Cobra Kai’s Fourth Season Highlights The Subtle Issue Of Mental Health

The inability and unwillingness to move on and properly heal carries big consequences throughout the series. Old traumas are brought back to life and exacerbated, while new traumas are created. The price is their mental health and wellness.

On New Year’s Eve 2021, Netflix rolled out the highly anticipated fourth, and most intense season, yet, of Cobra Kai. I stress, seriously stress, that it is crucial to watch The Karate Kid trilogy to fully understand Cobra Kai’s plot and characters. There are no true “heroes” or “villains” in Cobra Kai, they are a cadre of misunderstood people.

Martin Kove, who reprises his role as the villainous John Kreese (one of the major antagonists), explained that Kreese is misunderstood.

Mental health is the subtle subplot of Cobra Kai’s latest season, season four, through the latest actions of the cast and the ramifications of…