‘Cobra Kai’ Stars Tease an ‘Unexpected, Uplifting’ Finale as the Show Prepares to End Its Six-Season Run

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Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large As “Cobra Kai” gets ready to drop its final five episodes early next year, stars Ralph Macchio and William Zabka promised that the show will end on a thrilling note for fans.

Speaking at a panel on the Sony Pictures Entertainment lot, Macchio and Zabka — along with the “Cobra Kai” executive producers — hinted that the explosive ending of Season 6’s Episode 10 sets the stage for a whirlwind last batch of episodes. “You need to hit the bottom to come back up, and that’s kind of where we are,” Macchio said. “I’m very excited.

It is set up to embrace that big ’80s movie ending that I have a feeling we will find and go forward. It feels right to land the plane, ‘Cobra Kai’ proper… [and that] this chapter is ending.” Season 6 was split into three segments, with the first batch of five episodes premiering in July and the second part dropping earlier this month.

As Part 3 of Season 6 lands on Feb. 13, 2025, Zabka agreed that it was “the right time to end it and the right way to end it. [The producers] stick the landing in a way that’s unexpected, uplifting, and honest…It’s a great ending for everybody and we’re so thankful we had six seasons to get to tell the whole story.” Part 2 of “Cobra Kai” Season 6 ended with perhaps its most shocking moment yet — an unexpected death in the middle of a global karate tournament that stuns everyone, including the show’s villains John Kreese and Terry Silver. “We wanted to make it unpredictable going forward,” said Jon Hurwitz, who serves as executive producer along with Josh Heald and Hayden Schlossberg. “What does it mean?