This text comprises spoilers for “Cobra Kai” Season 6 Half 3.
Hey, keep in mind how “Cobra Kai” Season 6 Half 2 used AI to carry again a useless “Karate Child” actor? The present’s revelation of Mr. Miyagi’s (Pat Morita) massive, darkish secret within the episode “Blood in Blood Out” results in a nightmare sequence within the half 2 finale “Eunjangdo,” the place Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) has to combat in opposition to a younger Miyagi (Brian Takahashi), who finally morphs into the Morita model.
Bringing again Morita’s Miyagi — even for only a quick second — proved divisive among the many fandom, with many viewers condemning the choice on social media. This, nonetheless, has achieved little to curb the present’s enthusiasm. Within the “Cobra Kai” Season 6 Half 3 episode “Skeletons,” Daniel has yet one more extended dream sequence as he ponders his dearly departed sensei’s seemingly villainous previous deeds. This dream comes within the form of numerous masked males who’re dressed within the Cobra Kai skeleton costumes from “The Karate Child.” Earlier than Daniel turns into overwhelmed, Miyagi arrives from the shadows, and the 2 be part of forces for a protracted combat sequence in opposition to the attackers. After the skeletons cease their assault, Daniel and the dream Miyagi have an equally prolonged heart-to-heart, which finally ends up lifting Daniel’s spirits … but in addition offers “Cobra Kai” arguably the worst second in your entire sequence.
The Miyagi cameo is overlong, pointless, and uncomfortable to look at
Even for those who do not like “Cobra Kai” as a present, it is simple to see that it would not have a whole lot of throwaway scenes. Opinions might fluctuate on whether or not each storyline is gold, however the sequence usually does a commendable job at crafting each particular person scene right into a streamlined factor that does its meant job of both constructing the sequence’ most up-to-date dramatic components or just establishing the following cool karate battle.
Due to this observe document, the Miyagi cameo in “Skeletons” is doubly extra off-putting. It is longer than it must be, and since we’re clearly watching an AI resurrection of a beloved useless actor, the dialogue between Daniel and Miyagi makes for severely uncomfortable viewing. What’s extra, there is no want to incorporate the scene within the first place. The loss of life of Kwon (Brandon H. Lee) in “Eunjangdo” already confirmed that karate fights might result in unintentional deaths, which ought to’ve mae Daniel notice that Miyagi’s killing of a Sekai Taikai opponent was doubtless unintentional. Additionally, the sequence finale, “Ex-Degenerate,” nearly casually reveals the reality behind Miyagi’s supposed violent theft of a necklace. Lucille LaRusso (Randee Heller) items mentioned necklace to Samantha LaRusso (Mary Mouser), and divulges that the piece of jewellery was a Miyagi household heirloom that an internment camp guard stole from Miyagi’s spouse after her loss of life. Daniel’s sensei was merely monitoring down what belonged to him, and fairly justifiably clocked the previous guard when he tried to withstand.
The mixture of these scenes would simply shut the guide on the Miyagi storyline with out the AI cameo. Due to this, the entire dream sequence comes throughout as a mixture of misguided fan service and the showrunners’ acknowledged need to arrange a spin-off for Mr. Miyagi.
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