List of Cobra Kai episodes

Cobra Kai is an American comedy-drama and martial arts television series. The series is a direct continuation and spin-off of the first four films in The Karate Kid franchise, and initially picks up 30 years after the 1984 titular film.^[1] The series' first season premiered on the streaming service YouTube Red on May 2, 2018,^[2] followed by a second season the following year on April 24, on the renamed YouTube Premium.^[3] YouTube initially renewed and produced a third season of the series to release in 2020,^[4][5] but was not interested in developing any further seasons due to a shift from scripted to unscripted programming.^[6] As a result, distributor Sony Pictures Television opted to look for a new service to stream the series.^[7] Among other streaming services, Hulu and Netflix were named as possible new networks for the series.^[8]

In 2020 it was ultimately announced that Netflix had purchased the completed third season, while YouTube and Netflix would share non-exclusive streaming rights to the first two seasons.^[9] Netflix held the series until 2021^[10] and started production on a fourth season.^[11] The third season, initially set to release on January 8,^[12] was released a week earlier on January 1 to coincide with New Year's Day.^[13] The fourth season streamed later that year on December 31.^[14] A fifth season followed on September 9, 2022.^[15] In January 2023, Netflix renewed Cobra Kai for a sixth and final season,^[16] set to stream in December of that year.^[17] Amid the 2023 Writers' Guild of America strike and the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike, the season was delayed to 2024.^[18]

Ralph Macchio and William Zabka returned from the film series as Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence respectively.^[19] New actors to the franchise include Courtney Henggeler, Xolo Maridueña, Tanner Buchanan, and Mary Mouser.^[20] Jacob Bertrand, Gianni DeCenzo, Payton List, Vanessa Rubio, and Dallas Dupree Young were all added to the main cast in later seasons after recurring in earlier ones.^[21][22][23] Additionally, Martin Kove returned to the franchise to portray John Kreese with a main role beginning in the second season after a guest role at the end of the first,^[24] while Thomas Ian Griffith reprised his role as Terry Silver beginning in the fourth.^[25] Other characters from the film series have appeared as guest stars and recurring characters.^{[26][27][28][29]} Sony is developing a sixth feature film, to be released after the series concludes, that will tie-in with the 2010 reboot film and is set to star Macchio.^[30]

Cobra Kai has received critical acclaim,^[31][32][33] receiving nominations for multiple People's Choice and Emmy awards.^[34][35][36] It also topped viewership charts on both YouTube and Netflix with each respective season's release.^{[37][38][39][40]}

As of September 9, 2022,^[update] 50 episodes of Cobra Kai have been released, concluding the fifth season.^[41]