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I didn't know that Mary and Tanner were even together prior to that announcement. Congrats to them.

I'm thinking about taking that flashback scene at the beginning and somehow editing it to put the correct date of Laura's death on her tombstone (I think one of the fan pages said it was January 31, 2002 which lines up with Johnny's conversation with Miguel in 2x03). That really bothered me more than it should, to be honest. Daniel and Johnny have officially come full circle with the "You're alright, Lawrence." Their alliance while still being separate dojos works out best for both of them, since they have so many disagreements when they try to teach in one dojo together. I was glad to see things work out for Tory and Robby as well, getting that HUGE opportunity to showcase their skills to the world and get paid awesome money to do so.

I was proud of Axel for standing up against Sensei Wolf the way he did. The only thing missing was him taking off his karate belt and slamming it on the ground in front of Wolf (like Bobby did in front of Kreese in a deleted scene in KK1 that takes place right after he injured Daniel). So it was basically confirmed that Dennis was the one that burned Mike Barnes' store. When we need Kreese to do what he's good at the most, he shows up. Too bad Johnny will likely never know what Kreese did for him. I just don't think Kreese or Silver escaped that explosion. Even if they both managed to get off the boat, they still would have been in the vicinity of the explosion.

It's all a spectator sport for people like Terry Silver. He wants to win, and he wants as many people as possible to witness it. Johnny and Kreese's conversation was long overdue. Good to see Kreese acknowledge that Johnny was doing great with Cobra Kai until he got in the way of it. That was a sore point with me ever since Season 2 ended. I cheered the biggest I ever have at anything in this show when Johnny came out with Miguel and Tory, revealing that HIS Cobra Kai was back!

I wonder how Sid being okay with giving that ring to Johnny came to be. Johnny did say, "he's still an asshole" so I'm guessing that Sid still ripped him for his failures while he was there. Maybe since Johnny hasn't gotten arrested for about a year and a half (in the show's timeline), Sid sees that as progress. lol I wonder if there's an unwritten code in the Karate Kid universe that you never call the police on someone if they assault you or trespass in your home.

I think the show established ever since Season 2 that Kreese didn't know how to be a good person if he tried. His conversation with Johnny at the shelter in S2, his conversations with the therapist in jail in S5 and his talk with Kim in this episode all indicate that. I think we all knew that Daniel wasn't going to stay out of the karate game for good. Especially when Johnny and his kids wanted him to continue.

Yep! Recent date announcement revealed Part 3 comes on February 13, 2025.

Unfortunately I still have a while to go before seeing every episode of the series, and I want to do so before I watch the movie. I'll be back in perhaps a month or so. :P

I could also see members of the community vouching for Johnny in that regard as well. In Season 2, all those parents liked the skills Johnny was teaching the students.

Seeing as Robby knew that Kreese had contacted Tory, and he went to all that effort to get Kenny into Miyagi-Do, it doesn't make sense that he didn't immediately go after Tory when she left. Even less sense that he was so happy to get the Captain's headband. Oh well. On to Part 2, where we will see how Tory's latest move works out for her.

I don't get how Barnes wasn't impressed with Devon winning the endurance challenge. She outlasted boys that were twice her size and more muscular. At least he was impressed with Kenny catching the chicken, because that's also hard to do.

Kreese is overshadowing Kim Da-Eun badly this season. He showed up and immediately brought out the best in Kwon. Hopefully in Part 2, they'll give Kim more storylines. Can't wait for Johnny to find out how raising a child in general is, since he missed out on a lot of Robby's younger years.

Tory is too much doom and gloom for my liking. It was her own fault she ended up on probation, but she could still have a better life in the future if she didn't have this "people like me have no chance" mentality. I really liked watching the parts where Johnny and Chozen went looking for a new home for Johnny, as well as the college scenes with Miguel, Hawk, Demetri, Kyler and Brucks. In addition to experiencing what he put kids through in High School, I guess Kyler finally found those fish sticks because he was a lot nicer. :P

Stingray is insane to want Johnny to bring back Cobra Kai, especially since he ended up in the hospital due to Silver, who stole it from Kreese, who stole it from Johnny. Johnny re-opening it would just repeat that same pattern again. Stingray should just join Eagle Fang, but I guess that's not possible now since Johnny merged the dojo into Miyagi-Do. If all else fails, Kreese can have Kim Da-Eun run the dojo since the authorities aren't looking for her, and he can offer advice and help teach from the shadows. It felt like I was watching 4x05 again, with Daniel and Johnny bickering about whose dojo name and methods they should all go with, and a stupid fight to resolve it. Thankfully it got squashed this time, and the stupid fight turned into a great, energetic training spar.

Actors leaving the show has me concerned about it going beyond Season 3.