Warning: This article contains major spoilers for Cobra Kai Season 4, streaming now on Netflix.
One of the creators of Netflix's hit action-comedy series Cobra Kai has explained why Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence's anticipated rematch couldn't have ended in any other than a draw.
Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, co-creator Josh Heald explained why the match had to end in a stalemate: "It was always a draw for us. These characters are so passionate, in terms of whose karate is 'better', in quotation marks," Heald said. "The show is giving you that Yin and Yang, exploring [how] it's not better, it's just different. It goes to that theme over and over again."
The writer also explained the contradicting message it would send if either Daniel or Johnny clearly won the rematch.
"Giving one of them a win at this stage of their lives, after they've come so far with their exploration of each other's karate, and with their own interpretation of their masters' karate--it would have felt inauthentic," the co-creator said.
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In the fourth season of Cobra Kai, Daniel and Johnny struggle to put aside their differences so they can prepare their students against John Kreese, and all seemed to be going well during the first few episodes, with Daniel and Johnny even agreeing to practice and learn from each other's styles. However, their differing approaches and perspectives to martial arts, combined with the reintroduction of Karate Kid 3's villainous billionaire Terry Silver, led to a fight between the mentors of Eagle Fang and Miyagi-Do.
Cobra Kai Seasons 1 to 4 are now available to stream on Netflix.
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