Cobra Kai S3 started off kind of slow but after a magnificent episode 5 it was right back on track and finished strong right at the heart of where it started. The final episode of S3 was not only the ultimate showdown between the dojos, but also the secret origin of Cobra Kai itself. So many good things happening in this show. I laughed, cried, and sat on the edge of my seat with anticipation. It's funny a show so over the top silly with karate can also be so serious and also believable. Just a huge round of applause for the entire creative team.
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RussHog3 January 2021
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askeland892 January 2021This show gets better and better with each passing season. I don't remember anyone asking for this show prior to it's release but I am so glad it was made! What this show lacks in depth it makes up for in entertainment value. This is to perfect show to just shut off your brain and have fun with. Can't wait for season 4!!
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RealLiveClaude2 January 2021Seems if the adults can settle their past wounds, the present ones between the teenagers (especially Samantha and Tory) doesn't seem to heal at all, ending with an awaited confrontation with the three sensei... it is not over yet...
However, incredible how Elizabeth Shue steals the show here. So cool to see her in the last two episodes and still looks good. And the flashback starring Kreese being captured with his platoon and forced to fight over a snake pit, that's quite awesome...
If season 4 can come fast. I did enjoy season 3 and all its twists and turns. Seeing Kumiko and Chozen as well in episodes 4 and 5 too. Thanks again to create a new universe in the original Karate Kid saga...
If only Pat Morita was there again with us... But his spirit lives... Hoi ! -
Dannyboi942 January 2021Where to start. Season 3 of Cobra Kai has been amazing. This season did for Karate Kid, what the Mandalorian did for Star Wars. It is filled with respect of what came before. I loved that this season gave us backstory on Kreese, and a small hint of Terry Silver. Taking us back to Japan, bringing back legends, having straight out brilliant action scenes, Cobra Kai is just pure entertainment. Getting it picked up by Netflix helped it alot, and it is obvious in some places. The quality is much improved, as well as the fight choreography. I can't wait to see what comes next. I hope we get to see Hilary Swank come into the fold, even though her film wasn't great, it would be a nice touch. I also hope we see Barnes, he was a great villian, and would be welcome in season 4. Best season of Cobra Kai 9.5/10
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brandonrhewitt1 January 2021Wow wow wow omg wow that cliffhanger yessssss season 4 please hurry up this whole season was a love letter and a thank you too the fans 100% this is the best season also the most detailed its got more story heart and emotion also the acting is amazing seriously SEASON 4 HURRY UP PLEASE
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vivifan2 January 2021Best Season of the show hands down. The comedy, drama, writing, characters everything in it was too notch. This finale tho is epic and the ending will tug at your heart strings. Bring on Season 4!
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maxglen6 January 2021I didn't want this to end. The whole thing... I'm speechless. This would be an 11/10. There are so many amazing scenes. The fight scene in the Laruso house with the rock renditions of the Christmas music was amazing and Hawk's redemption has to be one of the most satisfying moments in television history. Seeing him and Dmitri fight side by side was everything I had hoped. Seeing Miguel get a second beat down of that a**hat from season one was brilliant. Ali at the party with Daniel and Johnny was lovely and a big pay off. Speaking of pay off... the final scenes with Johnny, Kreese, Daniel and Robbie are absolutely mental and heart wrenching. Not ashamed to say I cried tears of joy and sadness from this for most of the duration. Honestly, blown away. Not sure how they are gonna top this one.
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ringedseals1 January 2021This episode was amazing. Even better than season 2 finale. Ending was superb. Whole season was amazing!
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cruise0115 January 2021Season 3 overall 5 out of 5 stars.
It is a great fun wild ride season. And a true sequel to the original films. Characters team up. New friends form. New enemies form. And it is a lot of fun seeing these characters come together. Johnny and Miguel trying to get him back on his feet after the last season is a lot of fun. It is funny. Heart warming. And it plays on some serious dramatic tone with bullying.
The cast is great. The several episodes is fun and exciting. And another wall to wall fight in the climatic season. I cant wait for more. -
jackdeth_20063 January 2021Season 3 has been excellent but this particular episode may be one of the most satisfying season finalès that I've seen.
The pieces come together like a well crafted jigsaw; and it gives you what you've been wanting without writing themselves into a corner for season 4.
Applause all round! -
shaunmcevoy-988333 January 2021I binged watched season 3 in one day and loved every second of it. What a superb finale, this show can do no wrong.. it's one of my personal favourites.
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Calicodreamin20 January 2021The perfect ending to the season, the nostalgia, the fights, the cheesy make-ups. I'm here for it all. Decent acting and a great storyline.
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chandrabhanusolanki2 January 2021Well this is how you end a season and I think season 4 will come early. What a way to start a year by binge watching this series. Cobra Kai Never Die.
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jackVSjack2 January 2021That's the whole season done. Bring on 2022. They just keep hitting us middle-agers with nostalgia inducing endorphin rushes. They should selling this s**t on street corners! 🤣
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whatch-179314 January 2021Some very serious stuff and some very funny stuff.
Dimitri gives a passionate speech for the ages. Being Dimitri, it is entirely logical. Being Dimitri who's become a very experienced soldier in a karate war, his choice of metaphors is hilarious. Dimitri also has one heck of a wham line to Tory.
It was nice to see renewed focus on Johnny and Miguel's relationship, which was the heart of the first season, and Miguel seemed to recede into the distance in season two.
I don't think it's a spoiler to say there's a fight in the finale. I like this one better than season two's. That one just seemed to go on forever.
Kove's Kreese is wonderfully eeevil. He nearly steals the show.
There's one incredible scene in the finale that strongly feels like a Palpatine vs Vader vs Luke triangle.
I'm actually really starting to despise Robbie. Which is weird because he's been neglected and manipulated. Because Daniel is so hot headed, he has probably done Robbie way more harm than good. At least he finally has a decent hair cut. -
southdavid11 February 2021Like everyone, I loved the first season of "Cobra Kai" and was astounded by how it managed to keep a foot in the 80's but also update the premise and not feel like a cash grab. Unlike a lot of people, I wasn't as keen on the second season. I still thought it was good, but worried that it wasn't as funny, was already finding excuses for the characters to interact with each other and that the final fight was a bit ridiculous. Unfortunately, whilst I'm not prepared to say that the show has "jumped the shark" I do think that more of the shows worse features have been allowed to grow at the expense of what I liked about it.
Following the fight at school, Miguel (Xolo Mariduena) is in hospital in a coma, Robby (Tanner Buchanan) is missing, Sam (Mary Mouser) is embarrassed and frightened to go back to school and Krese (Martin Kove) has taken control of Cobra Kai from Johnny (William Zabka). The school naturally takes security steps and several families withdraw their students from the Dojos. Daniel La Russo's (Ralph Macchio) car dealership is suffering because of his ties to Karate, to the point they consider selling, but a trip to Japan reunites him with some old friends and offers him a way forward.
I think my problem with the show is that I'm not sure it takes place in the real world anymore. In the first season, the fights were bullying, or fighting back against bullying, apart from the tournament at the end. The school fight opened a door in the second season, but at least had consequences, many of which ran on into the story of this run. There are several fights in this third season where people attempt hits that would kill the other person, literally attempted murder. There are break in's and physical assaults all of which go criminally unpunished. It's very hard to tell how much time has passed in the show at the best of times, but particularly here, when Miguel seems to recover from paralysis to able to fight for his life in four months.
I didn't hate it though. I liked seeing Ali again, and Kumiko and Chozen on their episodes. There are moments of humour still (though not enough) and though the fight scenes are ridiculous they are well choreographed. I just feel like the show has headed in the wrong direction since the end of the first season, and if it continues, I'm not sure I will. -
noahbetancourt2 January 2021Incredible way to end the season. Season 3 is by far the best, and the finale sets up some intense conflict for next season. The unexpected alliances and betrayals were great, and the final fight was one of the best in the show.
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secret_arash4 January 2021I LOVE THIS SHOW! I just love it! I'm speechless. Everything is perfect, it is entertaining, funny, emotional, and everyting else you need to enjoy a show. This episode was epic! The story is getting better and better. The twists of the story are genius and fabulous. I cannot wait for the next season which I hope would not be the last one cause I need 10 more seasons of this!
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RetroRick4 January 2021Oh, this was just so good.
Having Elizabeth Shue back in the mix was kind of transcendental, not least because it was handled so beautifully - no crass soapy love triangle mess - but rather something more akin to an ascent to a higher plane for both johnny & daniel - & for the viewers too.
The juxtaposition of that wonderful enacted reminiscence with a sometimes terrifying (penultimate) climactic fight between the rival schools, with at least three extremely vulnerable parties - Miguel, Samantha & Demetri - was a stroke of genius.
Then finally there is the real showdown! As with the aforementioned, this time juxtaposed with the heroic but pathos-filled backstory of our villain of the piece Kreese (how on earth can can someone that old - Martin Kove was born in 1946! - look that good?). Cobra Kai does with this season, & particularly with this episode exactly what it does best, present us with characters who whether they present as heroes or villains - seem to express infinite moral shades of grey.
All I can say is bring on season 4. -
terrylarosa10 January 2021Terrific episode full of nostalgia, drama, redemption and kick ass fights. Standouts were the Tory/Sam fight and the Kreese/Johnny/Daniel fight. Only drawback was the supposed redemption of whiny, traitorous Hawk. I can't understand why he's liked. But what had my wife and I clapping was that magnificent ending. That awesome song playing as the characters that were former rivals assemble and are now all in the same dojo; especially with Johnny's entrance as the best part of the song plays was pure nirvana. S4 can't come fast enough and who will play Reeses's former buddy. If only Chuck were younger.
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llewellynf197410 January 2021I'm 47 years old and a dad but watching the last 3 seasons made me feel young again and I'm not ashamed to say that I shed a tear or few when some old faces popped up and it had more meaning as they used the original characters. It's like having a school reunion with people you've never met, yet in some way they had an impact on and in your life.
Such a shame that Pat Morita was not alive for this, that would have been the icing on the cake.
Elizabeth Shue & Tamlyn Tomita, my two biggest crushes of the 80's!
Yes, some reviews have said it's cheesy but then again, most of the 80's was pure cheese.
My only comment is that the kids in this series seem a little wooden and two dimensional, they are just window dressing and don't add much substance or gravitas to the show. Think back to Bobby, Dutch, Jimmy, they were and are still memorable.
I'm looking forward to Season 4!
Yes Sensei! -
john-874022 January 2021There's some very good television shows on TV today. Yellowstone, Peaky Blinders, The Boys, The Mandalorian, The Ozark, etc. All have their unique things that make them great. They have drama, action, romance that isn't forced, subtle comedy, etc. Cobra Kai is able to be one of those shows that is so far bringing all those things together perfectly while making me feel like a kid again.
I didn't think season 2 could top the first one. Then I didn't think season 3 could top season 2. I was wrong twice. I hope I continue to be wrong about this show. I'm so happy all these actors and actresses have come back for this. The mix between the flashbacks to the movies and the characters coming back is just... perfect. Also in a time that I don't have that high opinion of today's youth they have managed to create a fantastic dynamic with the younger characters.
I absolutely love this show and I can't wait to see where season for takes us. Absolutely phenomenal finale from beginning to end. I hope the best is yet to come. -
yzfctjy1 January 2021The last episode of season 3 was absolutely amazing! The fight scenes... That moment when Hawk finally figures who his real friends are and where he belongs. The moment he saves his best friend and the music they used during that fight scene was perfect! I got goosebumps. And after that, Miguel fighting for his life, with the same amazing music under it. PERFECTION. Normally I don't write reviews, but this show is so amazing that I had to make an account and write a review. I didn't watch the old karate kid movie and I was not a fan of karate until I watched this show. I love it when they show tiny parts of the movie and meet people from that time again, now 30 years later. The characters are amazing, some of them have amazing character development! I hope Robby will be saved from the evil hands of Kreese. I will be waiting for the next season. Great work 🙏🏻
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paidalivia4 January 2021It was great to see our beloved characters after so long waiting. The chemistry between Xolo and William is so good that it takes us back to the first season. Okinawa episode was awesome, Chozen deserves to appear in the series again.
However, some things didn't work well:- Miguel's lightning recovery. In one moment he was on the verge of death, and in another he is in a general beating receiving blows to the spine. I believe it would sound better and more impactful if he finished the season without a fight, returning to training only in the last episode.
- Robbie changing sides again a solid argument. Sam had a relationship with him, but does he even try to see or talk to him? How did he go from "LaRusso is a good person" to "I want to be a Cobra Kai"?
- Very few training scenes. Cobra Kai students look like Marvel villains with superpowers. They don't get tired and they don't get hurt. Please.
- Hawk's redemption was very accelerated and unexplained, I waited for three seasons to see how he would come to his senses, but unfortunately this happened in a reflection of just a few seconds. I was disappointed.
- Kreese tries to kill Jhonny, and soon after tries to kill Daniel. This is too serious to end in an "ok, let's solve this in a teen tournament, let's shake hands".
Anyway, I'm hyped about season 4. -
hnt_dnl18 January 2021While I still enjoy this series a great deal, there was something about the second half of Season 3 that didn't feel as good as the first half. The first 5 episodes really built up momentum with each episode with the perfect blend of humor, drama and action. Really nice subplots were set up such as Daniel's failing business, Johnny's downward spiral, Kreese's rise to power, Robby's juvie adventure, Miguel's recovery, and Sam's PTSD. And it all built up to that amazing episode 3x05, arguably the best of the entire show. Then it all slowed down to a screeching halt after that and show strays too far into cartoony.
Daniel's business problems just go away simply due to that lady at Doyona talking them into letting him keep his business. That's not the way it works. Miyagi-Do Karate still had bad publicity due to the Season 2 finale school fight, so where are all these random new customers coming from? It should take months, maybe even years for LaRusso Auto to get back on it's feet. And it's unrealistic that Johnny wouldn't get a lawyer to get back his Cobra Kai dojo from Kreese, or at least some financial remuneration. Johnny was swindled. Robby gets out of juvie and then just gets to wander around without adult supervision. He's still a minor and on probation! He can't just live on the streets, especially since he's got both of his parents. But my biggest gripe is in the next paragraph.
I really don't care for how Sam and Miguel just got back together after the show spent a good season and a half of Sam and Robby bonding and becoming a couple. Unpopular opinion among the rabid Cobra Kai fandom, but I actually think Sam-Robby has way more chemistry than Sam-Miguel. Everyone is enamored with Sam-Miguel for some reason and I honestly don't get it. Sam and Robby have all the connection and chemistry both as a fighting team and a couple and spent an entire season together, while Sam and Miguel went on like one date way back in Season 1. Doesn't compute and never will. But this is what fans want and I'm pretty sure the writers will continue to oblige them.
The last half of the season kind of lost me, from the boring Eagle Fang Karate scenes, to the overly long, melodramatic, and cheesy All Valley council meeting to the forced Daniel-Miguel and Tory-Robby bonding scenes and finally to the incredibly awkward return of Ali. Count me among the fans that were excited for Ali's return, but was it ever a mistake! Elisabeth Shue really phoned in her performance in the last couple of episodes with some of the worst acting I've seen on this show and much as I like this show, it's had a lot of questionable acting. Shue had this nonstop smiley face and monotone voice, and not for one second did I believe any of the backstory she was feeding to Johnny, Daniel and Amanda. It all felt so fake and forced just to get Johnny and Daniel to resolve their differences and come together because ALI started it all. After 3 seasons of good writing and very believable and methodical conflict, our 2 protagonists come together due to forced writing.
What was that final fight scene in the LaRusso house? lol Yet another forced conflict. Am I really supposed to believe that all of Cobra Kai decided to follow Tory in her petty quest for revenge against Sam and Miguel? Why was the tournament the solution AFTER a bunch of teens destroyed Daniel's home? Also, why aren't any of these kids going to jail for breaking and entering, destruction or property, and attempted murder? The Season 2 finale took that school fight seriously with students getting arrested, charged, suspended and adding security protocols and close on-site monitoring. Then after all of the careful attention to detail in the first half of the season, the second half everyone goes back to being dumb and careless. It's like the writers needed a big fight scene just to cap off the finale.
This finale was just so random, cheesy, and goofy. The Season 1 and 2 finales were done so much better. It doesn't deter me from the show because overall, it's good, but I know from experience that most shows get worse in the later seasons and after 3 seasons, Cobra Kai can now start calling anything after that "later."