Where Cobra Kai could have gone if he was still with us, one can only wonder, but without him the series still soars. Pat Morita also looms large this time, with just a few shots of his photo on the wall, you realise what a loss he was. Johnny still hasn’t caught up with the modern era and his attempts to keep up shows Zabka’s true comedic talent. William Zabka, once again is the true star of this series with some utterly hysterical moments. Silver’s arrival brings with it some rather amusing explanations as Daniel has to get across the backstory and when you sit and relive the original movies through his explanation, the more ridiculous they seem, but in a lovingly edearing way. Griffith really relishes playing Silver once more and with several years experience, gone are the campy tones from Karate Kid III and instead we find Terry Silver, brow beaten but with a huge chip on his shoulder, one that Daniel (Ralph Macchio) discovers he wished had been buried in the past. From his opening moments to where he finds himself at the finale, there has probably not been such a sinister character or terrifying as this in a series for several years. The big event for Season 4 is the arrival of Terry Silver (Thomas Ian Griffith) and the chaos that will lead the valley into. Whereas Season 3 went back and closed some story arcs from Karate Kid Part 2, this one actually dramatically moves the storylines on, barely touching the surface of Part 3, especially character-wise. In actual fact, this is a lot less like Karate Kid Part 3 than you think. If Season 3 was the “Karate Kid Part 2” season, many will se this as the “Karate Kid Part 3” one, which for the most part is unfair, because series creators Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg have mastered finding the balance between the throw backs to the original movies and moving the story on and making it something much more than just a nostalgia trip. Where to start? Well Cobra Kai Season 4 picks up from the final moments of Season 3, with the gauntlet laid down and the various dojos kicking into high gear as the tournament beckons. What tricks does Kreese have up his sleeve? Can Daniel and Johnny bury their decades-long hatchet to defeat Kreese? Or will Cobra Kai become the face of karate in the valley? As Samantha and Miguel try to maintain the dojo alliance and Robby goes all in at Cobra Kai, the fate of the Valley has never been more precarious. Season 4 finds the Miyagi-Do and Eagle Fang dojos joining forces to take down Cobra Kai at the All Valley Under 18 Karate Tournament… and whoever loses must hang up their gi. After what seemingly is a more arduous wait than when you had to wait between seasons for Game Of Thrones, Cobra Kai Season 4 is here! If Miyagi/Eagle Fang outpoint Cobra Kai, John Kreese will shut down his dojo and disappear forever if Cobra Kai prevails, Daniel and Johnny will close down their respective dojos and teach karate no more.The battle for the soul of the valley is here finally. Season 4 picks up in the aftermath of the action-packed Season 3 finale, in which a gang of Cobra Kai students broke into the LaRusso home and instigated a brawl, which leads to a series of events including Johnny Lawrence and his newly formed Eagle Fang dojo teaming up with Daniel and the Miyagi dojo to take on Kreese’s strike-first Cobra Kai - and the stakes have never been higher. I didn’t even know I cared about the fates of some of these supporting characters until they resurfaced decades later, popping back into Daniel LaRusso’s life just in time to launch a new plot line. They’ve done a fantastic job of dusting off the (admittedly beloved) source material while reuniting Ralph Macchio as Daniel, William Zabka as Johnny and Martin Kove as Kreese, adding a new generation of punching/kicking/feuding teenagers and bringing back a host of memorable villains and love interests from the “Karate Kid” movies. Perhaps a bigger upset than Daniel’s victory over Johnny in 1984 is the fact “Cobra Kai” showrunners Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg have been able to deliver four quality seasons of this unabashedly corny, sometimes wildly implausible and yet utterly binge-worthy series.
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