'Cobra Kai' Season 4: Netflix Release Date, Cast, Spoilers, More

Netflix’s Cobra Kai has been taking TV viewers by storm ever since season 1 and 2 moved to the streaming service from YouTube Red in June 2020.

A spinoff of the original Karate Kid movies, the series is set 34 years after the events in the first film and stars Ralph Macchio and William Zabka, who reprised their iconic roles as Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence. New cast members include, Xolo Maridueña, Jacob Bertrand, Courtney Henggeler, Tanner Buchanan, Mary Mouser and Peyton List, among others. The show reignites the longtime feud between Daniel and Johnny, but this time instead of fighting each other, they own competing dojos and teach a new crop of fighters.

The show “tells relative stories for today’s generation, but yet has that nostalgic embrace of the original and never loses sight of its source material,” Ralph told TODAY in September 2020.

Cobra Kai was renewed for a fourth season in October 2020, and Peyton told Entertainment Tonight in January 2021, that upon hearing the news she “bawled.” Fans are dying to know what’s going to happen next and although not much information has been released just yet, the cast has officially returned to set!

When chatting with HollywoodLife in January 2021, Peyton did spill some tea about her character, Tory, and her rivalry with Mary’s Samantha. “I don’t know if it [the feud will] ever be over,” the actress said. “I think there will always be more with these two. I mean, who knows, these writers always surprise me. That’s what I love so much about this show is that when I read the script I’m genuinely eating it up. I’m so curious what’s going to happen because I think there’s such hardcore Karate Kid fans. They have so much love for it that it’s always shocking.”

On the other hand, Mary is on board for the rivalry between these two characters. “I like the rivalry,” she gushed. “I think it’s fun. I think it’s fun to have that kind of, not even just anger or like grudges, but just that passionate blind focus of like, this person is the reason that my life is whatever it is right now. And I have to fix it. I have to take it out on them. Whatever it is, I think it’s super fun.”

What else can viewers expect going forward? Scroll through our gallery for what we know so far about Cobra Kai season 4.

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Starting Production

In February 2021, the show’s official Twitter account shared the first photo from season 4! Previously, the show’s creators told Games Radar in January 2021, that they “hope to be shooting the show in the coming months.”

“We’re still figuring out some of the specifics, but the intent is for early [2021], to get back on set, with all the COVID protocols in place, and to get back to some karate ass-kicking in the valley,” Jon told the website.

The Cast Returns

Thankfully, all the main cast members are set to return in season 4. Digital Spy reported that fans will get to see more of “binary brothers” Demitri and Hawk as well as the return of Terry Silver.

Both Peyton and Vanessa Rubio were upped to series regulars for the upcoming season, per Variety.

Season 4 Plot

The next batch of episodes will follow the events of season 3. The season finale ended with a major confrontation where Daniel and Johnny finally joined forces after being enemies for years. Where does the show go from there? Well, Jon told EW that fans will see “a strong journey for the Robby character.”

“We’re training for the All Valley tournament, and I feel like it might as well be life or death to all these kids,” Peyton told The New York Post in December 2021. “‘It’s never too late’ is kind of the whole premise. There are all these complicated relationships. It’s never too late for a second chance. With Johnny, it’s like, he didn’t peak in the ’80s. He can come back. I love a redemption story.”

Cast’s Quotes

“I’m so excited to get back to kicking and punching things because that’s the most fun,” Mary told ET. “I’m really grateful that we’ve got this next season. I’m really excited.”

While talking about season 4 with Men’s Health, Ralph said, “It’s being worked out and written right now, so I can only tease that where it ends, it starts. It’s basically a match-cut from the end.”

What’s Next for Robby?

“This is such a huge season for everyone,” Tanner teased to DaMan in October 2021. “But for Robby, this is definitely the deciding year for what path he will most likely continue on for the rest of his life, or at least most of it. So, it does get a bit intense.”

The actor also told Page Six that this season was “definitely one of the most intense seasons we’ve had.”

“One of the most action-packed,” Tanner added in December 2021. “The world has expanded so much. We’re bringing in new people and people from the original franchise, and in my opinion, people are going to think this is the best season yet.”