Esqueleto is a great episode. Cobra Kai is one of the better and more realistic T V series this year. Esqueleto is ugly, cruel and hard to watch. Giving a accurate portrayal of bullying, and tribalism. Humans at their genetic instinctive worse is what Esqueleto is. What happens in the library and dance creates the arguments for why there is armies and people trade to hurt main. The teachers who have the love beats hate slogans show how the educational system just don't cut it when one gets there butt kicked over and over again. The other main story is Danial's family raising troubles. People are not as they appear, and the suspicions which go along with deception, which make Danial go to the dance. Esqueleto explains the creation of the new Cobra Kai and we actually see a caring side of Johnny at the end. Johnny's cruel to be kind methods are set into place. Foreign in today's educational system, which creates a need for Cobra Kai. There is a moral sub-story for the clicks be careful what you start. You just might be creating your own downfall. None of the Cobra Kai people wanted this. Directed to be ugly, and acted out harshly and give the real feel to an ugly situation.
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Three episodes in... Feel it's time to chime in.
GraXXoR13 September 2020
When they talk about reboots, there's this fear that they are going to completely rewrite the source material and basically destroy the original premise.
Having zero expectations walking into this, I trepidatiously started to watch based on the glowing reviews... Still, I thought that it would be a disappointment, riding on the current wave of 80's nostalgia ala Stranger Things.
I needn't have worried... Incredibly, they brought the two original actors back together and have overcome the three decade barrier to set the stage for what seems to be shaping up to be perhaps one of the most imaginative sequels ever...
Expectations have been raised... Fingers crossed.
Having zero expectations walking into this, I trepidatiously started to watch based on the glowing reviews... Still, I thought that it would be a disappointment, riding on the current wave of 80's nostalgia ala Stranger Things.
I needn't have worried... Incredibly, they brought the two original actors back together and have overcome the three decade barrier to set the stage for what seems to be shaping up to be perhaps one of the most imaginative sequels ever...
Expectations have been raised... Fingers crossed.
Poor man
Calicodreamin13 January 2021
Much Weaker than the First Two Episodes
Better_TV12 May 2018
This episode was definitely a disappointment. Between the Hallmark-quality high school drama at the Halloween school dance and a variety of increasingly crude, filthy jokes that just seem like they're there for show, it was a profound step down from the excellent episodes 1 and 2.
This one also spent a lot more time on the subplot between Daniel (Ralph Macchio) and his daughter (Mary Mouser), as well as her relationship with vicious bully Kyler (Joe Seo).
The played-out high school theatrics, potty humor and excessive focus on the bullying of Aisha (Nichole Brown) just left a bad taste in my mouth. And it took too much screen time away from this show's biggest selling point: the fantastically entertaining dynamic between Daniel and Johnny (William Zabka).
Hoping the other episodes better match the quality of the first two.
This one also spent a lot more time on the subplot between Daniel (Ralph Macchio) and his daughter (Mary Mouser), as well as her relationship with vicious bully Kyler (Joe Seo).
The played-out high school theatrics, potty humor and excessive focus on the bullying of Aisha (Nichole Brown) just left a bad taste in my mouth. And it took too much screen time away from this show's biggest selling point: the fantastically entertaining dynamic between Daniel and Johnny (William Zabka).
Hoping the other episodes better match the quality of the first two.
Esqueleto
Prismark1026 April 2019
I did spend this episode wondering if William Zabka has aged better than Ralph Machio. I think all that black hair does not suit Macchio.
It is the Halloween party at school. Daniel is worried that Kyler will make moves on his daughter. Daniel decides to attend as a chaperone. He sees a boy in a skeleton costume that brings back painful memories.
This time it is Miguel in the skeleton costume and he gets his butt kicked by Kyler and his cronies when he finds out what Kyler planned to do with Daniel's daughter with a cheap trinket. This is despite Johnny teaching Miguel how to do kung fu kicks Kreese style.
It is one of these episodes where the nerds, geeks and the fat ones are out of place at the Halloween school dance. Miguel even loses a girl to Doctor Who in a bow tie.
It is Zabka who again is the stand out. Frustrated, money problems and seeing a world where deep down he knows he could make a difference.
It is the Halloween party at school. Daniel is worried that Kyler will make moves on his daughter. Daniel decides to attend as a chaperone. He sees a boy in a skeleton costume that brings back painful memories.
This time it is Miguel in the skeleton costume and he gets his butt kicked by Kyler and his cronies when he finds out what Kyler planned to do with Daniel's daughter with a cheap trinket. This is despite Johnny teaching Miguel how to do kung fu kicks Kreese style.
It is one of these episodes where the nerds, geeks and the fat ones are out of place at the Halloween school dance. Miguel even loses a girl to Doctor Who in a bow tie.
It is Zabka who again is the stand out. Frustrated, money problems and seeing a world where deep down he knows he could make a difference.
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