‘Cobra Kai’ S6 Review: In Its Final Season The Series Picks Itself Up Off the Mat

Even in a landscape littered with reboots and sequels, Cobra Kai is still one of the most unlikely hit shows of the past decade. A spin-off from the Karate Kid franchise inspired by a gag on How I Met Your Mother and launched in 2018 on the short-lived YouTube Red, Cobra Kai survived to become a cult hit on Netflix and is now closing out a six-season run. Even many of us who enjoy it have a hard time explaining its appeal. It sports a D-list cast, ridiculous premise, and a weird tone — somewhere between a Nickelodeon sitcom...