The 'Cobra Kai' season 6 finale ending closes a chapter, but it's not the end of the 'Karate Kid' franchise

• The final episodes of 'Cobra Kai' are now on Netflix, ending its six-season journey.

• The series began on YouTube in 2018 and gained popularity after moving to Netflix.

• A new film, 'Karate Kid: Legends,' featuring Ralph Macchio and Jackie Chan, is coming.

Warning: Major spoilers for the series finale of "Cobra Kai."

After launching on YouTube in 2018 and then becoming a sensation when it moved to Netflix in 2020, "Cobra Kai" is finally coming to a close, ending a successful six-season run that combined the classic "Karate Kid" movies with a new era of karate fighters.

The 15-episode final season was split into three parts. On Thursday, season six part three's five episodes, the final handful in the series, were made available on Netflix.

The episodes closed the loop on legendary characters from the legacy movies — like the final showdown between villains John Kreese (Martin Kove) and Terry Silver (Thomas Ian Griffith) who both die when Silver's yacht explodes at the hands (well, cigar) of Kreese — and glory for the popular high school characters in the series — both Miguel (Xolo Maridue?a) and Tory (Peyton List) become tournament champions.

But the final episode brings it all back to the character who has been the main focus of the series since the very beginning: Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka).

In the 'Cobra Kai' finale, Johnny Lawrence finally gets his glory

In episode 15, titled "Ex-Degenerate (the pilot episode of the show is titled "Ace Degenerate"), Lawrence prepares to face off against Wolf (Lewis Tan), the sensei of the Iron Dragons, the rival dojo to Cobra Kai. With both dojos tied in points at the esteemed Sekai Taikai tournament, the only way to break the tie is for both senseis to fight it out.

This marks the first time Lawrence has fought in a tournament since Lawrence lost to Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) at the All-Valley tournament at the end of the first "Karate Kid" movie.

Lawrence is still haunted by the loss, even though he and LaRusso are now friends and LaRusso becomes Lawrence's sensei for the fight.

After a montage of fight training that pays homage to the training in "Rocky 3," Lawrence is filled with confidence to battle Wolf. However, that changes when Wolf psychs him out in the locker room before the match.

Lawrence comes out flat at the start of the fight, quickly going down 0-2 in points. To win, the fighter has to score three. After a pep talk from LaRusso, Lawrence comes back to win the match, scoring the third point by taking LaRusso's advice of being defensive instead of on the offensive, which lost him the All-Valley decades ago.

The episode ends with the high school characters moving on to college and Lawrence getting a new crop of students.

Another 'Karate Kid' movie is in the works

We aren't done with Daniel LaRusso.

In May, Sony will release "Karate Kid: Legends," which will feature LaRusso and Mr. Han, played by Jackie Chan, who starred opposite Jaden Smith in 2010's "The Karate Kid."

In "Legends," which takes place three years after the final season of "Cobra Kai," the story focuses on a Kung-Fu prodigy named Li Fong (Ben Wang), who moves to New York City and struggles to fit in. Eventually, he enters a karate competition and is taken under the wing of Han and LaRusso.

It's unclear if any other "Cobra Kai" cast members besides Macchio will appear in the movie, but "Legends" director Jonathan Entwistle told Entertainment Weekly in December that he had detailed conversations with the "Cobra Kai" team to ensure "Legends" and "Cobra Kai" feel like "part of one family."

There's no 'Cobra Kai' season 7 — but what about a spinoff?

It's unknown if "Cobra Kai" creators Hayden Schlossberg, Jon Hurwitz, and Josh Heald will be doing any spinoffs.

However, they have gone on the record as saying they'd like to do a prequel on the legendary sensei who trained LaRusso, Mr. Miyagi (played by Pat Morita). Recently, Schlossberg and Hurwitz told Yahoo that "nothing definitive" has happened with the project.

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