Cobra Kai: Season 5

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YouTube | Netflix | Season Premiere Date: September 9, 2022

Summary: Daniel seeks to stop Terry Silver from opening a franchise of Cobra Kai dojos across the valley, while Johnny and his son look for Miguel Diaz in Mexico in the fifth season of the Karate Kid spin-off series.

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama

Season 5 Episodes

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S5:E10. Head of the Snake
Air Date: September 9, 2022
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S5:E9. Survivors
Air Date: September 9, 2022
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S5:E8. Taikai
Air Date: September 9, 2022

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Collider Nate Richard

Sep 6, 2022

Cobra Kai Season 5 is a showcase of the best elements of the series, despite a bit of roughness around the edges. The latest installment features some big laughs and impressive fights but also sheds a light on what's to come without feeling like it's just a set-up for the next season. Read full review

The Daily Beast Scarlett Harris

Sep 6, 2022

Season 5’s detour away from the dojo means that Cobra Kai itself took some time to reflect, grow, and change. The show is much better off for it. Read full review

Brian Lowry

Sep 9, 2022

Crossing the streams with its sequels, the fifth season of "Cobra Kai" features heavy dollops of the second and third "The Karate Kid" movies while continue to carve out its own next-generation melodrama, all in extraordinarily nimble fashion. While it's not the best series on TV (OK, Netflix), there should be some kind of prize for the best revival culled from limited source material. Read full review

Trent Moore

Sep 6, 2022

If you fully embrace the absurdity of this world, Season 5 is a blast. But if you stop for a few seconds and think a little too hard about some of the story beats and twists, the seams start to show. But even with the seams, Cobra Kai remains as wildly compelling and fun as ever. Read full review

Nina Metz

Sep 8, 2022

You have to embrace the cheese in “Cobra Kai” because that’s half the fun. And to be clear, the show is enormous fun. Read full review

Clint Worthington

Sep 6, 2022

With a cast this big, and with so many intertwining soap-opera plotlines, it’s inevitable that the season would meander a bit. But bringing Griffith back as Silver turned out to be a masterful move on the part of the show, teasing out new dimensions to the show’s existing ruminations on revenge. It hasn’t quite swept the leg yet, but at least Cobra Kai is back on its feet. Read full review

Joel Keller

Sep 9, 2022

When Cobra Kai really clicks is when the nostalgia factor is balanced by the interactions of the current group of kids. That balance is certainly out of whack in the first two episodes, but it’s something we hope gets restored later in the season. Read full review

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Danzastar

Sep 11, 2022

Best Season in my opinion.

Just when you fought Cobra Kai was becoming predictable, then you are hit with that spectacular finale!
I will agree that some scenes are a little over dramatic and a little cringy with the acting but overall it Is the best season.

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MovieFiend0

Sep 14, 2022

Season 4 was not good and they made Johnny Lawrence look bad. Very pleased to see they turned the show around. What an excellent season!

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Monka

Oct 7, 2022

The best season of CK so far!

Funny, fun, entertaining & addictive!

Loved every minute!

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VicFerrari

Sep 15, 2022

Defined characters that evolve. Conflicted relationships. Dynamic pace. Heart.

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MetacriticOnur

Sep 9, 2022

excellent
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theirrelephants

Feb 9, 2023

After watching all five seasons, I feel like I'm finally ready to review it.

Long story short: It's good, it does the source material justice, and I highly recommend you watch it. It does get a bit cheesy at times (that's part of the fun) and there are a few episodes where I think toAfter watching all five seasons, I feel like I'm finally ready to review it.

Long story short: It's good, it does the source material justice, and I highly recommend you watch it. It does get a bit cheesy at times (that's part of the fun) and there are a few episodes where I think to myself 'who told them to do the camera work like this? yikes!' but overall it's great.

After season 5 though I really think it needs to end soon. Much like Stargate SG-1 after the Goa'uld were gone and Atlantis after the Wraith, at a certain point it's better to wrap things up on a high note than keep going until people get sick of it.

In a world full of awful reboots and dramatizations of books that no one wanted or asked for, this show stands out as a shining gem amongst the countless piles of literal dog s***.… Expand

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Oniknight1986

Sep 11, 2022

The escalation and absurdism was just too much. I swear I feel that contemplating this series any more will just result in a mental breakdown

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Seasons & Episodes

70

Series Overview
Season 6

67
- Season 6 Overview
  Air Date: July 18, 2024
Season 5

78
- Season 5 Overview
  Air Date: September 9, 2022
- tbd
  S5:E10. Head of the Snake
  Air Date: September 9, 2022
- tbd
  S5:E9. Survivors
  Air Date: September 9, 2022
- tbd
  S5:E8. Taikai
  Air Date: September 9, 2022
- tbd
  S5:E7. Bad Eggs
  Air Date: September 9, 2022
- tbd
  S5:E6. Ouroboros
  Air Date: September 9, 2022
- tbd
  S5:E5. Extreme Measures
  Air Date: September 9, 2022
- tbd
  S5:E4. Downward Spiral
  Air Date: September 9, 2022
- tbd
  S5:E3. Playing With Fire
  Air Date: September 9, 2022
- tbd
  S5:E2. Molé
  Air Date: September 9, 2022
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  S5:E1. Long, Long Way From Home
  Air Date: September 9, 2022
Season 4

70
- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: December 31, 2021
Season 3

72
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: January 1, 2021
Season 2

66
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: April 24, 2019
Season 1

72
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: May 2, 2018