S06.E13: Skeletons

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As the moment of truth arrives, Daniel and Johnny confront their pasts. Then it's fight time as Robby battles Axel in the world karate championship.

Premiere date: February 13, 2025

[kickedinthehead]

Kreese and Johnny's scene in the hallway was one of the best of the series, IMO.

I really hope William Zabka has more work lined up.

[Raja]

I guess they didn't know how the fight blow by blow would go when they hired the ESPN cameos. I was waiting on their comments during the fight 

[marinw]

On 2/14/2025 at 1:05 AM, kickedinthehead said:

Kreese and Johnny's scene in the hallway was one of the best of the series, IMO.

That was great. I am ALMOST buying Kreese's redemption arc.

Amanda going full-on fan was funny. It's interesting that she never choose to train herself, but remained "Karate Adjacent".

I'm happy that Robbie and Sam weren't pressured to fight when they were injured or not really into it. There is so much more to Karate (or any martial art) than competition.

I also liked how Eli and Dimetri demonstrate how being nerds and being athletes are not mutually exclusive, you can be both. (Or was that last episode? They are starting to blur together).

Also, I KNOW this show isn't going for realism, but this is your reminder to wear a mouth guard if you like your teeth and want to keep them.

Edited February 15 by marinw

[Kel Varnsen]

As much as I make fun of this show that ending was pretty cool. And Chozen saying the heat thing isn't magic was funny. And I didn't even mind the fake Myagi. And I really liked how Daniel realized that Johnny's life and what he needs was way different than his and was ok with him being Cobra Kai again.

15 hours ago, marinw said:

Also, I KNOW this show isn't going for realism, but this is your reminder to wear a mouth guard if you like your teeth and want to keep them.

Yea. Like even one of those elbows to the face that Robby took would probably have been an instant concussion. 

Also if there were only 4 teams left by that point did the other teams really spend what must be thousands of dollars to fly to California to watch.

[Raja]

14 minutes ago, Kel Varnsen said:

Also if there were only 4 teams left by that point did the other teams really spend what must be thousands of dollars to fly to California to watch.

Even if they didn't have a chance to medal Terry was providing the silver for their vacation at the show to seal his legacy

[bettername2come]

I always appreciate that Kreese does genuinely love Tory and want what's best for her. God, Johnny crying and yelling at Kreese was something I didn't realize I needed. I should've called Miguel taking over for the Cobra Kai slot and I didn't. But the way he jumped to his stepbrother's defense when Robby was injured, this is gonna be a good fight. 

I liked the dream Daniel had. The fake Miyagi looked really good coming in, less so when talking. I like that Johnny and Daniel both aired their grievances with their senseis. It was also good to see Daniel and Miyagi doing that back to back wheel fighting. Sam not fighting seems a little weird, but I guess I get her not wanting to fight Tory. I was kind of with Johnny on that - "None of the original Miyagi-Dos are gonna fight?" But it's not like the show's called Miyagi-Do.

Robby and Johnny hugging, saying "I love you" and Johnny giving him that little kiss on the cheek was beautiful.

Amanda going full-on karate was excellent and unexpected. 

[TigerLily20]

I was calling things left and right in this episode, I saw Miguel coming to Cobra Kai from the get go when Tory was the only one, and Jonny going back, but as predictable as it was I loved it, I will miss this when it ends.....

[Virtual]

On 2/15/2025 at 8:54 PM, Raja said:

Even if they didn't have a chance to medal Terry was providing the silver for their vacation at the show to seal his legacy

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!

[Raja]

11 minutes ago, Virtual said:

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!

That Cobra Kai had a possible series finale with Daniel hitting a crane kick on his enemy, who was unknown to Johnny, from Karate Kid 3 and the Cobra Kai pennant falling to the floor never felt good to me. Stingray serving as a prophet back at the beginning of the season felt good.

[tennisgurl]

Damn, that scene in the hallway between Johnny and Kreese was so long overdue, it was absolutely one of the shows best scenes. Johnny took that loss way back when like a man and could have gone on to do great things if Kreese hadn't been so cruel to him and I am glad that Kreese finally fully acknowledged it and that Johnny got to fully call him out. I have to say, I felt some strong sorts of feelings when he did the little bow to Tory and he and Johnny exchanged bows, as messed up as he is and as many awful things as he's done, he really does care about them. 

That ending was awesome, Cobra Kai never dies! I am so glad that it seems like Daniel and Johnny have made peace with the fact that they need different things from karate, and that's alright. 

Aww Miguel was about to throw hands over Robby getting hurt, we've all come so far. 

Superman fan Amanda is the best, I continue to love the huge deal that is teenage karate.