‘Cobra Kai’ Is Finally Back on Netflix, but It’s Lost Its Mojo

“There’s no drama,” laments one character in part one of the final season of Cobra Kai, the Karate Kid sequel dropping on Netflix in a five-episode batch on July 18, with parts two and three to follow.

Such is the problem of TV shows when the source of conflict has been eliminated. Think Prison Break after they, you know, broke out of prison, The O.C. after Marissa died, or Dexter after Rita was murdered. While no one dies in Cobra Kai (at least...