In the final minutes of the Cobra Kai series finale, the action moves to a Los Angeles sushi restaurant with real-life Cobra Kai creators Jon Hurwitz and Josh Heald seated at the bar. “The show would be set in Hill Valley, alternate 1985,” says Hurwitz. “All we need are Wilson, Thompson, and Zane, and we got the green light.”

As Cobra Kai ended its six-season run, a key character death has been weighing on the showrunners' minds since its airing.

Hurwitz even explained that there were plans for another inexplicable Kreese return during that montage – but even they thought that would have been too far. Hurwitz wrote, "We

With such a massive ensemble cast built around the LaRusso and Lawrence families, Cobra Kai season 6, part 3 simply has too many characters just hanging around.