  10. Episode 1 Let’s Begin
    Cobra Kai Season-Premiere Recap: When Johnny Met Daniel … The premiere asks the all-important question: What does a LaRusso-Lawrence dojo entail?
  1. Episode 10 Head of the Snake
    Cobra Kai Season-Finale Recap: Midnight Fun Where does Cobra Kai go from here?
  2. Episode 9 Survivors
    Cobra Kai Recap: The Break-Fist Club It’s always great when the old Karate Kid characters reminisce about the absurdity of their old rivalries.
  3. Episode 8 Taikai
    Cobra Kai Recap: The Big Cheat Time to see where everyone stacks up since the All Valley tournament.
  4. Episode 7 Bad Eggs
    Cobra Kai Recap: Lean On Me The Cobra Kai class lessons veer closer to Full Metal Jacket every episode.
  5. Episode 6 Ouroboros
    Cobra Kai Recap: Down by Law Cobra Kai always comes up with new ways to keep the late Mr. Miyagi around.
  6. Episode 5 Extreme Measures
    Cobra Kai Recap: Goonstruck The first episode of the season that feels like we’re watching Cobra Kai at its best.
  7. Episode 4 Downward Spiral
    Cobra Kai Recap: American Gig-olo Who’s okay with only having access to half the water park?
  8. Episode 3 Playing With Fire
    Cobra Kai Recap: Parenthood This episode has it all: a little relationship drama, a little karate, and a new appearance from a character from the movies.
  9. Episode 2 Molé
    Cobra Kai Recap: No Way Out It’s fun to see the villains of two Karate Kid sequels connecting over dinner.
  10. Episode 1 Long, Long Way From Home
    Cobra Kai Season-Premiere Recap: Lost in Mexico Welcome back to the Valley!

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