Cobra Kai

(Season 1) Neither as good nor as bad as it could have been. It seems content to hit all the expected narrative beats with precious few surprises along the way, leaving us with a decent show that's fun and nostalgic but frustratingly safe.

This series should not work. It's a very tricky balance to capture the hokiness of the original while still making something "mature" now, but this almost always pulls it off. It's a smart move to make Johnny the central protagonist bc the push-pull of his jerkiness w/ his aspirations is hilarious. The 1st season is perfection, the 2nd gets wobbly but the third mostly rights the ship, bringing back old characters in organic ways & - more balance! making those reappearances both fun & bittersweet

I haven't loved a new TV series as much as this one in years. This could be my Karate Kid nostalgia talking, but at the same time Karate Kid nostalgia doesn't make me pretend KK3 is any good so maybe not. This show does such a good job expanding and deepening the character of Johnny Lawrence, and manages to balance and respect both its old and new generation of characters so well. Awesome fight scenes and teen melodrama alike. The BEST retro revival of any movie or show to date, period.

I saw this because of the hype and my own curiosity I haven't seen all of it But so far I'm impressed I like that they bought back some of the original actors and blend in parts of the first movie I'm looking forward to more episodes

Nostalgia drove me, but I ended up being caught up in the fascinating approach of showing both sides of the story.It's refreshing approach of not making things black and white, the "good guys" do bad things and the "bad guys" do good things. It's areas of grey are the highlight. The only real flaw I found was some of the acting was a little off, but that happens in shows with younger actors. EDIT - Finished. The amount of side switching is actually insane.

One of the most watchable shows ever. Cheesy, fun and entertaining. Johnny Lawrence is one of the best TV characters and Silver is a great villain. Season ranking: 4 > 5 > 1 > 3 > 2.

After watching the first three seasons. The show is on a downward trajectory but we'll see how Season 4 goes.

S1: 80 - S2: 80 - S3: 70 - S4: 70 - S5: 85 - S6: 85

Hugely bingeable and anchored by a fantastic Zabka as Johnny Lawrence who is now one of my favorite TV characters of all time.

It takes the skeleton of the films and elevates it with more interesting character dynamics and cool use of music and editing. The dynamic between Miguel and Johnny, especially in relation to Robbie, is a high point. However, by season 3 I was getting tired of the series trying to give everyone some shitty character arc and the way they handled established arcs was super lame, even worse with how Kreese became the central villain. May change the rating once season 4 comes out, likely lower.