Warning: This post contains spoilers for all ofCobra Kaiseason 5.
If you’re reading this, you’ve finished yourCobra Kaiseason 5 binge and you have questions.
(If you haven’t finished,STOP READING NOW.)
Sean Kanan in ‘Cobra Kai’.Netflix
Now that Kreese (Martin Kove) has faked his death yet again, what is his endgame?
Will Chozen (Yuji Okumoto) and Kumiko (Tamlyn Tomita) find love in season 6?
(Okay, they danced around a few answers, too.)
Vanessa Rubio and William Zabka in ‘Cobra Kai’.Netflix
Grab a cold Banquet and some ham and read on.
JON HURWITZ:I think we knew that we were not gonna kill either of them this season.
With Kreese, there’s aKarate Kid/Cobra Kaitradition for him to fake his own death.
A deepfake Johnny Lawrence in ‘Cobra Kai’.Netflix
This is something that he enjoys doing, apparently.
And you’re seeing him change and grow over the course of the season.
Was his growth legit or was it just part of this ruse?
Maybe it’s a little bit of both.
When it comes to Chozen, we have been talking about this Terry Silver/Chozen battle for a while now.
Had Johnny not survived his battle with the Fist, then Chozen may have been done for.
Will he die?"
so did you guys just tell him that to mess with him?
JOSH HEALD:Probably.
But we never thought that that would be the end of Chozen.
When I talked with Thomas, I couldn’t help but notice that his hair is short.
So… have we seen the last of Terry Silver now that he is been shipped off to jail?
We like the idea of being unexpected and surprising.
He hasn’t really thought about it in a while.
We wanted fans to have some of what they love about Barnes, but also some surprises there.
We had a great time working with Sean Kanan.
Will we see more of them next season?
And they’re drunk or high or whatever, and they just wanna kick Silver’s ass.
And Daniel is the voice of reason, like, “What are we doing right now?
That bizarre kind ofHangoverwolf pack foursome was just so much fun to film.
HURWITZ:This came about in the season 5 writers' room.
It was not something that we’ve been thinking this whole time.
We’ve known that we wanted to bring Jessica back.
We love the character and we’ve been in touch with Robyn Lively for a while.
This is a season where Terry Silver is taking over the valley.
At that point, we started discussing the potential of finally having somebody be related to somebody.
We never really knew exactly the story of how Amanda and Daniel met.
“Well, I know this really nice guy, Daniel LaRusso.”
And that’s how it happened.
They’re both just hilarious and fun and up for stuff.
And the moment they met each other, it felt like they were related.
Okay, so let’s talk about Carmen’s pregnancy.
At this rate, she’ll give birth after 4-5 months.
Is she a superhero?
What’s going on?
HEALD:It’s quite possible that the visual effects in that scene were, um, overly ambitious.
I think my wife, upon first viewing, had the same reaction.
Our timeline is so condensed on this show.
Did he graduate at 16 years old?”
So, the Miyagi verse has interesting time warp things that allow you to expedite story in short windows.
SCHLOSSBERG:We love the idea of Kreese in jail having to face his inner demons.
There’s no escape other than looking in the mirror and having somebody that’s trying to reach him.
We talked to Marty early in the season.
We were like, listen, you’re not going to be in the first half of the season.
We got the first cut of it in post, and I, for one, was very nervous.
I was very, very concerned that we weren’t going to make it look close enough.
Hayden was like, “This looks great!”
[Laughs]
SCHLOSSBERG:I was fine with the actor, [Logan Coffey].
I thought the actor looked enough like Johnny that I was affected by it, just from that.
[Laughs]
HURWITZ:We were very neurotic about it and had many, many [revisions].
It was not just the look of him, but it was also the voice.
Was the Cobra Kai jacket the same one from the movie?
HURWITZ:I’m fairly certain it was that jacket.
We’ve used it on the show before.
I think Miguel wore it early on.
I love that Chozen got addicted to90 Day Fiance.
Were there any other shows you considered for that scene?
HEALD:That one was in the script and we stuck with it.
And he played it so beautifully.
yo tell me that we’ll follow Chozen on his unrequited love journey with Kumiko next season?
HEALD:Well, we never leave story just hanging there just for the sake of it.
It seems like we’re building to a big Sekai Takei tournament moment in season 6.
Beyond that, how many more seasons ofCobra Kaiwould you like to do?
That in our minds is like, okay, how do we land these characters in an awesome place?
And how could we continue to play with some of these action figures in different ways beyond that?
HURWITZ:Yeah, things like that.
Every option is on the table.
It’s a special piece of entertainment that we’re connected to.
And now, even more than five years ago, we are dying to explore more.
We talk about all that stuff, but the focus right now isCobra Kaiand these characters.
Will we get to see him kick some karate butt next season?
SCHLOSSBERG:Anything’s possible with Anthony.
We were like, “How does he figure things out that others have not?”
And it is his video game knowledge that served him well.
Like you said, he was a novice student.
He he’s only been training for a short while.
[Laughs] It goes back to what Hayden was saying about time in this universe.
To that end, when did you start discussions with Hillary Swank?
HEALD:[Laughs] I like your phrasing.
If you look at our track record so far, we’ve brought back a ton of people.
