Cobra Kai
Playing With Fire
TV Flash files “Playing With Fire” as hour 43 of 65 in the TV Flash guide — Cobra Kai (2018–2025) on Netflix, season 5, episode 3, aired 2022-09-09, 36 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E03: listed hour 43 of 65 in the Cobra Kai guide, hour 3 of 10 in season 5. It aired 2022-09-09 (36 min). The listed hour before it is “Molé” (S05E02). Next is “Downward Spiral” (S05E04).
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Another enemy from Daniel's past resurfaces. After a spa day and some soul-searching, Sam comes to a decision about her future with Miguel.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Playing With Fire sit in the Cobra Kai guide?
S05E03 is listed hour 43 of 65 — hour 3 of 10 in season 5, season 5 episode 3.
When did Cobra Kai S05E03 air?
Playing With Fire aired 2022-09-09 and is listed at 36 minutes.
Do I need The Karate Kid movies first?
It continues those characters decades later. The films help the wounds land; the series still teaches the Valley war through Johnny reopening the dojo.
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Why this series still plays
Watch William Zabka and Ralph Macchio reopen the Valley war in a rare revival that grows past stunt casting into character tragedy and comedy. Johnny reopens Cobra Kai; a teen generation inherits the feud. Six seasons, YouTube-to-Netflix, underdog seasons that still slap, concluded in 2025.
So about last night in the Valley. Decades later, Johnny Lawrence reopens Cobra Kai and restarts a war — *Karate Kid* sequel as sitcom-drama with real pathos. Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg's series premiered on YouTube Premium in 2018, then moved to Netflix and outran pure nostalgia. William Zabka and Ralph Macchio reopen old wounds as Johnny and Daniel while Xolo Maridueña and a teen cast inherit the feud. Tournaments escalate; mentorship cuts both ways. Six seasons, sixty-five episodes,…
Filed against
- Ralph Macchio as Daniel LaRusso
Ralph Macchio plays Daniel LaRusso on Cobra Kai, the 2020s Valley-war revival that grew past stunt casting into character tragedy and comedy. Johnny reopens the dojo; a teen generation inherits the feud. Six seasons, YouTube-to-Netflix,…
- William Zabka as Johnny Lawrence
William Zabka’s Johnny Lawrence reopened Cobra Kai and the Valley war — a rare revival that grows past stunt casting into character tragedy and comedy, Ralph Macchio on the other mat, a teen generation inheriting the feud. Six seasons,…
- Xolo Maridueña as Miguel Diaz
Xolo Maridueña’s Miguel Diaz inherited Cobra Kai’s Valley feud — Johnny reopening the dojo, a teen generation taking the war, six seasons of YouTube-to-Netflix revival that grew past stunt casting into character tragedy and comedy.…