Take a Right is the sixth episode of the second season of Cobra Kai.
Summary
Daniel’s students are given a lesson in overcoming their grudges. Johnny spends some time away from the dojo, while Kreese exerts his influence.
Plot
After the events of the previous episode, the Miyagi-Do dojo is a total disaster. Luckily, Daniel’s students are on the case, including some new hires from the Cobra Kai Dojo, which causes friction. Demetri is especially annoyed at the idea of letting the kids who jumped him train there; he resorts to another Game of Thrones analogy (“it’s like letting the Wildlings beyond the Wall!”) and is once again thwarted by Daniel’s superior knowledge of Westeros.
The remaining Cobra Kai students, meanwhile, are forced to do constant exercise in the hopes that they’ll give up the identity of the vandal. Hawk wants to admit his guilt to Johnny, but Kreese keeps him quiet, later insisting that they’re all responsible, they’re all Cobra Kai. Johnny, unfortunately, doesn’t have time to stick around for the investigation. He receives a call from an old buddy letting him know that one of their friends is terminally ill; it’s Tommy, and the rest of the original Cobra Kai members, have gathered around to say their farewells.
So, while Kreese is busy running Cobra Kai and insisting that the students are about to begin their “real training”, Johnny, Tommy, Bobby and Jimmy head out on one last road trip. Johnny’s old buddies think he’s naive letting Kreese back into his life, and don’t believe that everyone is capable of change; least of all Kreese, which, as we can see during the scenes back at the dojo, they’re probably right about. But the most prescient conversation is about time; for all the mistakes Johnny has made, he still has the time to atone for them. Some other people aren’t so lucky, the next morning, Johnny and the boys wake up to find Tommy dead.
Kreese, meanwhile, has taken to teaching the dojo in his own way, and tells Miguel that they will put Johnny "back on track".
Notes
- This episode marks the return of old Cobra Kai members Tommy, Bobby Brown and Jimmy. Also this marks the death of Tommy.
- Tommy also literally gets placed in a body bag.
- This is the first (and only up to date) episode in Cobra Kai series to show an on-screen death of a character.