History Recap / CobraKaiS5E5ExtremeMeasures

* AesopAmnesia: While Amanda has good reasons for leaving Daniel, she ignores his warnings about what kind of person Silver is until she hears the details from [[Film/TheKarateKidPartIII Jessica Andrews]] herself. This despite the fact that she previously ignored Daniel’s similar warning about John Kreese, only to find out Daniel was not lying or exaggerating in the least about how dangerous Kreese is. As it turns out, [[HistoryRepeats she again finds out Daniel has every reason to fear Silver]]. Granted, the first old enemy Daniel showed paranoia about was Johnny, and it takes very little provocation for Kreese to show how much of a sociopath he is, whereas Silver is a ''master'' at hiding his true self through deception and manipulation.

* BaitAndSwitch: The ending reveals that Tory is now TheMole working against Silver, and it sounds like she's talking to her therapist, discussing the stress of her current state of affairs. Then the camera swings around and reveals that she's actually visiting Kreese in prison.

* TheBusCameBack: Everyone give a warm welcome to Jessica Andrews, last seen in ''Film/TheKarateKidPartIII''.

** Lizzie-Anne was mentioned by Jessica in the ''Film/TheKarateKidPartIII'' as the "traitor" who stole her boyfriend.

* UnseenNoMore: Lizzie-Anne was mentioned by Jessica in the ''Film/TheKarateKidPartIII'' as the "traitor" who stole her boyfriend.

While trying to unseal the window he glued shut for the escape room exercise, Johnny is unexpectedly visited by Daniel who appeals to him for help. Daniel explains that Kreese was framed and that Silver paid off Stingray to keep quiet about the assault, but Johnny doesn't want to get involved, citing his more important family issues. Daniel argues that Johnny was responsible for the resurgence of Cobra Kai in the first place and cannot ignore his part in the conflict, but Johnny counters that with Robby out of Cobra Kai and Kreese in prison, he is content to leave well enough alone, leading an irate Daniel to call him a pussy. Instead of escalating, however, Johnny chooses to defuse the situation by simply talking to Daniel, who settles down and confesses that Amanda left him after he pushed her too far.

At the Reseda apartments, Johnny summons both Robby and Miguel outside with an air horn. Inspired by Daniel's remark, he encourages the two teens to brawl it out on the spot, so they can finally put all their bad blood behind them. The fight starts tamely, but quickly escalates upon Johnny's coaxing, with Miguel drawing first blood on Robby with a wheel kick. From that point on, neither of them holds back. The fight ultimately reaches the balcony, where a furious Miguel gains the upper hand and threatens to kick Robby over the railing as Johnny scrambles to reach them.

Miguel walks into the Olive Garden for lunch with Johnny, only to find Robby sitting at their table. Deducing that Johnny invited them both in an effort to mediate their feud, both teens promptly make for the exits, but Johnny intercepts them and forces them to sit down. Though he tries to sell the Olive Garden as a type of culinary adventure, neither are amused and quickly abandon him.

While trying to unseal the window he glued shut for the escape room exercise, Johnny is unexpectedly visited by Daniel who appeals to him for help. He explains that Kreese was framed and that Silver paid off Stingray to keep quiet about the assault, but Johnny doesn't want to get involved, citing his more important family issues. Daniel argues that Johnny was responsible for the resurgence of Cobra Kai in the first place and cannot ignore his part in the conflict, but Johnny counters that with Robby out of Cobra Kai and Kreese in prison, he is content to leave well enough alone, leading an irate Daniel to call him a pussy. Instead of escalating, however, Johnny chooses to defuse the situation by simply talking to Daniel, who settles down and confesses that Amanda left him after he pushed her too far.

At the Reseda apartments, Johnny summons both Robby and Miguel outside with an air horn. Inspired by Daniel's muse, he encourages the two teens to brawl it out on the spot, so they can finally put all their bad blood behind them. The fight starts tamely, but quickly escalates upon Johnny's coaxing, with Miguel drawing first blood on Robby with a wheel kick. From that point on, neither of them hold back. The fight ultimately ranges onto the balcony, where a furious Miguel gains the upper hand and threatens to kick Robby over the railing as Johnny scrambles to reach them.

Fortunately, Miguel stands down at the last second, sparing Robby from the same fate he once suffered. He explains he didn't get into karate to hurt people, but to be badass and to find balance. When he asks Robby why he didn't hold back in the school fight, Robby replies that he just wanted to finish the fight and got swept up in the moment, but tells Miguel he would take it all back if he could, describing it as the worst moment in both of their lives. With that, the two boys make peace, just in time for Johnny to reveal that they are going to be step-brothers. Robby and Miguel are elated and embrace Johnny in a group hug.

Celebrating with White Castle after the bar fight, Sam offers to teach Anthony karate, reconciling that there will always be bullies in the world who need a comeuppance. In the kitchen, Jessica rationalizes that Daniel has every reason to hate Terry Silver, admitting even she still has nightmares about those days. She advises Amanda to cut her husband some slack.

Daniel drops by Stingray's place late at night with a new [=PS4=], only to be confronted by Terry Silver instead. Daniel tells him that he did not come to fight and yields the Valley to Silver, but Silver implies his plans go far beyond the Valley and gloats about how easy it was to disrupt Daniel's marriage. When he suggests wooing Anthony and Sam into Cobra Kai, Daniel snaps and attacks him. As the two men battle, Daniel strikes the wall behind Silver, bloodying his knuckles much like Silver forced him to do as a teenager. Using Daniel's rage against him, Silver defeats Daniel and leaves him sprawled out on the floor, but not before warning him that the real pain is about to begin.

At the bar, Sam shows Anthony the video of him being kicked into the pool at the waterpark, which has now gone viral. She asks why he didn't come to her for help; Anthony explains he didn't want his sister to fight his battles, but also admits he might have deserved it to some extent, leading him to explain his ongoing conflict with Kenny. Meanwhile, Jessica chokes on her beer when Amanda mentions Terry Silver and elaborates upon Daniel's history with him, describing how both she and Daniel were frequently terrorized by Silver's hired henchmen, a story which Amanda had never heard before.

Back at home, Chozen is preparing to return to Okinawa, with Daniel having decided the conflict with Silver is not worth losing his family over. He sincerely thanks Chozen for his service and apologizes for wasting his time, but Chozen declares that helping a friend is never a waste of time. Daniel tells him he intends to make amends with Stingray later that night before driving Chozen to the airport.

At the Reseda apartments, Johnny summons both Robby and Miguel outside with an air horn. Inspired by Daniel's muse, he then encourages the two teens to brawl it out on the spot, so they can finally put all their bad blood behind them. The fight starts tamely, but quickly escalates upon Johnny's coaxing, with Miguel drawing first blood on Robby with a wheel kick. From that point on, neither of them hold back. The fight ultimately ranges onto the balcony, where a furious Miguel gains the upper hand and threatens to kick Robby over the railing as Johnny scrambles to reach them.

Fortunately, Miguel stands down at the last minute, sparing Robby from the same fate he once suffered. He explains he didn't get into karate to hurt people, but to be badass and to find balance. When he asks Robby why he didn't hold back in the school fight, Robby replies that he just wanted to finish the fight and got swept up in the moment, but tells Miguel he would take it all back if he could, describing it as the worst moment in both of their lives. With that, the two boys make peace, just in time for Johnny to reveal that they are going to be step-brothers. Robby and Miguel are elated and embrace Johnny in a group hug.

** Miguel and Robby learn that they're gonna have a shared younger half-brother.

'''Daniel:''' [{{Beat}}] ''[[WhatHaveIBecome What the hell am I doing?]]'' [collapses into Johnny's new club chair] If ''you'' think I'm off the rails...\\

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Simultaneously for Daniel and Johnny. Daniel rages at Johnny for refusing to help fight Silver, to the point of trying to pick a fight. Rather letting himself be provoked, Johnny is stunned by Daniel's behavior and sincerely asks what on Earth has gotten into him. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Daniel even does Johnny's signature bottle cap flip when he's given a pick-me-up Coors.]] Notably, Daniel is also unshaven and untidied throughout most of this episode, when he's almost always clean-shaven and well-dressed (Johnny even makes the observation that Daniel didn't tuck his shirt in).

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Johnny just has to ask Daniel "What's going on with you, man?", and the sight of [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness Johnny being the reasonable one]] makes Daniel realize he's lost control.

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: "What are you doing?" Johnny asks Daniel. "You show up out of the blue, raving like a lunatic, you reek of booze, and now you wanna fight me 'cause I don't wanna get pulled back into this rivalry? What's going on with you?" The sight of Johnny being the reasonable one makes Daniel realize he's lost control.

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: "The hell's going on with you, man?" Johnny asks Daniel. It's not so much the question as the fact that it's coming from hothead Johnny, who refuses to let Daniel bait him into a fight; the sight of Johnny being the reasonable one makes Daniel realize he's lost control.

* DisproportionateRetribution: Elizabeth-Anne's friend retaliates against Amanda with a shove, all for referring to her as "tramp stamp."

* KnowWhenToFoldThem: Johnny is uninterested in helping Daniel take down Cobra Kai. He finally got both Miguel ''and'' Robby out of the dojo, Kreese is in prison, and he has a baby on the way. He's content to take the win rather than try to shake things up further.

* OhCrap: Jessica's reaction when Amanda casually mentions that Terry Silver has been involved with the recent events in Amanda's and Daniel's lives.

* ShadowArchetype: Amanda's mother, Joanne, is this to her daughter. She goes on a diatribe calling marriage obsolete, clearly speaking from her own resentment towards her ex-husband. This shows what Amanda, and essentially her and Daniel's relationship would've become if they hadn't worked through their own issues.

* AesopAmnesia: While Amanda has good reasons for leaving Daniel, she ignores his warnings about what kind of person Silver is until she hears the details from [[Film/TheKarateKidPartIII Jessica Andrews]] herself. This despite the fact that she previously ignored Daniel when he tried to warn her about John Kreese, only to find out Daniel was not lying or exaggerating in the least about how dangerous Kreese is. As it turns out, [[HistoryRepeats she again finds out Daniel has every reason to fear Silver]]. Granted, it takes very little provocation for Kreese to show how much of a sociopath he is, whereas Silver is a ''master'' at hiding his true self through deception and manipulation.

* MustMakeAmends: Daniel feels bad about roughing up Stingray and destroying his Playstation. He decides to apologize and buy him a new one. [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished Unfortunately, Silver is waiting for Daniel there]].

* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: When Amanda and Jessica's former classmate [[SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp Elizabeth]] recognizes the former, she immediately brings up the time Amanda had tried to attack her math tutor in her car with a baseball bat to her GirlPosse, and takes some time to remember Amanda's EmbarrassingNickname ({{Creator/BabeRuth}}less).

->''"You show up out of the blue, raving like a lunatic, you reek of booze, and now you wanna fight me 'cause I don't wanna get pulled back into this rivalry? What's going on with you?"''

* DisproportionateRetribution: Elizabeth's friend retaliates against Amanda with a shove, all for referring to her as "tramp stamp."

At home, Daniel drowns his sorrows in the wake of his family's departure. Chozen counsels him that they will eventually return, noting that Daniel's family has a strong bond, but Daniel points out that it only took Terry Silver to break them. Chozen reminds him why he must be defeated, but Daniel is disheartened, wondering how no one else can see though Silver's schemes. As Chozen sorts through the morning mail, he passes Daniel a newspaper clipping about Kreese's conviction and Stingray’s testimony, with the word "LIAR" and an address written on it. Despite Daniel's skepticism, Chozen convinces him to investigate and speak with Stingray himself, theorizing that he might be the key to exposing Silver.

Unwilling to give up, Johnny attempts to force Robby and Miguel to cooperate by turning his apartment into an escape room, effectively sealing them in before dropping the key into the garbage disposal. When using the plot of ''Young Guns II'' fails to inspire them, Johnny reveals that the three of them are about to become a family soon, a notion that both teens reject out of hand. When Miguel's grandmother Rosa enters the apartment in a cowboy costume, Miguel takes the opportunity to walk out the door, while Robby returns to his room.

Outside the address written on the newspaper clipping, Daniel laments over his many unanswered texts to Amanda, before Stingray pulls up in front of the building. Daniel immediately recognizes Johnny's old car, and both he and Chozen confront Stingray in his new apartment and show him the clipping. However, Stingray denies that he is covering for Silver and suggests that Daniel must have done something to deserve Silver's scorn. Enraged, Daniel advances on Stingray, who falls backward and crushes his brand new [=PS4=] console. Chozen intervenes and escorts Daniel out of the apartment; he compares Stingray to a turtle, in that if they press him too hard, he will simply retreat into his shell. Conceding that Stingray will be of no help to them, Daniel believes he knows someone who can.

At the bar, Sam shows Anthony the video of him being kicked into the pool at the waterpark, which has now gone viral. She asks why he didn't come to her for help; Anthony explains he didn't want his sister to fight his battles, but also admits that he might have deserved it to some extent, leading him to explain his ongoing conflict with Kenny. Meanwhile, Jessica chokes on her beer when Amanda mentions Terry Silver and elaborates upon Daniel's history with him, describing how both she and Daniel were frequently terrorized by Silver's hired henchmen, a story that Amanda had never heard before.

Back at home, Chozen is preparing to return to Okinawa, with Daniel having decided that the conflict with Silver is not worth losing his family over. He sincerely thanks Chozen for his service and apologizes for wasting his time, but Chozen declares that helping a friend is never a waste of time. Daniel tells him that he intends to make amends with Stingray later that night.

Fortunately, Miguel stands down at the last minute, sparing Robby from the same fate he once suffered. He explains that he didn't get into karate to hurt people, but to be badass and to find balance. When he asks Robby why he didn't hold back in the school fight, Robby replies that he just wanted to finish the fight and got swept up in the moment, but tells Miguel he would take it all back if he could, describing it as the worst moment in both of their lives. With that, the two boys make peace, just in time for Johnny to reveal that they are going to be step-brothers. Robby and Miguel are elated and embrace Johnny in a group hug.

Celebrating with White Castle after the bar fight, Sam offers to teach Anthony karate, reconciling that there will always be bullies in the world who need a comeuppance. In the kitchen, Jessica rationalizes that Daniel has every reason to hate Terry Silver, admitting that even she still has nightmares about those days. She advises Amanda to cut her husband some slack.

Daniel drops by Stingray's place late at night with a new [=PS4=], only to be confronted by Terry Silver instead. Daniel tells him that he did not come to fight and yields the Valley to Silver, but Silver implies that his plans go far beyond the Valley and gloats about how easy it was to disrupt Daniel's marriage. When he suggests wooing Anthony and Sam into Cobra Kai, Daniel snaps and attacks him. As the two men battle, Daniel strikes the wall behind Silver, bloodying his knuckles much like Silver forced him to do as a teenager. Using Daniel's rage against him, Silver defeats Daniel and leaves him sprawled out on the floor, but not before warning him that the real pain is about to begin.

* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: When Amanda and Jessica's former classmate [[SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp Elizabeth]] recognizes the former, she immediately brings up the time Amanda had tried to attack her math tutor in her car with an baseball to her GirlPosse, and takes some time to remember Amanda's EmbarrassingNickname ({{Creator/BabeRuth}}less).

Daniel drops by Stingray's place late at night with a new [=PS4=], only to be confronted by Terry Silver instead. Daniel tells him that he did not come to fight and yields the Valley to Silver, but Silver implies that his plans go far beyond the Valley and gloats about how easy it was to disrupt Daniel's marriage. When he suggests wooing Anthony and Sam into Cobra Kai, Daniel snaps and attacks him. As the two men battle, Daniel strikes the wall behind Silver, bloodying his knuckles much like Silver forced him to do in the past. Using Daniel's rage against him, Silver defeats Daniel and leaves him sprawled out on the floor, but not before warning him that the real pain is about to begin.

Fortunately, Miguel stands down at the last minute, sparing Robby from the same fate he once experienced. He explains that he didn't get into karate to hurt people, but to be badass and to find balance. When he asks Robby why he didn't hold back in the school fight, Robby replies that he just wanted to finish the fight and got swept up in the moment, but tells Miguel he would take it all back if he could, describing it as the worst moment in both of their lives. With that, the two boys make peace, just in time for Johnny to reveal that they are going to be step-brothers. Robby and Miguel are elated and embrace Johnny in a group hug.

* AndYourLittleDogToo: When Silver is taunting Daniel about how easy it was to disrupt his marriage, he muses about getting his kids into Cobra Kai as well. This proves to be Daniel's [[BerserkButton last straw]], compelling him to attack Silver.

* BittersweetEnding: Daniel failed to sway Stingray to their side and ultimately gets a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown from Silver. However, Amanda and their children eventually came back to him. Johnny also ''finally'' succeeded in making Miguel and Robby squash their beef, and it seems he's finally ready to rejoin the fight against Cobra Kai as well. On the other hand, Kreese and Tory are plotting against Silver.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Simultaneously for Daniel and Johnny. Daniel rages at Johnny for refusing to help fight Silver, to the point of trying to pick a fight. Rather letting himself be provoked, Johnny is stunned by Daniel's behavior and sincerely asks what on Earth has gotten into him. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Daniel even does Johnny's signature bottle cap flip when he's given a pick-me-up Coors.]]

** Notably, Daniel is also unshaven and untidied throughout most of this episode, when he's almost always clean-shaven and well-dressed (Johnny even makes the observation that Daniel didn't tuck his shirt in).