History Recap / CobraKaiS5E10HeadOfTheSnake

** Who would've thought Daniel's lazy, bratty son contributing nothing to the plot in the first three seasons would be the one to expose ''Terry Silver'' for the fraud that he is and kickstart his downfall?

** Big Red and his goons literally have the balls to provide a BringIt attitude to Stingray and '''[[TheHero Daniel [=LaRusso=]]]'''. Even if Stingray's the only one providing a CurbStompBattle on their end, it's not like they can take on a karate sensei who's light years ahead of their skillset.

* LeeroyJenkins: Johnny, Chozen, and Barnes are all eager to storm Silver's residence on a whim to get back at him for all the hell he put everyone through.

** Kreese escapes prison unaware that he is going to be exonerated from a crime he did not commit, he instead puts himself at risk being caught by the authorities and be put back into his cell.

** Mitch after he betrays the Miyagi-Fang, he berates them for calling him "Penis Breath" only for Kyler to shut him up by calling him "Penis Breath". The real kicker comes when the Miyagi-Fangs succeeded in uploading Silver's incriminating video, leaving all Cobra Kai students of their spirits broken when they learn of Silver's fraudulent actions.

** Daniel defeats Silver in their final fight using the [=QuickSilver=] method, taught to him by Silver himself in ''Part III''.

As the battle rages on at Silver's home, he and Kim Da-Eun observe the rival students on camera on his office. Realizing they are being attacked on two fronts, she instructs Kim to take care of the dojo while he settles matters with Chozen and Johnny. Having momentarily subdued Silver's men, Johnny directs Chozen to confront Silver.

** Silver had the foresight to delete the camera footage of him beating down Stingray, but forgot about when he admitted to Tory about his match-fixing.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Silver burning down Mike's furniture store comes back to bite him hard now, as Mike convinces Johnny and Chozen to storm Silver's residence. Without Mike's involvement, Silver would've arrived at the flagship dojo and ruined the kids' plans of exposing him. For bonus points, due to Mike's involvement, Johnny manages to defeat Silver's resident senseis; if that hadn't happened, Silver would have had their backup when going on to confront Daniel (which instead ended in disaster for Silver).
** Silver gave Tory a key card so she could legally enter the dojo after hours whenever she wanted. It's fair to say he never expected her to bring the Miyagi-Fang students with her.

As Johnny muses about Silver and Kreese becoming cellmates, a detective on the scene reveals that Kreese actually faked his own death in prison, using red jello to simulate his blood. In a flashback sequence set to "My Way" by Frank Sinatra, Kreese executes his master plan: He fights his way out of the morgue and, disguised in a doctor's lab coat to avoid detection, uses the security badge he lifted from the psychologist in their last session to walk out the door to freedom, a wide grin on his face.

Silver appears and attempts to downplay the video, but his students are unmoved. He then launches into a tirade, calling out Daniel and his cohorts for breaking into his home and claiming he will do whatever it takes to keep Cobra Kai on top. Elsewhere, Silver's senseis are about to finish Johnny when the photo of the ultrasound falls from his jacket onto the floor. Gaining a HeroicSecondWind at the sight of his unborn child, Johnny fights back and incapacitates all but two of his enemies, who manage to subdue him and prepare to run him through with a sword. However, Mike Barnes comes out of nowhere to take them down at the last second, saving Johnny's life.

In the aftermath, Stingray finally recants his testimony to the authorities. Robby attempts to speak with Kenny, but still reeling from Silver's betrayal, he is not ready to talk just yet. Tory and Robby make amends with each other, while Miguel and Sam rekindle their romance. Johnny reunites with Carmen, while Chozen is shown to have survived being wounded at the hands of Silver. After helping Chozen into an ambulance, Daniel notices that Barnes stole a Rembrandt painting from Silver's estate, intending to sell it to get back on his feet. Finally, Silver is arrested and loaded into a police car, facing a long list of criminal charges.

* {{Irony}}: Kreese enacts a violent plan to escape from prison. Had he waited a few more days, his conviction would have been overturned (and Silver put in his place) by Stingray's reversal. Either way, [[MeaninglessVillainVictory there aren't any Cobra Kai students left]]. In addition, he's now wanted for escaping custody, regardless if the original charges are withdrawn, as his escape is now considered to be a separate crime.

Back in the dojo, Silver tells Daniel that all his efforts were for nothing and advises him to accept it, or else get his ass kicked again. With Amanda's support, and with fury in his eyes, Daniel accepts the challenge. Following Chozen's earlier advice to "think like a serpent", Daniel turns Silver's patented "QuickSilver" method against him, first striking his knee before delivering a heavy blow to his chest. In desperation, Silver grabs a trophy from the wall to use as a weapon, but Daniel finishes him off with a perfectly executed Crane Kick that sends Silver crashing into the glass Cobra Kai mural behind him. As Daniel celebrates his victory with his family, a dejected Kenny approaches the fallen Silver and throws his Cobra Kai jersey at his former sensei, with the rest of the students following suit.

Back in the dojo, Silver tells Daniel that all his efforts were for nothing and advises him to accept it, or else get his ass kicked again. With Amanda's support, and with fury in his eyes, Daniel accepts the challenge. Following Chozen's earlier advice to "think like a serpent", Daniel turns Silver's patented "Quick-Silver" method against him, first striking his knee before delivering a heavy blow to his chest. In desperation, Silver grabs a trophy from the wall to use as a weapon, but Daniel finishes him off with a perfectly executed Crane Kick that sends Silver crashing into the glass Cobra Kai mural behind him. As Daniel celebrates his victory with his family, a dejected Kenny approaches the fallen Silver and throws his Cobra Kai jersey at his former sensei, with the rest of the students following suit.

Back at Silver's place, Johnny continues to take a vicious beating at the hands of the senseis. He is battered, bleeding, and nearly exhausted when Silver re-enters the house, boasting to Johnny that Chozen is now "off the board". Johnny threatens to kill him in retaliation, but Silver deems that unlikely. He commends Johnny for being a talented fighter, but berates him for being foolish enough to attack him in his own home. He then leaves for the dojo, but not before ordering his men to finish Johnny off.

After running several miles on foot, Daniel hails the driver of a pickup truck on the side of the road and asks him for a ride. When the man refuses, a desperate Daniel presses the issue, only to be confronted by several other men who emerge from the truck. Removing his suit jacket, Daniel prepares to defend himself, until a speeding vehicle sends everyone scrambling for cover. To Daniel's shock, the car is revealed to be Johnny's old Challenger, driven by Stingray and occupied by both Amanda and Carmen. Stating that the kids are in trouble, Amanda waves Daniel into the car and they promptly speed away.

Back at the flagship dojo, Demetri accesses the video of Silver's attack on Stingray, only to find that Silver erased the footage just before the assault took place. Undaunted, Tory reveals there is another video they can use and inputs the date and time on Demetri's tablet. Alerted to a commotion downstairs, Sam takes Miguel, Robby, and Tory to investigate while Hawk and Demetri stay behind to download the footage.

At the dojo, Tory and Devon briefly face off, with Tory emphasizing that she is not Devon's enemy. Meanwhile, Hawk urges Demetri to hurry up with the footage before Kyler and a few other Cobras enter the office. Although Kyler attempts to mock him for losing to Kenny, Hawk brushes him off and says that he has moved on, but Kyler is still the same old bully and, despite being defeated numerous times, is too stupid to ever learn his lesson. When Kyler and the others attack, Hawk is able to keep them at bay while Demetri works to upload and publish the footage via Wi-Fi. Elsewhere, Kenny attacks Robby who attempts to fend him off, unwilling to harm his old protege. While Robby is distracted by the other Cobras, however, Kenny catches him off guard with the Silver Bullet.

Impaired by the effects of the Silver Bullet, Robby is beaten down by Kenny and the other Cobras, until Miguel intervenes giving Robby the chance to recover. At the same time, Demetri joins the fight against Kyler and exacts a measure of revenge by defeating his former bully. With the video now uploading to Cobra Kai's [=YouTube=] channel, Hawk and Demetri take the tablet and rush out of the office. Meanwhile, Tory manages to hold her ground in the melee, but runs into a roadblock in the form of Kim Da-Eun, who vows to teach her a lesson even more painful than the last.

Overmatched by her former sensei, Tory quickly finds herself on the mat, where Kim Da-Eun mercilessly steps on her injured hand. Seeing Tory in trouble, Sam fearlessly comes to her aid, but both girls struggle to keep up with Kim. When Devon unexpectedly joins the fight, Kim warns her not to throw away her chance to become a champion, but Devon insists she will become a champion on her own terms and dismisses Sam to help defend Anthony. Rejoining Tory, the two girls attempt to pick up where they left off against Kim.

Silver appears and attempts to downplay the video, but his students are unmoved. He then launches into a tirade, calling out Daniel and his cohorts for breaking into his home and claiming he will do whatever it takes to keep Cobra Kai on top. Elsewhere, Silver's senseis are about to finish Johnny when the photo of the ultrasound falls onto the floor. Gaining a heroic second wind at the thought of his unborn child, Johnny fights back and incapacitates all but two of his enemies, who manage to subdue him and prepare to run him through with a sword. However, Mike Barnes comes out of nowhere to take them down at the last second, saving Johnny's life.

Back in the dojo, Silver tells Daniel that all his efforts were for nothing and advises him to accept it, or else get his ass kicked again. With Amanda's support, and with fury in his eyes, Daniel accepts the challenge. Following Chozen's earlier advice to "think like a serpent", Daniel turns Silver's own patented "Quick-Silver" technique against him, first striking his knee before delivering a heavy blow to his chest. In desperation, Silver grabs a trophy from the wall to use as a weapon, but Daniel finishes him off with a perfectly executed Crane Kick that sends Silver crashing into the glass Cobra Kai mural behind him. As Daniel celebrates his victory with his family, a dejected Kenny approaches the fallen Silver and throws his Cobra Kai jersey at his former sensei, with the rest of the students following suit.

As Johnny muses about Silver and Kreese becoming cellmates, a detective on the scene reveals that Kreese actually faked his own death in prison, using red jello to simulate his blood. In a sequence set to "My Way" by Frank Sinatra, Kreese executes his master plan: He fights his way out of the morgue and, disguised in a doctor's lab coat, uses the security badge he lifted from the psychologist in their last session to walk out the door to freedom.

** Mitch betrays the others by rejoining Cobra Kai and leaking their plan to them in the hopes of getting to enjoy the perks. By the end of the night, Silver is arrested and everyone has quit Cobra Kai, effectively shutting the dojo down and making his actions AllForNothing. Less than nothing since he effectively quit Miyagi-Fang by being a turncoat.

At the Reseda apartments, Robby, Miguel, Hawk, and Demetri wait for Sam, who has summoned them all individually. When she finally arrives with Tory, she explains her plan to prove that Silver assaulted Stingray by pulling the security footage from the old dojo. Although Robby notes that the place was cleared out after the last All-Valley tournament, Demetri tells them the footage would have been saved to a central server, which Tory confirms that Silver took with him to the flagship dojo. Theorizing that they can publish the footage of Stingray's assault online if they can acquire it, Sam tells her teammates to gather the others -- they are taking down Cobra Kai tonight.

The Miyagi-Do and Eagle Fang fighters rendezvous at the flagship dojo, gaining access to the building via Tory's key card. Sam instructs some of them to keep watch on the ground floor, while she and others head upstairs into Silver's office. As Demetri works to access the server footage, Robby disconnects a security camera, but fails to notice a second camera hidden within the Cobra Kai mural behind them.

Chozen confronts Silver in the middle of his sword display room. After mocking Chozen's vow to make him beg for mercy, he engages him in a fight and swiftly gains the upper hand, kicking Chozen to the ground before taunting him once again. Even as Johnny begins to lose the advantage against the other senseis, Chozen battles back and delivers a fierce strike to Silver's knee, momentarily staggering him. Sensing that he might be outmatched in unarmed combat, Silver picks up a katana while Chozen draws a pair of sai from his jacket; he warns Silver that he is not afraid to kill him. Unfazed, Silver responds that he is not afraid to die.

Impaired by the effects of the Silver Bullet, Robby finds himself beaten down by Kenny and the other Cobras, until Miguel intervenes giving Robby the chance to recover. At the same time, Demetri joins the fight against Kyler and exacts a measure of revenge by defeating his former bully. With the video now uploading to Cobra Kai's YouTube channel, Hawk and Demetri take the tablet and rush out of the office. Meanwhile, Tory manages to hold her ground in the melee, but runs into a roadblock in the form of Kim Da-Eun, who vows to teach her a lesson even more painful than the last.

Daniel and company finally arrive at the dojo, but find their path blocked by several Cobra Kai students. Although Daniel refuses to fight a bunch of teenagers, Stingray has no such qualms and eagerly steps up to the challenge, decimating the Cobras in short order before waving his friends inside. With the video upload nearing completion, the Cobra Kai redouble their efforts to stop it. As Daniel attemps to break through the crush of students to reach Anthony, the video begins to play on the dojo's main monitor -- the footage of Silver admitting to Tory that he bribed the referee at the All Valley tournament. Faced with this new revelation, the Cobras can only watch in stunned silence.

Back in the dojo, Silver tells Daniel that all his efforts were for nothing and advises him to accept it, or else get his ass kicked again. With Amanda's support, and with fury in his eyes, Daniel accepts the challenge. Following Chozen's earlier advice to "think like a serpent", Daniel turns Silver's own patented "Quick-Silver" technique against him, first striking his knee before delivering a heavy blow to his chest that staggers Silver. In desperation, Silver grabs a trophy from the wall to use as a weapon, but Daniel finishes him off with a perfectly executed Crane Kick that sends Silver crashing into the glass Cobra Kai mural behind him. As Daniel celebrates his victory with his family, a dejected Kenny approaches the fallen Silver and throws his Cobra Kai jersey at his former sensei, with the rest of the students following suit.

Mike, Johnny, and Chozen take the fight to Silver and the kids break into his dojo to expose his true colors for all to see.

** Kenny doesn't hesitate landing the first punch to Miguel when the latter steps in and defends Robby. While most of their fights are off screen, it begins and ends with Miguel laying the smackdown on Kenny.

* DesignatedGirlFight: Kim engages in a fight only with the female kids (Tory, Sam, and Devon) and isn't seen actively attempting to subdue any of the male kids.

* DeusExitMachina: When Barnes' guard is down, one of Silver's senseis knock him down, leaving him out of most of the fight, leaving Johnny and Chozen to take on all of them. He does recover eventually, and pulls a BigDamnHeroes to save Johnny in the end, but by that point, Chozen has been taken out of the fight when ''he'' was distracted.

* HadToComeToPrisonToBeACrook: The act of Kreese escaping from prison is now a separate crime from his original assault charge. Even if that assault charge were to be dismissed on account of Stingray showing that his testimony was given under duress, the charge of escaping from custody could still be sustained. If Kreese were to be caught, he can only hope that he can get away with time served.[[note]]Kreese also has a criminal record, as evidenced by Johnny seeing Kreese in a halfway house in season 2. Generally speaking, the justice system doesn't look too well at existing criminals who commit new crimes.[[/note]]

** The [=QuickSilver=] method comes in very handy for Daniel as he takes on Silver. Guess who taught him that?

* AssholeVictim: It's hard to sympathize with Mitch when he feels betrayed by Silver's fraud actions after ''he'' betrays the Miyagi-Fangs out of his own satisfaction.

* FaceDeathWithDignity: When Silver ''thinks'' Chozen is about to kill him, the former calmly states "I was meant to die on the battlefield. Do it." Defied when Chozen is then distracted and Silver regains the upper hand.
* FaceHeelTurn: Mitch returns to the Cobra Kais at the last minute, claiming his reason for doing so is because no one in Silver's Cobra Kai addresses him as "[[EmbarrassingNickname Penis Breath]]."

** When Demetri interrupts Eli's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to point out he actually hasn't beaten Kyler in a fight, Eli tells him he'll get his chance. Moments later Demetri does and becomes the latest of Kyler's former victims to kick his ass.

** Oh Mitch... After he betrays the Miyagi-Fangs mainly because they call him "Penis Breath," Kyler takes a page out of their book and ''calls him'' "Penis Breath." Then when the battle at Silver's flagship dojo does ensue, you can see him knocked out on the ground as the Cobra Kais ZergRush the Miyagi-Fangs in getting the tablet. Then, Silver gets exposed as a fraud and beaten by Daniel in front of all the current generation karatekas, making his betrayal and defection to Cobra Kai AllForNothing. Less than nothing, since he basically burned that bridge with the people he was once close with.

** Mitch betrays the Miyagi-Fang alliance so he could get to enjoy Cobra Kai's high-end merchandises and fed up with being called "Penis Breath". The real kicker comes when he not only gets called "Penis Breath" by Kyler, but witnesses Silver being exposed as a fraud, beaten by Daniel and ultimately leading to his arrest. The Cobra Kai students who were disillusioned by the truth discard their CK apparel, and the dojo is closed down for now.