Johnny learns that his newly acquired dojo will require meeting a number of safety requirements before he can actually begin teaching. To that end, he has his first student, the put-upon Miguel (an excellent, and likeable, Xolo Mariduena) put in lots of physical labor. Meanwhile, we get more of a look at Daniels' home life, with his wife (Courtney Henggeler) and daughter (Mary Mouser), and son (Griffin Santopietro).
Effective bits include the portrayal of high school life for characters like Miguel. He tries asserting himself with a girl from a different clique, as one of the lessons Johnny has taught him is that hesitation NEVER pays off.
We also get to see another aspect of Johnny's life. As it turns out, he has his own teenage son (Tanner Buchanan) who is currently a true bad seed.
It's nice to see Daniel continue to get fleshed out as a character at this point in his life. He's doing his best to be a responsible father; however, when he "over-reacts" to a pool party thrown by his daughter, it's easy enough to see things from his point of view. He is admittedly thrown for a loop when he sees that Johnny is re-opening the Cobra Kai dojo. This leads to a solid confrontation wherein Daniel is certain that Johnny is acting like decades haven't gone by (and HE does instruct Miguel the same way that his old sensei Kreese would do), and Johnny informs him that he might not know that much about his daughter and her friends.
The show-runners here have done a superb job of building anticipation for all of the further developments in this series.
One hearty laugh occurs early on when the building inspector mistakes the cobra in the logo for a rattlesnake, and mispronounces the word "kai".
Eight out of 10.
Effective bits include the portrayal of high school life for characters like Miguel. He tries asserting himself with a girl from a different clique, as one of the lessons Johnny has taught him is that hesitation NEVER pays off.
We also get to see another aspect of Johnny's life. As it turns out, he has his own teenage son (Tanner Buchanan) who is currently a true bad seed.
It's nice to see Daniel continue to get fleshed out as a character at this point in his life. He's doing his best to be a responsible father; however, when he "over-reacts" to a pool party thrown by his daughter, it's easy enough to see things from his point of view. He is admittedly thrown for a loop when he sees that Johnny is re-opening the Cobra Kai dojo. This leads to a solid confrontation wherein Daniel is certain that Johnny is acting like decades haven't gone by (and HE does instruct Miguel the same way that his old sensei Kreese would do), and Johnny informs him that he might not know that much about his daughter and her friends.
The show-runners here have done a superb job of building anticipation for all of the further developments in this series.
One hearty laugh occurs early on when the building inspector mistakes the cobra in the logo for a rattlesnake, and mispronounces the word "kai".
Eight out of 10.