‘Cobra Kai’ Writer, Jon Hurwitz Reveals a Major Way the Show Pays Homage to the Original ‘Karate Kids’ Movies, and It All Comes Down to Time

Published 03/29/2023, 10:30 PM EDT

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Some classic movies stay with you forever. Because apart from the drama, it also has some life lessons. Those lessons always stay with us. For instance, lessons from the entire The Karate Kid franchise. The spin-off show, Cobra Kai, added beauty to it. Now, when the show is coming up with the final season, the writer of the show, Jon Hurwitz, revealed a major way of paying homage to the original movies.

The sixth season will see the connection between all the cliffhangers from the fifth season. At the end of season 5, we saw Kreese get out of prison and Terry Silver got arrested, while Eagle Fangs and Miyagi Do merged to fight against Silver. We also saw characters from The Karate Kids films appearing in the show. While all this was happening, the writer of the show pointed out a beautiful thing which was time.

Cobra Kai pays tribute to the original films with a beautiful method

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Connecting the two timelines is hard, yet the Netflix show does it. The original films take place between 1984 to 1985. Just during this period, a lot of things happened with Daniel Russo. He shifted to LA with his mother. After coming to LA, he also fell in love, also learned karate, and faced Cobra Kai. In the same year, he survived the fight to the death and saved Okinawa as well. As he came back home, he fell in love again and once again, faced Cobra Kai.

He pointed out that time moves slowly in the Miyagiverse. What did he mean by that? As he pointed out the time, he also revealed the timeline of the upcoming show as well. He wrote the sixth season of Cobra Kai will roughly begin a year after the finale of season 2. Well, what does he mean by that?

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Everything happened in just one year. And the second season of the show saw Amanda forcing Daniel to wind up the Miyagi Do dojo. The Cobra Kai students blame Sensei Johnny because he taught his student, Miguel, the value of mercy. And as the writer of the show said, the sixth season of the show will roughly start where the second season ended. Well, all these things are directly and deeply connected to the original movies. Fans of the show have their own views about it.

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As fans have been waiting for something official about the upcoming season of the show, they got this major news. They can not stop their assumptions about the upcoming season of the show.

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And through time, the writers paid homage to the source materials as well. What are your thoughts about it? Tell us in the comment box below.

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Neha Chande

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Meet Neha Chande, an entertainment writer at Netflix Junkie, who has written more than 1100 articles. With a Master's degree in English Literature, Neha believes in unbiased journalism. Before delving into her passion for writing and cinema, she taught English and communication skills as a facilitator and lecturer.

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