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That was really good casting for a young Miyagi. I was not emotionally prepared for him to turn into Pat Morita. Good use of CGI/AI there. Oh, of course Cobra Kai gets back into the tournament. "I'm not leaving until the two of you tell me what's going on." "It's fine with me. It's a topless beach." Hee hee. Miguel gives a good pep talk. It's only fair he gets to be kind of an honorary sensei for Robby and Sam's final training montage. It's not Cobra Kai without an out of control karate brawl. "I told you we should've snuck onto that plane in someone's luggage." "Totally. I mean, we got mad brawl experience." Nice to have you back, Bert and Nate. "How does this keep happening?" Poor Amanda. "Come on, you roided-out, bitch!" Okay, Demetri, maybe don't taunt the guy on steroids. Credit to the guy who plays Kwon, he does deranged laughter well. Aw, Johnny came to Kreese's rescue. I was so prepared for Kwon to kill Axel that him karmically killing himself by accident was a major relief.

Demetri says "Eli" before the hug in the locker room like the world's about to end. I am glad they worked things out. I rewound multiple times to listen to Chozen say "Binary Bros are back!" and "Dog cage changes a man." Yuji Okumoto really does have fantastic delivery.

I was cheering for Kim and Chozen to kiss before they did. I'm sure it won't last if Tamlyn Tomita is available for filming before the series ends, which I hope she is if for no other reason than I really want her to ask why Chozen is leaving drunken messages in English. "You're my son, too." I mean we knew it, Johnny, but it's nice for everyone to hear. I thought Xolo did a really great job with the crying emotional stuff when they were in Carmen's room. I was sure Carmen and the baby would be okay, but I admit, I thought she would have the baby prematurely. I kind of hate that Amanda didn't believe Anthony about not giving Kenny the laxatives, but I appreciate that Anthony wanted to make it up for all his other shitty behavior, though I question his methodology.

I love Jacob's fight outfit. Gregory being willing to go along with Jacob's plan shows how desperate he was to solve the situation. Jabari is adorable. Barbara swung on Darnell? Janine gushing about Gregory being strong was cute. I have to imagine this as you start with the base level of natural cat talent and then build from there with Jackie Chan's training.

It's so good to have Clark back. Tyler Hoechlin's smile lights up the world. It was great seeing Clark flying with Jon and having fun. Jordan's angst is perfectly in character. I'm glad they didn't drag that storyline out to long. The reconciliation between him and Lois was wonderfully acted and so beautiful in the sunset. I liked how supportive he was sending Jon after the fire. I realize part of it was his complete lack of self-confidence after losing Clark, but it was nice to see him give a pep talk after all the times Jon has talked up and I appreciate him bringing up that Jon's trained in firefighting. Him giving up the suit while he takes some time was a nice gesture, and I'm amused at the prospect of non-identical twins perhaps posing as the same superhero persona. I had forgotten how much I've grown to like Kyle. I didn't realize I missed him till I saw him. And then he wanted Blink-182 and 311 at his wedding and I like him a little more. And it's nice to see Chrissy and Lois's friendship again. They seem much more like real friends instead of people thrown together like Lois and Lana. They've done a good job of parsing out the guest stars. It's easier to like everyone when they aren't so overused. Coach Gaines playing "Runaway" after Chrissy came back is hilarious.

For some reason I thought this was the last season so I was shocked there was a dead body in the end. And relieved! Poor Lester, though, he didn't deserve that ending. Meryl Streep and Martin Short really do have fantastic chemistry. I admit, I kind of want the rumors of them dating to be true. The wedding was great, with Charles and Mabel walking Oliver down the aisle, then the sons walking Loretta. I also loved the random bit of Oliver dancing with his son in the montage. It was adorable. And I was overjoyed to see Winnie the bulldog again. Where has she been? Has she been staying with Will? I really liked how they emphasized the friendship between Charles and Sazz and talked about how Sazz was nice to everyone. It's so very different from most Jane Lynch characters. It's refreshing. I have to admit, I didn't care all that much about the murderer, no offense to Jin Ha, who put in a good performance. Jan's always going to be the best murderer on the show, as she proved in this episode.

I thought I couldn't love Melissa more and then she made an April O'Neil reference.

I really wish the show had ended at season 3 now. I appreciated seeing the Umbrella Academy acting like a mostly normal family this season, but the end just felt pointless.

There’s no cash prize for the Sekai Takai, right? I’m suddenly realizing Tory’s custody of her brother is likely in jeopardy, so any cash prizes or sponsorship would help her case that she can provide for him. If she’s fighting for her brother, I can absolutely see her choosing Kreese if she thinks she can win with him. It also seems like the fight is the day after we see her sitting on the floor not answering Robbie’s call, and with the hospital calling Amanda I think we’ll hear more about whatever happened in the hours preceding that fight.

Ok, I am now really wondering about the timeline leading up to the Sekai Taikai. Are we actually going more or less straight into the tournament from there or are we going to get some buildup to it? I thought it was odd how quickly they were like "Tory's out, so Hawk's in" but if the tournament were in like, a week, that could make sense. Tory's mom's death reminded me of "The Body" episode of Buffy. Peyton List did a great job with the material. I should've known things were going too well with the improvements at the beginning of the episode, and then when they showed her sitting in the hospital I was hoping the mom was still alive just really sick and that would keep Tory out of the tournament. Johnny talking badly about Mr. Miyagi made me sad. Throughout Cobra Kai, he's never disrespected Miyagi and I really wish that streak had continued to the end. I was with Daniel in punching him in the face. Miguel getting a hug from both his parents when he was deferred was really sweet. I also really liked Daniel referring to Robbie and Miguel as "your boys." I think this is true. I just hope everything plays out in a way that feels true to the character because I have trouble believing he would care to compete after WW2 and the loss of his wife.

Them showing the potential competitors behind the Cobra Kai titles looked cool, but how is Penis Breath one of them instead of Bert? If Nate's on the board, you have to have Bert for balance. Love that Demetri actually ran the numbers and ruled he had an 18% chance. Glad Johnny questioned Daniel including Anthony on the list and acknowledged Demetri's reach as an asset in the tournament. I think I would've liked it more if the 12 picked for the first round weren't the exact same 12 Barnes ended up picking. I gasped when Demetri did the arm break hold and said "How do you like it?" Clearly the Binary Brothers have a lot of issues to work through.

I laughed too hard at the Cobra Kai student with cornrows who's been there since season 2 just kind of like this behind Miguel and Robbie when learning there can only be 6 competitors. I feel like Devon was more excited about the sleepover in the beginning and would be more involved in getting some bonding time with them, but then she just got stuck talking to Johnny the whole time. The ouija board was funny and I'm glad Sam and Tory got to be more comfortable with each other. I do wish they'd brought up Tory shoving her into the buffet table the first time they met when Sam accused her of stealing the wallet which I've always believed Tory didn't mean to do and would've liked to be canonically right about.

Thanks for this because I had stopped when credits rolled and this told me to go back. I got way too emotionally invested in the last 20 minutes or so of this. I love Hughie stopping the girls from going after Butcher because it'd be suicide, loved Frenchie and MM attempting to take a stand against Butcher, Kimiko and Frenchie finally getting their big epic kisses and Kimiko immediately telling Annie because, God, let the woman have some joy in her life before she manages to speak for the first time in decades because of someone brainwashing her love and taking him away, Hughie nodding at Annie to leave before she takes the most epic flight ever. Way more satisfying than I thought this season was going to end. All right, some things I am going to need next season are an Annie/Ashley/A-Train team up to free The Boys. We can call them the A-Team. Also, Sameer and Stan Edgar getting Zoe from Red River because there's no way way they would leave her there, right? Right?

If we could go one week without sexually violating Hughie that would be great. I was expecting him to be the one the shapeshifter turned into and that his hand not being cut would be the reveal. Even when they started having sex I was wondering which one was gonna be the shapeshifter. Kripke really loves his skin peeling shapeshifters, doesn't he? It's also occurring to me that the other shapeshifter didn't have to do that so I appreciate the variety among similar powers. I'm glad that Ryan stood up for himself and that he mentioned how his mom loved Billy. I wanted him to mention his mom loving the Spice Girls. I love how proud of him Billy was. Jessie T. Usher has really been doing fantastic work this season as a reforming A-Train. I really hope he doesn't die. Loved the save with MM.

I was so happy to see Black Noir without a mask. And according to IMDB it's the same actor it's always been. But then he said, "a black ninja" and it clicked. He's the Black Gentleman Ninja from Psych: The Movie! Which I would probably know if I hung out on these forums more. God, Hughie's having a rough week. I did not call Jeffrey Dean Morgan being a hallucination. ETA: I just got the Zendaya joke.