re: Cobra Kai GOAT Season 4 thread.....

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glossed over the last few pages of this thread but if no one else has said it i'm guessing tori seeing the ref being paid off by silver will come into play with the cheating negating daniel and johnny agreeing to close up their dojos.

thats the angle that will be used..either tori forfeits her win because of that or evidence appears that the ref was being paid by one of the competitors but either way it opens the door for them to continue training.

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Yep. I think that will help finish out Tory's character arc. I was really intrigued by the end of their fight when she ran to Sam and asked if she was alright and Sam's utter shock at that.

As I've said before, this show does an amazing job of moving characters back and forth between heel and face in a way that feels far more organic than forced.

Finally catching up on the thread.

Am I the only one who thinks the biggest shock of the season is that fricking Demetri made the semifinals? That dude is completely uncoordinated and is a hot garbage fighter. It's hilarious that he gets Jasmine though. It's also funny that the actor is clearly much older now, and it looks like he has to shave before every scene he is in.

The Robby actor did MUCH better this season. I still can't stand the actor, but he was far less annoying this season than any season prior. And I like that he and Jonny made up some ground by the end of the season. That was nice.

Put me in the "this new storyline with Kenny sucks" camp. I liked the idea of the new character, and I appreciate what they were trying to do with Robby seeing himself in Kenny and realizing in the end that sometimes people just turn out bad or whatever. But man that whole thing just fell completely flat for me. Maybe it was because Kenny was unbelievable as some badass karate bully by the end of it, I don't know. I also think it has something to do with the worst character (the Larusso son) being so involved, like someone mentioned. The best part though, was when Daniel goes to school all cocky and finds out it's his son that is being suspended for bullying. They are such awful parents to that kid.

The ghetto Asian kid in Cobra Kai is the most annoying/worst character in the show IMO. My wife and stepdaughter both hate him too. Every line he speaks sounds like he's trying way too hard. It's very strange.

I was glad to see Eli come back down to earth a bit. I hope he is more Eli and less Hawk moving forward, because that whole character arc never made a lick of sense to me, and felt super forced and stupid.

The AV announcer dude seemed like he was trying to do his best impression of the announcer from Battlebots.

I'm interested to see what they try to do with Kreese and his "redemption." The character doesn't seem to deserve it at all, but now that they've one-upped him with Silver, maybe they can pull something off with it.

It feels like a good 75% of the acting on this show is staring at each other or staring in one direction. Especially for people like Kenny, Robby, and Tory.

I mean. It was only a handshake deal. I don’t think Daniel or Johnny signed anything hence Daniel asking Miyagi forgiveness for not keeping his word.

Right after typing that post, I went back and watched the scene again. I'd neglected to look at it in context of Johnny giving Daniel shite about not helping Mr. Miyagi with his English.

Oh and one more theory...Tori's mom!! There is a reason they haven't shown who she is yet. There has to be some solution to this mystery! Either she dies or they finally reveal who she is. What could be really juicy is if her mom is Hilary Swank!! How crazy would that be? The reason why is Hilary Swank was taught by Mr Miyagi. The one thing we have NEVER been told, is if Daniel LaRusso ever knew that Mr Miyagi had another student? How would he handle that? Would that crush his soul? Think about Sam and Tori's feud...Their mom and dad were BOTH taught by Mr Miyagi and think of the ramifications that would have for LaRusso? Either that or her mother dies and Amanda LaRusso continues her motherly care for Tori and brings her and her brother into their family? Lots of ways this series could go. Ralph Macchio was recently on record specifically talking about Hilary Swank. So maybe something is finally coming on that front?

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They can have Kreese do the Hannibal Lector bit and advise Johnny and Daniel from jail.

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This is also a great idea


I posted earlier that I was opposed to Kreese being redeemed, he’s too far gone imo. But sort of tutoring Johnny from behind prison glass in order to take down the guy who betrayed him and set him up by giving him the full history of Tao Su Dung would be perfect.


The idea that Miyagi Do and Cobra Kai are the yin and yang and were created by the two original masters is so cool and no doubt that’s what the show runners had in mind and have been building toward

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So this was actually brought up in the S3 thread. The only reason I don’t think it works is that her mom seems kind of like a dead beat, right? Or is she just really sick? I’d have to go back snd watch all the scenes to be sure. Also, we met her aunt this season. Was that her mom’s sister or her dad’s? I guess I wasn’t paying close enough attention in that scene. But if it’s her mom’s sister that would rule this theory out as I’m pretty sure Swank was an only child.

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She is sick and cant take care of Tori. They never really say in KK4, if Hilary Swank had any siblings...all we know is her parents die in a car accident IIRC?

Am I the only one who thinks Anthony LaRusso looks exactly like Ron Livingston with a mop top?

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Tori's new job fakeout!lo

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lol...When she was putting on more "Red"...i thought to myself...whaaaaa!!!!