Warning: This article contains spoilers forCobra Kaiseason 6 part 2.
The return of a ponytailed Big Bad!
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Okay, fess up.
Ralph Macchio in ‘Cobra Kai’.Netflix
We were thinking, What are some creative ways to do this?
And just something about waking up in a cage with barking dogs around you, that just sounded scary.
JON HURWITZ:He was game.
Yuji Okumoto and Alicia Hannah-Kim in ‘Cobra Kai’.Netflix
Maybe he privately had some misgivings about it, but it definitely had an impact.
It was definitely one of those things that he knew was a thing.
The dogs are an extra fee, but that’s available for the next month.
Thomas Ian Griffith in ‘Cobra Kai’.Netflix
SCHLOSSBERG:I think we’re just trying to have fun with the story and the setting.
Sometimes it’s a karate tournament, and you’re not afraid of actual death.
HURWITZ:Obviously, Chozen is not in the best place when he arrives at the Sekai Taikai.
Hayden Schlossberg and Thomas Ian Griffith in ‘Cobra Kai’.Netflix
We liked the idea of a little bit of fun and romance in the air.
Chozen is certainly funny on screen.
Alicia, who plays Kim Da-eun, is a lovely, hilarious, wonderful light.
Dallas Dupree Young and Griffin Santopietro in ‘Cobra Kai’.Netflix
She’s such a fun person to work with.
It just takes a little bit of time.
We also loved the idea of like, what would Silver do in this situation?
William Zabka and Xolo Maridueña in ‘Cobra Kai’.Netflix
And yeah, the hot tub.
Look, we love these movies.
It feels like he’s at home there.
When you see him there, it just brings you back to his villainousKarate Kid IIIdays.
So just when Johnny and Daniel feel like things are turning for them, it just gets worse.
Speaking of Terry buying the dojo: Hayden, you did a nice job as Terry Silvers lawyer.
How did you guys decide who got to play the role?
Was it like a rock, paper, scissors situation?
So we’re thinking, How are we explaining what’s going on with Terry Silver?
We’re going to need to meet his attorney.
HEALD:He has no control over his client.
I mean, he’s way out of his league as an attorney.
But he did get him out of prison.
This is your way out.
I’m trying to give him an exit.
just tell me how you came up with that wonderfully ridiculous product name.
It’s like, “What are they going to let us use?”
And we just liked the idea of Anthony being the bigger man in the weirdest way.
So, I have a feeling that was our props department protecting us from a clearance issue.
But then in the final episode, the Sekai Taikai devolves into total chaos and nobody wins.
Talk about the decision to take that risk.
You end up with this scene, this chaos that looks likeBraveheartat times.
Finally, does Johnny think the Earth is flat?
HURWITZ:I don’t think Johnny’s thought about it.
It is also thematically [because]Cobra Kaihas this straight-line kind of energy.
Cobra Kaiseason 6 part 3 premieres in 2025 on Netflix.
