If someone had reserved a specific date on the calendar to properly say goodbye to Cobra Kai, which has a sixth season pending broadcast that will be the last, let them change their plans. Netflix has decided to say goodbye to the Karate Kid characters gradually, dividing the season into three parts: the first will premiere on July 18, the second on November 28 and the third, which does not have an exact release date, will be seen on 2025.
The strategy is surprising because at Netflix they were the great defenders of the marathon as the only philosophy of life or, at least, of launch. Ted Sarandos always argued that they wanted to give the power to the subscriber to watch the series at the pace they wanted. Then, in order not to burn the seasons in one weekend, the company has tested the premiere of the most popular series in two seasons.
They started with Money Heist and Ozark, which saw their final seasons split in half, and now series with good viewing data such as You, The Bridgertons, A Place to Dream, Stranger Things or The Witcher follow the same pattern. The strategy, for the record, always used to be similar: broadcast the two parts with a maximum distance of four weeks. And the reason? Have two impacts both in the catalog and in the media.
Regarding the final season of Cobra Kai, it will pick up the events after the martial arts academy was eliminated and both the senseis and the students must decide how to compete in the world karate championships. “This takes things to another level,” explained Hayden Schlossberg, co-showrunner, from Netflix.
To all this, the founder of Cobra Kai, John Kreese (Martin Kove) will be back after faking his death and escaping from prison, without anyone knowing what he intends to do with his new freedom. “There will be many surprises in season six. You will love it,” said Kove, who first played the villain in 1984 with the first Karate Kid movie.
For now, the public has a first trailer to whet their appetites:
