History TearJerker / CobraKai

* Kreese, feeling that Terry was undermining his authority as the (supposed) head sensei, confronts his friend for daring to imply during a class that he had a weakness. What's worse was despite Kreese approaching the conversation like a CO disciplining an insubordinate officer, he was clearly just asserting his dominance over his "friend". Silver attempts to explain that he was only trying to impart a very practical lesson to the students, but is silenced by Kreese when he reminded him of the time they were both [=POW=]s and how he saved Silver from being forced to fight over the snake pit, or rather, how pathetically he cowered when was chosen. There wasn't a single iota of their old companionship that surfaced throughout the conversation, and by the end, Silver is on the verge of tears for being forced to recall such a traumatic experience, worse so by his own best friend(?).

* Amanda telling Daniel why she wants to help Tory -- because she herself was once an angry, violence-prone girl with a broken family. The story Amanda recounts is a harrowing insight into this time in her life and the fact that she had never told Daniel about this in all the years they were married reinforces the shame she must have felt for her actions.

* After the disastrous meeting at Cobra Kai, Robby goes to Kenny's house to return his backpack he left at the dojo and asks how Shawn is doing. After Kenny sadly tells Robby Shawn's sentence was extended for spitting on a guard, he goes on to say that it's his fault Shawn wound up there in the first place. He caught one of Shawn's friends stealing from their parents and the guy tried to assault him. Shawn stepped in to defend him and brutalized the guy enough to get arrested. It's clear that Kenny really misses having Shawn around as both his protector and his brother.

* While the reveal and confrontation of Mike Barnes hijacking the limo and the interaction between him, Johnny, Chozen, and Daniel is supposed to be PlayedForLaughs, it's noticeably sad to see Karate's Bad Boy like this. Clearly, [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness him being completely unshaven and revering back to his]] BloodKnight [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness tendencies]] is enough to give the audience the impression that he is back to becoming a broken man after Terry Silver (mind you, his old EvilMentor and employer) burns down his business. And that's not even counting the fact that he's admitting to be broke and doesn't finish his sentence when he mentions his wife. As a matter of fact, he's so broken and filled with rage, that he manages to convince a drunk Johnny and Chozen to storm Silver's house and take on the ponytailed bastard themselves, even though Daniel understandably thinks it's a stupid idea.

* Daniel and Amanda's relationship takes a massive hit this episode. Thanks to Daniel's growing obsession with Silver and the latter's manipulations, Amanda reaches her breaking point when his vendetta inadvertently costs her a philanthropy opportunity, and decides to return home to Ohio and take the children with her.

** Particularly, Kenny's enthusiasm at what he thinks is Lia messaging him, only to realize that it was Anthony and his group. His simple, heartfelt, innocent joy being stomped to pieces is utterly heartbreaking for him and for the viewers alike. After escaping from them at the park, Kenny hides in a trashcan, utterly terrified and on the verge of tears.

* As if Kenny's hatred towards Anthony and Hawk aren't bad enough, he lashes out to Robby when he finds out his former mentor is now training the person that bullied him in the past. Robby's response is that of sadness, after seeing what Kenny has become under Silver's tutelage, despite letting him know just how much hatred could consume Kenny as it did to Robby.