Creators Hayden Schlossberg, Josh Heald, and Jon Hurwitz discuss the second part of the 15-episode final season — including that death — how it sets up Part 3's series conclusion and what comes next in their Netflix karate universe: "We see so many potential spinoffs.

At the end of Cobra Kai Season 6 Part 1, it looked like there was just one major antagonist left for our heroes to deal with — assuming they could put their own differences aside to survive the Sekai Taikai, that is — with things finally coming to a head with John Kreese (Martin Kove). In Part 2, though, we quickly learn just how wrong that is.