S06.E08: Snakes on a Plane

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A personal crisis shakes Miguel and Johnny to the core. Chozen and a rival sensei team up to find their students — but discover something else instead.

Premiere date: November 15, 2024

[jah1986]

So relieved for Carmen and the baby, was I the only one having Rocky II flashbacks when she told Johnny and Miguel to win?

Chozen and Kim, did NOT see that coming.

Terry Silver, man Cobra Kai really never dies. So over this guy.

Glad Devon came clean to Kenny.

[sashabear21]

Go Chozen! Although I watch enough soaps to know he probably should have stuck around to find out who that guy was at Kumiko’s. For all we know she rented out a room in her place as an Airbnb. 

[bettername2come]

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.

 

 

[DoctorAtomic]

No way. The flight attendant would have just given Johnny the drink unless she was going to have it herself. 

That's rough for Anthony. It's kind of his fault, but he actually didn't do what he was accused of. 

This seemed kind of filler. I was hoping for more fighting. I did like Chozen teaming up to track down the kids though. And that was coming a mile away. The sight gag of the sand out the sleeve was brilliant. 

"Fucking karate". Amanda sums up the entire series. 

I like how all these top karate kids can't actually run anywhere. It's not that hard to run from the cops to the beach. 

Shut up. Silver. That was ridiculous. 

[dwmarch]

2 hours ago, DoctorAtomic said:

"Fucking karate". Amanda sums up the entire series. 

It has become hilarious to me how karate is the source of and solution to all of life's problems in this show.

We got another couple of glimpses at the weird karate aspects of law enforcement in this universe. For example, if someone is being unruly on an airplane and you use karate to knock them out, the police at your destination will give you an escort to wherever you are going. But in Barcelona, unauthorized karate on city streets is responded to immediately by the police.

7 hours ago, sashabear21 said:

Go Chozen! Although I watch enough soaps to know he probably should have stuck around to find out who that guy was at Kumiko’s.

Agreed, there might be a perfectly reasonable explanation for who that guy was. It's a very sitcom setup for comical misunderstanding leading to unnecessary conflict.

[DoctorAtomic]

I'm going on a plane in about a half hour and I want to know if I can do karate. 

Really though, the guy in the towel could have been her cousin. 

[Raja]

I did notice for the first time Johnny calling Miguel his son.

[Mr. Sparkle]

5 hours ago, DoctorAtomic said:

I'm going on a plane in about a half hour and I want to know if I can do karate. 

If the guy is a classic rich douche, then of course you can. That's international law. 

[DoctorAtomic]

I wanted the free ride though. 

[Raja]

On 11/15/2024 at 6:22 PM, bettername2come said:

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.

Imagine Amanda's shock to look up to see her son fighting on Kenny's front porch.

[CarpeFelis]

On 11/15/2024 at 1:54 PM, sashabear21 said:

Go Chozen! Although I watch enough soaps to know he probably should have stuck around to find out who that guy was at Kumiko’s. For all we know she rented out a room in her place as an Airbnb. 

The guy looked somewhat younger so I kind of wondered if he’d turn out to be her son or something.

[tennisgurl]

Terry fucking Silver, of course he's behind this latest nonsense. He probably planned on all of them getting too his room at that exact moment to make his big reveal in a hot tub smoking a cigar, what a drama queen. 

I love that as soon as Daniel asked Chozen to make sure the kids were at the hotel, he flashed back him being all "I'm not a regular sensai, I'm a cool sensai" and told them all to paint the town red. I did NOT see Chozen and Kim coming, she looks like a completely different person with her hair down. 

I'm very glad that Carmen and the baby are alright and Miguel and Johnny had a really nice moment on the plane when Johnny told Miguel that he's his son as much as Robbie is. Then they got to bond in a very karate kid way, by fighting some belligerent asshole while everyone applauds. Good to know that, in the karate universe, not only can you escape from jail and have all of your charges dropped, but you can a police escort and pat on the back when you punch put a guy on a plane!

That poor flight attendant, she must have been so happy to watch these passengers leave. 

I missed Amanda. "Fucking karate" 

[DoctorAtomic]

It was worth it to punch the guy out, but there's no way a direct flight from Barcelona to LA isn't 100% full and there's just one seat for Miguel in first class. That's this show though.

[Dobian]

Chozen FTW.  And Kim is hot with her hair down.

One shameless Rocky 2 ripoff.

Eli swinging his phone camera around at the bar for his girlfriend with Demetri dancing was so contrived.  What guy would do that?

Sam with the Drago-like karate guy I saw coming.

I just knew it would be Miguel taking out the drunk asshole.

Johnny being a fish out of water sometimes is okay, but when he doesn't understand a flight map he's just being dumb.

The new Cobra Kai heavy is just an obnoxious punk with a punchable face.  Will this show never move past the stereotype bully character?  These kids had an all-out brawl in their high school once.  They're way beyond dealing with stupid bullies.

Terry Silver in a hot tub.  Yeah okay.

The Robbie and Tory soap opera is getting stale.

I did like the comic energy of the episode, mostly thanks to Chozen and Kim.

Edited November 22 by Dobian

[DoctorAtomic]

11 hours ago, Dobian said:

The new Cobra Kai heavy is just an obnoxious punk with a punchable face.  Will this show never move past the stereotype bully character?  These kids had an all-out brawl in their high school once.  They're way beyond dealing with stupid bullies.

Exactly. He's just not interesting at this point in the show. 

 

[BlueSkies]

On 11/21/2024 at 4:59 PM, tennisgurl said:

Terry fucking Silver, of course he's behind this latest nonsense. He probably planned on all of them getting too his room at that exact moment to make his big reveal in a hot tub smoking a cigar, what a drama queen. 

I love that as soon as Daniel asked Chozen to make sure the kids were at the hotel, he flashed back him being all "I'm not a regular sensai, I'm a cool sensai" and told them all to paint the town red. I did NOT see Chozen and Kim coming, she looks like a completely different person with her hair down. 

I'm very glad that Carmen and the baby are alright and Miguel and Johnny had a really nice moment on the plane when Johnny told Miguel that he's his son as much as Robbie is. Then they got to bond in a very karate kid way, by fighting some belligerent asshole while everyone applauds. Good to know that, in the karate universe, not only can you escape from jail and have all of your charges dropped, but you can a police escort and pat on the back when you punch put a guy on a plane!

That poor flight attendant, she must have been so happy to watch these passengers leave. 

I missed Amanda. "Fucking karate" 

All those years of trying to go straight for Silver flushed down the drain for good with this karate crap.  

I would still love to know what happened to the woman Terry was living with at the start of Season 4.

[Danny Franks]

Amanda is honestly the only sane person in this show. Her reaction to Anthony and Kenny fighting is one of the few rational reactions anyone had in this episode.

She's also practically the only person I liked in this entire episode. Well, except for Chozen, but he's just comic relief now so I guess he doesn't count. 

Robby and Tory refusing to communicate is exhausting, and Robby getting drunk so he could be taken advantage of by that other girl? Okay, sure. That's a cool storyline. Lack of consent is always fun, right?

Also, Sam making the point that Robby doesn't drink was confirmation of a theory that the fandom has had all along. But the reason he doesn't drink is surely due to a lifetime of watching his mother abuse alcohol and knowing his dad did the same. Having him just get drunk because he's sad is a bit of a crappy writing move.

Demetri is an arsehole, and now apparently one willing to entertain cheating on his girlfriend. That kind of figures, actually. Glad that Yasmine dumped him, because her being with him in the first place never made sense. Hawk telling him "if you don't like facing consequences, maybe don't do shitty things," was absolutely spot on.

Kwon being endlessly belligerent is really annoying. Just go and have a good time somewhere, you dipshit. He's paper thin as a character, but I guess this is what happens when you take all the developed Cobra Kai characters and put them in Miyagi-Do.

Okay, I also liked Johnny finally telling Miguel a few truths - that he loves him like a son, and he loves Carmen, and that Robby doesn't have anything else to look forward to, unlike Miguel.

Do the writers of this show know how laxatives work? Like, at all?

Also, Terry Silver back already? Sure.

 

Edited December 10 by Danny Franks