-Great dynamic of Johnny's actual son being taught by Larusso and then Johnny's divided loyalty in the finale with him seeing both the Kreese Cobra Kai way and the Miyagi way play out before him and having a vested interest in
both sides. Great idea. That should make for some interesting stuff in season two
-All the paralleling with the first movie was great - the self-fulfilling prophesy of Miguel (?) losing Sam (?) much like Johnny lost Ali (?) in the first movie - yeah I'm crap with character names even when I like what I'm watching. Johnny told him that story as a cautionary tale but it ended up happening again anyway
-Perfect ending, went the more interesting route rather than the cliched way. Loved it.
-The show did a great job of showing how anyone can be or become an a$$hole
or the good guy. The diverse/bullied kids kinda/sorta became the bad guys in places because of the way they're being taught - And while you're rooting for Johnny's lovable brand of a$$holery you have Larusso being another kind of a$$hole to
him - yet his Karate remains the more honorable kind that he learned from Miyagi, now passed on to Johnny's son.
-Loved Johnny's response to his students tales of being bullied - 'my god'....you assume an outpouring of sympathy for the kids or anger at the bullies - 'what a bunch of
*******', nope - Johnny's just disgusted at the
mode of bullying utilized by the new generation - texting and internet posts, not like in his day when bullying used to mean something
-The show didn't do what is often done now in disregarding previous, less popular entries of a franchise - it brought up Terry Silver (KKIII) - I personally have no problem with that as I think KKIII is underrated
-was not expecting Larusso's mom to appear again (same actress) or Kreese to come back right at the end