Cobra Kai

...the show is compact if not bingeable, and its conceit alone should bring eyeballs.

I simply couldn’t stop watching.

...this well-written reboot of the franchise is way better than you'd expect.

...an entertaining dramedy that mixes nostalgia and teen angst with an interesting meditation on the ever-shifting definition of masculinity.

...is an all you can eat buffet of deep cuts, callouts, world-building and karate face-offs literally decades in the making.

This marvelous sequel series to The Karate Kid isn't just a huge suckerpunch of nostalgia for kids of the '80s. It's also a sharp, dry comedy of the kind we've come to expect these days.