'Cobra Kai' Season 6, Part 2: Everything We Know
Netflix's beloved karate series will continue its mega-sized final season this fall.
It's officially the beginning of the end for Cobra Kai, one of Netflix's most popular shows. In January 2023, the streaming giant announced that its beloved reboot series for the Karate Kid franchise would end with its sixth season. Rather than release the final episodes all at once, the streamer has followed its tradition of splitting up its franchise show's seasons, meaning that the Cobra Kai's return on July 18, 2024, was just the first of three parts that will comprise its final season.
Lucky for fans, season 6, part 2 of the must-watch series is just a few months away. Read on for what we know about the show's future, following the release of season 6, part 1.
When will 'Cobra Kai' season 6, part 2 come out?
Netflix has confirmed that Cobra Kai's super-sized final season will include 15 episodes total, split into three five-episode releases, per Variety. After the first five episodes' debut on July 18, 2024, season 6, part 2 will arrive on November 15, 2024.
The final five episodes, dubbed "The Finale Event," are scheduled to come out in 2025, though Netflix has not given an exact release date.
As for why the final season has been split up, Cobra Kai co-creator Hayden Schlossberg told Today that the split release does match how the series approaches its plot arcs, adding that 15 episodes felt like "the perfect number" to wrap up the show.
"The fact is, every season of the show up until now, we write in five-episode story arcs," he told the outlet. "Usually, we start off a season that builds to a midseason climax in Episode 5 that kicks things off to a second half of the season. We always think in five-episode chunks, so we're like, why not just separate it into five episodes, have almost three mini-seasons, like an Act 1, Act 2, Act 3."
Is there a trailer for 'Cobra Kai' season 6 part 2?
In October, Netflix released the official trailer for season 6, part 2, focusing on Miyagi-Do and Cobra Kai competing in the Sekai Taikai tournament in Barcelona, Spain. As seen at the start of the clip, this competition will be harder than anything the teens have faced in the series so far, with an international fighter telling a freshly K.O.'ed Tory (Peyton List), "Welcome to Barcelona, bitch."
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The official part 2 synopsis reads: “At the Sekai Taikai, Miyagi-Do faces new challenges and old enemies as they fight to become world champions—can they stay united as internal rivalries bubble back to the surface?”
Who are the new cast members joining 'Cobra Kai' season 6 part 2?
On October 17, Netflix announced an MCU and Netflix alum will be in season 6, part 2 of the martial arts series. Lewis Tan, whose credits include Deadpool & Wolverine, Shadow and Bone, and Into the Badlands, will play Sensei Wolf, who appears in the above trailer briefly trying to intimidate fellow sensei Johnny.
Meanwhile, Patrick Luwis (Rebel Moon, Barbie) will play a new character named Awel Kovacevic, while Taekwondo champion Rayna Vallandingham will make her acting debut as Zara Malik.
What will 'Cobra Kai' season 6 part 2 be about?
Spoilers for Cobra Kai season 6 part 1 ahead. Season 6, part 1 saw the karate community of the Valley dissolve from a state of peace, following Terry Silver's (Thomas Ian Griffith) arrest, into harsh competition ahead of the international karate tournament Sekai Taikai. Only six members of Miyagi-Do (which is now populated by both Cobra Kai and Eagle Fang alumni) qualify to attend the tournament in Barcelona: Miguel (Xolo Maridueña), Samantha (Mary Mouser), Tory, Robby (Tanner Buchanan), Devon (Oona O'Brien)—who sabotages Kenny (Dallas Dupree Young) to get the slot—and Demetri (Gianni DeCenzo), who defeats former All Valley winner Hawk (Jacob Bertrand).
But several things shake up the game in episode 5. Tory's mother unexpectedly dies from a kidney disease, and in her grief, Tory quits Miyagi-Do freeing up her spot for Hawk. However, it turns out that Tory will compete in the tournament, under a resurrected Cobra Kai led by Sensei Kreese (Martin Kove). After escaping from jail at the end of season 5, Kreese fled to South Korea and began forming a team alongside Kim Da-Eun (Alicia Hannah-Kim). With that major cliffhanger, part 1 ends on the brink of Miyagi-Do's biggest competition.
Viewers can expect tons of karate action when season 6 resumes in November. Speaking with Tudum, co-creator Jon Hurwitz teased that the "middle five" episodes will be the "most combustible" of the show's history, with many of the characters at odds (including Hawk and Demetri, Tory and Sam, and even Johnny and Daniel) and Kreese ready to add fuel to the fire.
"You get to meet new, exciting characters and take all of our combustible characters, and you get to see karate outside of the Valley. How are they going to handle the pressure? How are they going to handle being in the most intense karate fight of their lives while it’s not harmonious between them?" Hurwitz added.
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