Season 1
🎬 10 Episodes 📅 2018 ⏱ 50 min
When Johnny Lawrence reopens Cobra Kai after decades of obscurity, he ignites a rivalry with Daniel LaRusso that transcends their personal vendetta and threatens to divide an entire generation. Both men carry the weight of unfulfilled dreams and unhealed wounds, each convinced that their philosophy holds the key to redemption. As young students become pawns in their ideological war, the line between mentorship and manipulation blurs, forcing both rivals to confront not just each other, but the men they've become since that fateful tournament.
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10
Episodes
2018
Year
50
min / ep
8.3
Watch Hours
1/6
Season No.
⭐ 9.0
Best Episode
Ep. 10 · Mercy
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🎬 Episodes 10 episodes
1
⭐ 8.1
Ace Degenerate
Thirty years after the events of the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament, Johnny Lawrence’s life has taken a rocky turn as he tries to forget a past that constantly haunts him. He seeks redemption by reopening the infamous Cobra Kai karate dojo. But the LaRusso-Lawrence rivalry of yesteryear is reigni…
🎬 Jon Hurwitz ✍️ Josh Heald
2
⭐ 8.3
Strike First
Present day Daniel LaRusso lives a charmed life. That is, until he sees that the Cobra Kai dojo, the source of his teenage angst and rivalry, has been reestablished by Johnny Lawrence. Struggling to launch the business, Johnny starts teaching karate to his teenage neighbor Miguel. Daniel faces his f…
🎬 Jon Hurwitz ✍️ Josh Heald
3
⭐ 7.9
Esqueleto
Johnny tries to recruit more students to join the dojo. Troubled by his daughter’s friends, Daniel chaperones her high school costume dance. Johnny takes Miguel’s training seriously and starts creating a badass.
🎬 Jennifer Celotta ✍️ Josh Heald
4
⭐ 8.0
Cobra Kai Never Dies
When Daniel’s car dealership billboard is sprayed with lewd graffiti, it consumes Daniel and escalates tensions against a rival. Robby, Johnny’s delinquent son, is embarrassed about his father and his new dojo. The bullying escalates against Miguel and motivates Johnny in a surprising way.
🎬 Jennifer Celotta ✍️ Jon Hurwitz
5
⭐ 8.6
Counterbalance
Daniel tries to strike a shady deal to undermine Johnny’s dojo. Meanwhile, Johnny expands his enrollment ranks in the dojo. Miguel puts his karate practice into reality as Samantha faces rejection in school.
🎬 Josh Heald ✍️ Josh Heald
6
⭐ 7.8
Quiver
Johnny’s dojo class attracts a group of misfits while his son Robby, who harbors ulterior motives, lands a new job. Samantha makes a new friend in science class. Daniel inspires interest in karate from an unlikely person.
🎬 Josh Heald ✍️ Jon Hurwitz
7
⭐ 8.3
All Valley
Daniel takes on teaching his new pupil using the unconventional techniques from Mr. Miyagi. Robby is tempted to return to his delinquent ways. Johnny helps Miguel with his first date.
🎬 Steve Pink ✍️ Jon Hurwitz
8
⭐ 8.2
Molting
Johnny prepares his Cobra Kai students for the next All Valley Karate Tournament and in turn, he is inspired to clean up his life. Daniel is still unaware of his new pupil’s background. But as events unfold, it seems nothing has changed between Daniel and Johnny in 30 years.
🎬 Steve Pink ✍️ Jon Hurwitz
9
⭐ 8.5
Different But Same
Despite Johnny’s efforts to move forward, he confronts Daniel about the assault on his property. An attempt to appease Johnny makes them revisit the past together. Miguel senses Samantha is lying to him. The dojo students try to intimidate the popular kids at a party.
🎬 Jon Hurwitz ✍️ Jon Hurwitz
10
⭐ 9.0
Mercy
The highly-anticipated All Valley Karate Tournament brings Johnny and Daniel on opposite sides again, except this time, the new generation of karate students are the combatants. Who will pay the price for ultimate victory?
🎬 Jon Hurwitz ✍️ Josh Heald