Finding out from Robby’s mom about Silver’s various gifts - he also gave her money and offered her a job - Johnny realizes it’s time to take action. While he’s out having fun, Silver is setting his latest trap. Unfortunately, Robby has no real grasp of the man whose car he’s enjoying. It neatly establishes her motivations going into the upcoming tournament, making it harder to automatically side with Sam. But if Tory could just win this one trophy, she’d know she was best at something. All these rich kids around them don’t need this. It’s good to see Tory happy for once, and there’s a nice moment at prom when she verbalizes what winning the tournament would mean for her. They enjoy the rest of the night together, complementing each other’s karate moves as they park somewhere in a luxury car borrowed from Terry Silver and share their first kiss. And again, in an interesting subversion, Tory and Robby are the ones to move on quickly. Miguel yells at Sam for ruining their night and stalks away when they come to an impasse - neither is quite able to deny that their exes set them off. Sam grabs Robby and exclaims, “You think I broke your heart? You broke mine, too.” Robby taunts Miguel, saying, “You think my dad cares about you? He’s just trying to make himself feel better for screwing up with me!”Įveryone jumps in when the fight enters the pool, turning an intense fight into just another carefree party moment. ![]() Miguel tackles Tory and they share an intense look on the ground together. (More on him in a bit.) Sam calls Tory out for always picking at her leftovers when it comes to boys, eventually giving in to her anger and starting a brawl that spirals out of control until the words are more painful than the kicks. It starts with their constant gawking at the dance, and it boils over at Stingray’s afterparty. And it’s a realistic touch to note that Miguel and Sam were both still hurt by their breakups with Tory and Robby, even if they ultimately weren’t right for each other. It’s a nice switcheroo to see Robby and Tory as the uncomplicated couple enjoying themselves for a night, even if their presence is an elaborate provocation to begin with. ![]() In “Party Time,” though, Cobra Kai spins gold from the high-school drama. They led to a cycle of misunderstandings and miscommunications that sometimes could be frustrating (though I maintain season three is the show’s worst, not the second). Those relationships always felt like placeholders to stall the inevitable Miguel-Sam reunion. The complex love rectangle here reminds me of Cobra Kai’s soapier moments, especially when Sam dated Robby and Miguel dated Tory in season two. There’s just too much history there, too much heartbreak, too much resentment. ![]() From the moment they arrive, there’s no way this night can go well. Leave it to Robby and Tory, of course, to take a wrecking ball to those plans by making the chaotic-evil (or chaotic-good, take your pick) decision to show up together and give West Valley’s sweetest couple a show. For Miguel and Sam, it’s a time to relax, spend time together, and not think about karate. Where to start? Junior prom wouldn’t seem like a huge deal at this point. And it effectively sets the table for the season’s endgame, exploding some relationships in the process. It feels like the second of three climaxes of the season, the first being the dojo schism and the last being the All Valley Tournament. The junior prom around which “Party Time” is centered is shockingly eventful for almost every character of the show, give or take a Kenny. There’s nothing like a big party to stir up some drama.
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