Cobra Kai Season 5's Strangest Finale Twist Explained By Showrunners
The newest season of Netflix's Cobra Kai is out in the world and after a Season 4 that felt like a bit of a downgrade, the latest batch of episodes is a serious return to crane-kicking form. The fights are top-notch, the drama is thick, and when it all wrapped up, there were plenty of questions about what comes next, should the show be renewed for Season 6. The biggest question has to do with the most ridiculous cliffhanger the show has pulled off yet.
Warning: The following contains spoilers for all of Cobra Kai Season 5. If you've yet to watch the new episodes, look away now. Otherwise, you're definitely going to be spoiled.
Throughout Season 5, sensei John Kreese (Martin Kove) was locked up for the attempted murder of Stingray (Paul Walter Hauser). Chances are you'll recall those events unfolding at the end of Season 4--along with the fact that Kreese is actually innocent. He was framed by his former friend Terry Silver (Thomas Ian Griffith).
However, as Season 5 comes to a close, the truth is revealed and Silver is taken into custody. Naturally, you might think that means Kreese would be released by the cops. That's not the case, though, as it's revealed that he actually escaped prison after faking his own death. Seriously, Kreese faked his own death to get out of jail and is now seemingly on the run.
How did we get here? Well, as co-showrunner John Hurwitz told GameSpot, we shouldn't actually be that surprised. «It's Karate Kid/Cobra Kai tradition for Kreese to fake his own death,» he joked. «So that's something that he likes doing. We enjoy it when he does it, and we thought it would be a real fun thing to have in the finale.»
Hurwitz isn't wrong. In Season 1, it was revealed that everyone thought Kreese was dead,
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