[VIDEO] Cobra Kai Season 5, Episode 1 — Ralph Macchio, William Zabka

The battle in opposition to Terry Silver wages on, and the risk stage of that highly effective ponytail has by no means been greater.

Within the Season 5 premiere of Cobra Kai (now accessible to stream in full on Netflix; learn a full premiere recap right here), Daniel LaRusso’s life is consumed by Silver’s each waking transfer. Whereas Miguel scours Mexico in quest of his organic father (with Johnny and Robby proper behind him), Daniel and Chozen attempt to determine how they’ll defeat Silver’s controversial fashion of preventing that’s primarily based nearly solely on deception. With Amanda being utterly over the karate drama (are you able to blame her?) and his youngsters continually in peril, is it protected to say that Daniel’s change into a bit, dare we are saying, “obsessed”?

Ralph Macchio laughs after we ask if that’s the precise descriptor. “I would say it’s protected to say that… Definitely in Season 5, Daniel LaRusso seems to be like absolutely the loopy particular person, which is enjoyable to play. He goes slightly off the rails.” (See what else the actor needed to say within the video above.)

As for Daniel’s former nemesis-turned-ally, Chozen isn’t blind to what’s at stake. He joins the trigger “to guard the legacy of Miyagi-Do,” says Yuji Okumoto. “That was one thing that was handed on from era to era… that’s one thing [Chozen] wished to honor.

And whereas Johnny could also be spending time south of the border when the season begins, William Zabka assures us his character will “put his proverbial headband on and get again to warfare.” Johnny, in spite of everything, was the one to reopen the Pandora’s Field that’s Cobra Kai, which ultimately results in a stark realization for the sensei.

“He opened up Cobra Kai and out got here the snake,” says Zabka, “so Johnny has a accountability to assist put that again within the field.”

Press PLAY on the video embedded above to listen to extra from Macchio, Okumoto, Zabka and Thomas Ian Griffith. Then, grade the premiere and drop your ideas within the feedback!