Cobra Kaiseason 5 was dropped on Netflix last Friday, and the series seems to have shattered all expectations with review scores seemingly exceeding what any of theKarate Kidspinoff’s previous seasons had accomplished.
Over the weekend,Cobra Kaimanaged to attain an impressive 100% critics' score on Rotten Tomatoes, as well as an even more commendable 95% score on the users’ side, which makes season five one of the series’ best so far. For now,Cobra Kaijoins a few select TV series that hold multiple seasons worthy of a 100% critic rating,such asBreaking Bad,Mad Men, orBig Mouth, as the show’s debut season received the same unanimous praise back when it premiered on YouTube Red in 2018.
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The list of shows possessing perfectly rated seasons onRotten Tomatoescontains just over 100 different names, whereas in the movie section the number is closer to 400. Of course, the score is a fickle beast seeing as allCobra Kaineeds is one negative review to lose that milestone. Nevertheless,Cobra Kaiseason 5 has been doing just as good over on other review sites, as every new episode currently holds a rating of 8.1 stars or above onIMDb, including a 9.6 forCobra Kai’s hard-hitting finale.
Reviews for Cobra Kaihave been mostly stellar, as season five sees Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence pair up with the Chozen, the former’s rival, in order to take down the evil Terry Silver. In season 5, Silver has really taken things to thenext level as far asKarate Kidvillainsgo. Most notably, in a day and age where review-bombing for video games, films, and TV shows can threaten any production’s online reputation,Cobra Kaihas won the hearts of practically anyone who’s seen it, thus rendering it immune to internet trolls of any kind.
So what’s themagic behindCobra Kai’s most recent success? Well, to be fair, the show really isn’t doing anything it hadn’t done before in 2022, it’s just that this karate adventure has risen to the challenge of eclipsing itself by doubling down on everything that makesCobra Kaiso addictive in the first place. Not only that, fans are getting to see proper payoffs for most of the characters that Josh Heald and Jon Hurwitz have created to turn Johnny Lawrence into a modern hero.
Cobra Kaiseason 5 is currently available on Netflix.
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