‘Cobra Kai’ Final Season to Be Split Into 3 Parts — Here’s a First Look

And you thought waiting for the back half of a “Stranger Things” season was agonizing. Netflix is splitting the final season of “Cobra Kai,” Season 6, into three parts.

You read that right. Though it has become commonplace for Netflix to divide new seasons of its biggest hits into two parts, this is the first time the streamer has split a season (of any series) into thirds. The next-up example of a hit Netflix original being halved is mere weeks away. The eight-episode “Bridgerton” Season 3 will premiere the first four on May 16 and the back half on June 13.

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“Cobra Kai” Season 6, Part 1 premieres on July 18, 2024; Part 2 premieres November 28, 2024; and finally, Part 3 (dubbed “The Finale Event”) will have to wait for 2025. We do not yet have a specific date for the final one-third.

The fifth season of “Cobra Kai” debuted back on September 9, 2022. The sixth season of the “Karate Kid” sequel series picks up with the Cobra Kai dojos having been eliminated from the San Fernando Valley. Their senseis and students must decide if (and how) they will compete in the Sekai Taikai — the world championships of karate. This ain’t the All Valley anymore.

“Cobra Kai” is written and executive produced by Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg via their production company Counterbalance Entertainment. Will Smith, James Lassiter, and Caleeb Pinkett executive produce for Will and Jada Pinkett Smith’s Westbrook Studios, along with Susan Ekins in association with Sony Pictures Television. Stars Ralph Macchio and William Zabka also serve as executive producers.

In addition to Daniel-san and Johnny Lawrence, “Cobra Kai” also stars Martin Kove, Xolo Maridueña, Jacob Bertrand, Mary Mouser, Tanner Buchanan, Peyton List, Gianni DeCenzo, Courtney Henggeler, Vanessa Rubio, Dallas Dupree Young, Yuji Okumoto, Alicia Hannah-Kim, Griffin Santopietro, and Oona O’Brien. For its first two seasons, “Cobra Kai” was a YouTube original.

Watch the Season 6 teaser here:

Today’s announcement(s) took place at the Netflix Is a Joke Festival. “Cobra Kai” is a comedy series.

Here are some (more) first-look images from the show’s upcoming (and then upcoming, and upcoming) final season:

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