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Fans of the Netflix original series Cobra Kai have been waiting quite some time to see the show’s thrilling conclusion. The sixth and final season, which originally began as part of the now-defunct YouTube Red scripted streaming lineup, has been split into three separate parts – each consisting of five episodes. The most recent installment dropped on Netflix on Nov. 15 and immediately sparked a wave of shock across binge-watchers everywhere. Season 6’s second part seems to be the most explosive and unpredictable batch of episodes yet, culminating in a few moments that will leave audiences completely stunned. Luckily, we’ve got you covered with a full recap, explanation, and analysis of Cobra Kai season 6 part 2, so you won’t be left with your mouth agape until the final episodes are released in early 2025.

Needless to say, there will be full spoilers ahead, so you’ll definitely want to bookmark this page and return later if you haven’t yet watched the new Cobra Kai episodes. Even if you’re only a casual viewer of The Karate Kid sequel series, you’ll want to do everything you can to avoid spoilers, as the new episodes carry a much darker and more impactful conclusion than ever before. With no further preamble, let’s dive right in and discuss the latest exploits of Johnny Lawrence, Daniel LaRusso and the students of the Miyagi-Fang dojo.

What Is ‘Cobra Kai’ About?

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The narrative of Cobra Kai picks up more than 30 years after the conclusion of 1984’s The Karate Kid, which famously sees Daniel defeating Johnny Lawrence with a spectacular (and fully illegal) crane kick, winning the All-Valley Karate Championship tournament. While this sends Daniel on a path toward happiness, success and a well-adjusted adulthood, the loss is devastating to Johnny. When Cobra Kai first starts, the former bully and local karate legend is a depressed, alcoholic loner who abandoned his family to live in a run-down single-bedroom apartment in Los Angeles. Though Johnny’s life has few prospects, he is reinvigorated when he saves his teenage neighbor, Miguel, from the clutches of a local gang of street toughs. From there, Johnny commits himself to karate again and takes Miguel under his wing with a reformed take on the Cobra Kai dojo.

Throughout five seasons, the series introduces some new characters, as well as a few familiar faces from the Karate Kid films, including John Kreese and Terry Silver. By the time the sixth season kicks off, characters have traded sides, formed alliances and beaten each other to high heaven, culminating in the eventual truce between Johnny and Daniel. Together, the duo form a dojo known as Miyagi-Fang, where they teach a ragtag gang of students to defend themselves against the rising tyranny of Cobra Kai, led by the militaristic teachings of Kreese and Silver. Going into season 6 part 2, Johnny and Daniel had tasked themselves with choosing their top students to participate in the international martial arts championship tournament known as Sekai Taikai, which may be their last-ditch effort to prevent their foes from spreading the evil ways of the Cobra Kai dojo across the entire planet.

How Did Season 6 Part 1 End?

After a grueling selection process which saw the Miyagi-Fang dojo holding a mini-tournament of their own, Johnny and Daniel agreed to a selection of their finest students for the international competition. Despite their best efforts, however, there is still some lingering doubt that they can pull off a win against the radicalized Cobra Kai kids. Specifically, Daniel notes that two of his finest pupils are absent from their group, questioning “Do you honestly believe we have our strongest team?” The students in question include Hawk, who was bested in the at-home trials under extenuating circumstances, and Tory, who quit the dojo at the last minute in an emotional tantrum. Tory was informed just minutes before her trial performance that her mother had passed away, causing her to lose her composure while competing against Daniel’s daughter, Sam.

In a cruel twist of fate, the Miyagi-Fang gang comes to learn that Tory will be competing in Sekai Taikai after all, when they see that she has defected to join Cobra Kai. Tory’s betrayal served as the final twist of season 6 part 1, and left fans on a jaw-dropping cliffhanger for months. As season 6 part 1 came to a close, the Sekai Taikai tournament was just kicking off, setting the stage for a no-holds-barred display of martial artistry like never before.

What Happens in Season 6 Part 2?

Season 6 part 2 of Cobra Kai opens on a fairly straightforward note, presenting several powerful fights within the Sekai Taikai event in Barcelona. Johnny’s son Robby defeats a formidable Cobra Kai opponent named Kwon, and Tory is bested in combat by a member of the Udar Tigra dojo. This knocks Cobra Kai out of the tournament completely, providing a seemingly anticlimactic conclusion to the long-running rivalry. Of course, this ruling doesn’t remain in effect, as Sekai Taikai host Gunther comes to learn that members of the Udar Tigra dojo have taken performance-enhancing drugs. With the cheaters disqualified from the competition, Cobra Kai is back in the running and Tory is scheduled for a rematch against Sam. Before this rematch can take place, however, the students break into an all-out brawl, reminiscent of the season two finale which saw students committing heinous acts of violence upon one another.

The brawl started as a simple response to a cheap shot attack from Kwon, which sent multiple Miyagi-Do fighters onto the mat. When Gunther and his event organizers attempt to shut the brawl down, Udar Tigra’s Sensei Ivanov assaults the Sekai Taikai head honcho, escalating the entire affair into a full-on riot. Droves of competitors from all over the world flood the mat and take out weeks’ worth of pent-up aggression on one another, resulting in numerous injuries. Meanwhile, Kreese sees the pandemonium as an opportunity to take out his partner, Terry Silver, since the pair have been feuding over ownership of the Cobra Kai dojo. Kreese raises a knife to stab his associate to death, only for the knife to be knocked out of his hand by the raucous mob.

Unpacking That Shocking ‘Cobra Kai’ Death Scene

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As tensions boil over, the knife catches the eye of a few disgruntled competitors amid the kung-fu fighting. Kwon specifically makes a play for the weapon, with plans to attack Axel, a young competitor from the Iron Dragons dojo. As Kwon retrieves the knife and lunges toward Axel, both dramatically fall to the mat, plunging the blade right through Kwon’s chest. Other fighters are horrified to see that Kwon is rapidly bleeding out, and before anybody has time to properly react, it’s already too late. Though Cobra Kai can dive into deep emotional territory at times, and this is not the first death in the series, Kwon’s demise is significantly darker than most of the events in the lighthearted show.

Season 6 part 2 comes to an abrupt close before the audience can deal with the fallout from the brawl, meaning there are still a lot of questions going into the final batch of episodes. For starters, how will Gunther and his associates react to the unsportsmanlike conduct on display at the prestigious martial arts show? Clearly, none of the dojos in attendance are practicing the discipline demanded of a karate master, so it stands to reason that Gunther may dock points or disqualify droves of participants in one fell swoop. Furthermore, how does Kwon’s death impact the schedule of the Sekai Taikai events? Will the rest of the students be given time to grieve and seek counseling for the traumatic experience, or will everyone be required to plow forward?

When Will Season 6 Part 3 Premiere?

For now, there’s no way for fans to know for sure how things will play out in Cobra Kai‘s stunning conclusion. With only five episodes remaining, viewers hope the main characters will come to see that their petty infighting is rather trivial in the grand scheme, and find a path towards peace. Beyond that, we’d only be guessing. Season 6 part 3 is expected to land on Netflix on Feb. 13, so we’ve got several months to linger on these questions and speculate with fan theories.

Netflix subscribers have long been awaiting the release of Cobra Kai season 6 part 2. The sixth season, which has been split into three separate parts, will conclude the long-running series and likely put an end to the Karate Kid expanded universe after several decades. For those unfamiliar with the show, Cobra Kai follows William Zabka’s Johnny Lawrence over 30 years after the climactic conclusion of the original 1984 film, as he restarts the titular dojo and reignites his long-running rivalry with Ralph Macchio’s Daniel LaRusso. Cobra Kai is a hilarious and often heart-wrenching reimagining of the Karate Kid narrative, which gives the villainous antagonists of the classic film some well-rounded characterization. Despite the vigor with which fans consume the Netflix original series, most viewers binge through new episodes of Cobra Kai so fast that they forget bits and pieces of the show by the time new episodes are released.

Now that the most recent installment has finally arrived on Netflix in the form of season 6 part 2, we’ve got you covered, with a comprehensive breakdown of the series thus far, and a special look at the events of season 6 part 1. Needless to say, there will be full spoilers ahead for the entirety of the show, so those who have not yet seen all of Cobra Kai should be sure to bookmark this page and return later. Now that you’ve been warned, let’s don our dojo attire, dive into the Cobra Kai studio, and kick our way across a full breakdown of the series up to season 6 part 2.

What Is ‘Cobra Kai’ About?

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As stated, the narrative of Cobra Kai follows Johnny Lawrence decades after his fateful encounter with Daniel LaRusso in 1984’s The Karate Kid. After suffering an embarrassing (and technically illegal) defeat at the hands – or rather, legs, of LaRusso, Johnny finds himself mired with alcoholism, depression and a general lack of direction in his life. The first season of the series reveals that Daniel has grown up to become a well-adjusted owner of a successful car dealership, with a wife, two kids and a picket fence. Johnny, by contrast, has become a deadbeat dad who abandoned his family to live in a dingy, run-down apartment in Los Angeles, where he occasionally scrapes himself out of bed to work as a part-time handyman. In an ironic twist of fate, Johnny is called upon to defend his teenage neighbor from a bully, making him something of a Mr. Miyagi incarnate.

Johnny soon comes to find that tapping into his long-atrophied karate skills has given him renewed purpose, and he agrees, at his neighbor’s request, to formally reopen the Cobra Kai dojo. Before long, Cobra Kai becomes a home for nerds, misfits and outcasts at large, who all train under the mantra “No Mercy.” Johnny teaches the kids to fight with a ruthless spirit and a take-no-prisoners attitude while healing his own childhood wounds in the process. Little does the lead character know, his estranged son, Robby, has become a wayward youth and even sought employment at Daniel’s car dealership. After spending some time bonding, Daniel agrees to teach Robby the ways of his former sensei Mr. Miyagi, sparking a role reversal of the original 1984 movie with a whole new generation of karate masters.

What Happens in Seasons 2 and 3 of ‘Cobra Kai’?

At the end of season 1, Robby reveals his parentage to Daniel and is ultimately bested in a competition against Johnny’s proteges. Though Daniel initially takes issue with helping Johnny’s son rise against him, he recognizes the toxic teachings of the dojo and resolves to begin a karate practice of his own, titled Miyagi-Do Karate. Season 2 heats things up by reintroducing former Cobra Kai master John Kreese, who manipulates Johnny into letting him co-chair the new and improved dojo. As students are pushed to the brink by Kreese’s teachings, some opt to defect from Cobra Kai entirely and sign up at Miyagi-Do Karate instead. With the adults at each other’s throats throughout the series, season 2 concludes on a sour note. The kids launch into an all-out brawl, resulting in several injuries, including one particularly gruesome incident wherein Robby kicks Cobra Kai student Miguel off a second-story balcony.

As the third season begins, Daniel and Johnny have both resigned from their respective sensei positions in shame. Meanwhile, Kreese is still running the Cobra Kai studio with an iron fist, and encouraging his students to commit further acts of violence upon their foes. Daniel turns Robby in to the police after learning that Miguel has been placed into a coma and is expected to be paralyzed. While serving time in a juvenile detention center, Robby grows resentful of both his father and Daniel, lamenting that the pair have both turned their backs on him. Johnny helps Miguel recover, and eventually begins a new practice titled Eagle Fang Karate with the intention of stopping the Cobra Kai uprising. At the request of his students, and more defectors from the militaristic Cobra Kai, Daniel also reopens Miyago-Do and agrees to join forces with Johnny for the greater good.

What Happens in Seasons 4 and 5 of ‘Cobra Kai’?

The whole of Cobra Kai season 4 is dedicated to Johnny and Daniel training their respective students for a winner-take-all championship fight against Kreese’s kids. After Robby gets out of juvie, he also takes up arms against his two former father figures by joining the Cobra Kai dojo, where he assists the other students in predicting the move-sets of Miyagi-Do. Meanwhile, Kreese recruits his former partner, Karate Kid 3 antagonist Terry Silver, to help him train an ever-expanding group of radicalized youths. While Kreese gets what he wants, he eventually comes to find that Silver is even more domineering and territorial than he could have imagined. Silver begins pushing Kreese out of Cobra Kai entirely, and eventually frames him for an attack on a student and has him sent to jail. At the tournament, each of the teams makes progress, though Cobra Kai wins by a sliver of a margin.

Cobra Kai‘s fifth season kicks off with Daniel officially closing down his practice, per the rules of the All-Valley Tournament. Unable to fully accept defeat, he sends a few of his peers to the Cobra Kai dojo to infiltrate and take them down from the inside. This proves to be exceptionally difficult, however, as Terry Silver begins expanding the dojo into a national chain. One key detail that Daniel’s moles discover is that Silver bribed the judges of the All-Valley Tournament, rendering his dojo’s win null and void. Things come to a fever pitch when Daniel confronts Silver, and the latter plays mind games that cause Daniel to rethink his career, his karate,and even his marriage. Eventually, Daniel and Johnny reunite, melding their practice into the Miyagi-Fang dojo, in a desperate bid to prevent Silver from spreading his dangerous teachings all across the world.

Unpacking Season 6 Part 1

The first episodes in Cobra Kai‘s sixth and final season aired on Netflix back in July 2024, setting the stage for the series’ thrilling conclusion. As the latest season begins, Kreese and Silver have seemingly switched places, as the former escaped from prison, and the latter was arrested for attacking Daniel’s associate Chozen with a samurai sword. Though Silver has been dispatched, his evil plans are very much in motion, and Cobra Kai is fast on its way to reaching world domination. To curtail the evil plot, Daniel and Johnny must move past decades of rivalry and work together. The pair carefully select team leaders from their ranks to enter into the international Sekai Taikai tournament, which is likened to massive events such as March Madness or the Olympics throughout the season. To determine who will represent the Miyagi-Fang dojo, they hold a mini-tournament at home.

As they make their selection, one of Miyagi-Fang’s finest pupils, Tory, is struck with some tragic news. Her mother, who has been battling a harrowing kidney disease, has passed away, leaving the teen in a whirlwind of emotions. While fighting for her slot in the Sekai Taikai tournament, Tory lets her emotions get the best of her and becomes too aggressive against Daniel’s daughter, Sam. When Daniel and Johnny break up the fight, Tory abruptly quits her training and storms out of the room. With their roster chosen, Johnny and Daniel prepare their team for a trip to Barcelona, where Sekai Taikai takes place. Unfortunately, Daniel doesn’t believe that their hard work has culminated in the best possible group, as evidenced in the final moments of episode four, when he tells Johnny, “You and I both know Hawk should be going. Do you honestly believe we have our strongest team?”

Cliffhanger Ending Has Viewers Eager for Season 6 Part 2

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With all the chess pieces aligned for a climactic fight, both the Cobra Kai and Miyagi-Fang teams arrive in Spain. Of course, our protagonists are completely shocked to see that Kreese, of all people, is also in attendance as the Cobra Kai sensei. To make matters worse, Tory shows up and stands beside Kreese, declaring her intention to fight alongside her former Cobra Kai teammates. With all her training from both sides of the spectrum and her newfound emotional turmoil, this could make Tory one of the most vicious foes of the entire series. Needless to say, the Miyagi-Fang crew were shocked and crestfallen to see that Tory had defected to the other side.

Season 6 part 2 is projected to pick up right where part 1 left off, offering a wide array of expert martial artistry and some mind-bending character dynamics. The final batch of episodes will air on an undisclosed date in early 2025, and finally provide some closure to fans of the long-running franchise.

In 2023, we were introduced to Nadia Sinh – a badass agent played by Priyanka Chopra opposite Richard Madden, who brings her partner Mason Kane to life in Citadel. The duo left audiences impressed with the first six episodes, and while they’re eager to see more, the streamer has kept the story going with spinoff projects like Citadel: Diana and more recently, Citadel: Honey Bunny. The latter arrived on Prime Video earlier this month, giving an action-packed reveal as to how Nadia’s family first got involved in the world of undercover espionage. The new arrival is also only six episodes long, but there’s a lot to unpack in that time. Keep reading for our full analysis of Citadel: Honey Bunny‘s ending, plus details on what’s next up for the franchise!

New Prime Video Series Introduces Us to Nadia Before ‘Citadel’

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It’s important to note that Citadel: Honey Bunny jumps between two timelines. The first is in 1992, when “Honey” Raj is ready to give up on her dreams of acting when her stuntman friend “Bunny” Gambhir offers her an “acting” job. Little does she know, unny is part of a secret agency known as The Foundation with his friends Ludo and Chako; the job he’s asked for Honey’s help with is obtaining a lead to retrieve a tracking device known as the Armanda. While she almost loses her life along the way, the young woman is intrigued by Bunny and his friends, begging them to make her an agent alongside her.

As she learns more about The Foundation, Honey finds herself questioning the leader, Baba – particularly during Operation Belgrade, when she’s asked to obtain the Armada from a professor named Dr. Raghu. Baba instructs Bunny to kill the doctor, but Honey isn’t on board. Instead, she leaks Baba’s location to the rival Citadel agency, leaving her branded as a traitor. Honey escapes, but not before revealing to Bunny that she’s pregnant and running off with the Armada. To her lover’s despair, Honey seems to be killed in a car crash while Baba is arrested. Afterward, Bunny cuts ties with The Foundation.

Citadel: Honey Bunny then cuts to 2000, when Honey and her daughter Nadia are alive and well living a quiet life. This peace is destroyed when dangerous men beginning hunting Honey, putting her daughter at risk. Bunny, who’s settled down in Bucharest, gets word of the situation and makes it his mission to save them. It’s later revealed that Baba has ordered the attack on Honey in hopes of achieving the Armada – even all these years later. The mother and daughter duo keep safe by going into hiding, meanwhile Bunny reconnects with old pals Chacko and Ludo to reconcile his family.

Exploring Baba’s Beef With Citadel

During their time with The Foundation, Bunny, Ludo and Chacko felt empowered in the work they were doing. Watching Honey arrange Baba’s capture by the Citadel tarnished their view of her, but it’s unclear if they know why Baba hates his rival organization so much. Viewers learn that The Foundation leader was once a member of Citadel alongside India’s current head, Zooni and her late husband, Rinzy. Baba and Rinzy were essentially brothers, staying vigilant against blindly following orders from the Citadel. Once the agency caught on to them, the men were sent on a suicide mission, killing the latter in action. Zooni long thought Baba was responsible for Rinzy’s death, but now has the opportunity to reveal the truth to her after being captured.

Upon hacking the Citadel database, Ludo learns that the organization’s mole is Zooni, who felt compelled to betray her workplace after learning what happened with Rinzy. She let Baba out of custody so he could fulfill his master plan and retrieve the Armada, but when Honey learns what’s transpired, she shares the news with Citadel agent Shaan. He puts Zooni in custody at HQ, but that’s not enough to stop rival orders already put into action.

KD’s Jealousy Motivates Him To Attack Bunny

More motivated than ever to protect his loved ones, Bunny finds Baba at an orphanage and confronts his boss. Rather than killing Baba, Bunny destroys the Armada, leaving the former with no reason to kill Honey and Nadia or no apparent reason to continue leading The Foundation. Just when it seems like it’s over for the organization, Baba’s ruthless mentee, KD steps in to take matters into his own hands. At this point in Citadel: Honey Bunny, it’s a race to the final destination as Bunny rushes to his co-parent’s former childhood home, where an army of KD’s men are heading to ambush them.

Honey and Bunny separate to protect themselves and Nadia, the latter taking KD along with him. After an intense fight, KD confesses he’s long been jealous of Bunny, who Baba considered the best. In the end, the last-minute rebel lets Bunny free so he can save Honey and Nadia; in their home they hear the sounds of cars rushing toward them, but the screen fades to black, leaving audiences on a cliffhanger.

Will There Be a Season 2 of ‘Citadel: Honey Bunny’?

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As Collider notes, there’s a lot left unanswered by the time credits roll on Citadel: Honey Bunny. Besides what’s next for Nadia and her parents, audiences want to know the fate of Chacko and Ludo, who were set to be attacked by KD’s men as well. Following Zooni’s arrest, the future of Citadel India remains unknown, as does the exact status of Honey and Bunny’s relationship. While they reconnected after years apart, all the violence and drama hasn’t given them a fair opportunity to discuss their feelings or how they plan to raise their daughter. Speaking of Nadia, we could see her beginnings with the agency play out in upcoming seasons, should the international project earn a renewal!

Earlier this month, 16-year-old American Idol contestant Triston Harper announced his marriage to 17-year-old Paris Reed. Now, they are expecting their first child. Harper’s mother shared the exciting news in a Facebook post on Nov. 8.

“Now Everybody has congratulated me on Triston and Paris getting married but to me that is old news but now I’m bout to be a ‘G Ma,’” she wrote.

Sterling K. Brown reunites with This Is Us creator Dan Fogelman in the new Hulu series Paradise, which has dropped its first trailer.

Details on the series have been kept under tight wraps, and the official logline for the series doesn’t give us too much information about what’s going on either:

Paradise is set in a serene, wealthy community inhabited by some of the world’s most prominent individuals. But this tranquility explodes when a shocking murder occurs and a high-stakes investigation unfolds.

What is ‘Paradise’ about?

However, as you can see in the trailer, Sterling K. Brown is a secret service agent named Xavier Collins, and he’s being accused of killing the United States president, Cal Bradford, played by James Marsden. The trailer teases an action-filled series that seems to have conspiracy thriller elements as well.

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Julianne Nicholson, Sarah Shahi, Nicole Brydon Bloom, Aliyah Mastin, and Percy Daggs IV also star in the series.

When does ‘Paradise’ premiere?

The series, from 20th Television, premieres on Hulu on Jan. 28. It will debut with three episodes at launch, with the remaining episodes bowing weekly.

It is executive produced by Fogelman, Brown, John Requa, Glenn Ficarra, John Hoberg, Jess Rosenthal and Steve Beers.

Watch the trailer below:

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Hoda Kotb announced her departure from NBC’s Today show in September after almost 20 years, and now, the network has named her replacement: Craig Melvin.

He will begin co-anchoring the 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. hours with Savannah Guthrie around the top of the year.

As CNN noted, Melvin, 45, has been in the NBC family for 14 years, appearing on air in different capacities over the years.

His current position as news anchor sees him joining co-anchors Guthrie and Kotb at 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. He also co-hosts the 9 a.m. show alongside Al Roker, Dylan Dreyer and Sheinelle Jones. Melvin is expected to continue his 9 a.m. appearances when he joins Guthrie on Jan. 13.

How Craig Melvin’s new role was announced

Melvin shared the news on Thursday’s show.

“I am beyond excited and grateful,” he said on-air today, as reported by NBC News. “I’ve enjoyed just a lifetime of blessings and this is the latest in a long line of blessings.”

Guthrie said that the Today staff “broke into applause” after the announcement and that it is one of “the most popular decisions NBC News has ever made.” Kotb said Melvin was  “literally made for this job,” adding, “You have all the things this job needs. You are the right person for it.”

“It means a lot to inherit this from you,” Melvin told Kotb. “You’ve been the heart of this place for a long time. You helped save this show. You helped save this show.” He then told Guthrie, “And to be able to sit next to someone who I knew was smart for years and all of a sudden you start working with her and you’re like, ‘wait a minute, she’s funny too.’”

Longtime and iconic Today weatherman Al Roker also joined from Zoom to congratulate Melvin.

Senior vice president of Today, Libby Leist, also commented on Melvin taking over Kotb’s spot, calling him an “integral and beloved part of our family” in an internal memo, NBC News reported.

“From breaking news coverage in the field, to presidential interviews, to multiple Olympics and Super Bowls, Craig’s shown he has the talent and the range to cover all that we do here at Today. And he does it without ever losing that Southern charm,” she said.

When is Hoda Kotb’s last day?

Kotb’s last day on the desk with Guthrie is Friday, Jan. 10.

As CNN stated, the fourth hour of Today at 10 a.m., which Kotb hosts with Jenna Bush Hager, will be “will be renamed Jenna & Friends following Kotb’s departure until a permanent co-host is named.”

The first trailer has been released for the upcoming Netflix series, Jentry Chau vs The Underworld.

Created by Echo Wu, the series is executive produced by Ali Wong and Aron Eli Coleite.

The voice cast includes Wong, Bowen Yang, Lori Tan Chinn, Lucy Liu, Jimmy O. Yang, Sheng Wang, Woosung Kim and A.J. Beckles. Titmouse is the studio, with Chris Prynoski, Shannon Prynoski, Antonio Canobbio and Ben Kalina also serving as executive producers.

What is ‘Jentry Chau Vs The Underworld’ about?

Here’s the official description:

The series follows Jentry Chau (voiced by Wong), a Chinese-American teen living in a small Texas town, who finds out a demon king is hunting her for the supernatural powers she’s been working her whole life to repress. With the help of her weapons expert great-aunt and a millennia-old jiangshi (Chinese hopping vampire), Jentry must now fight an entire underworld’s worth of monsters while balancing the horrors of high school.

KATSEYE performs the main theme song

The trailer includes a new song from K-Pop group, KATSEYE called “Flame.” It will be the series’ theme song and the single was also released on Thursday.

When does ‘Jentry Chau Vs The Underworld’ premiere?

The series drops Dec. 5 on Netflix. The first season consists of 13 half-hour episodes.

Watch the trailer below:

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The Night Agent is ready to unleash its second season.

The Netflix series, starring Gabriel Basso, Fola Evans-Akingbola, D.B. Woodside, Brittany Snow, Enrique Murciano, Navid Negahban and Hong Chau, is coming back to huge fanfare on Netflix. The first season was Netflix’s most-watched series in 2023 and ranks at the seventh most popular English series on Netflix of all time. In its first 91 days, the series garnered 98.2 million views and was number one in the Global Top 10 for four consecutive weeks.

The series is a thriller following an FBI agent who finally became a Night Agent after saving the president. But now that he’s in the exclusive club, he has more drama awaiting him.

What will Season 2 of ‘The Night Agent’ be about?

According to the official description:

Based on the novel by Matthew Quirk, The Night Agent is a sophisticated, character-based, action-thriller centering on a low-level FBI Agent , Peter Sutherland, whose efforts to save The President in Season 1 earn him an opportunity to become a Night Agent in Season 2. But working in the secretive organization of Night Action will propel Peter into a world where danger is everywhere and trust is in short supply.

Here’s when the series will air

The season drops Jan. 23, 2025 on Netflix

Check out the trailer below.

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Shawn Ryan is the creator and showrunner. He executive produces with Marney Hochman with MiddKid Productions, Seth Gordon and Julia Gunn with Exhibit A, Jamie Vanderbilt, William Sherak, Paul Neinstein and Nicole Tossou with Project X, David Beaubaire with Sunset Lane Media, Paul Bernard, Munis Rashid and Guy Ferland.

Perhaps Netflix‘s biggest awards title this year, Emilia Pérez just may be one of the most talked-about, controversial, polarizing, yet loved films of the year. From French auteur Jacques Audiard, the film stars Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón and Selena Gomez, with Adriana Paz and Édgar Ramírez in key supporting roles.

The movie is a mashup of many genres including comedy, drama and crime– and it is a musical with surreal elements on top of that.

The film has several deaths at the end and it ends pretty sad and tragically, although the ending does have a glimmer of hopefulness. Here’s all that went down in the film and its ending:

How does Rita get involved with Manitas?

Saldaña’s character, Rita Mora Castro, is a lawyer living in Mexico whom we first meet when she is working on as a defense lawyer but is seemingly unfulfilled by what she is doing. She just did the argument for the case of a guilty man who killed his wife, and her team won the case. She soon receives a secretive phone call with an offer. Though she is skeptical and nervous about it, she takes the meeting. When she goes to the meeting, she has a bag put over her head and is taken to a remote location where she meets with Juan “Manitas” Del Monte (Karla Sofía Gascón), a drug cartel leader. And what does he want from her? He wants her to help him get gender-affirming surgery and start a new life, leaving this old one behind.

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So, traveling to multiple cities around the world, paid for by Manitas, Rita talks to doctors and finally gets one to do the surgery after he hears Manitas’ story of going through gender dysphoria over the years. Meanwhile, Rita has Manitas’ murder staged and relocated his wife Jessi and their children to Switzerland, telling Jessi that Manitas wanted this for their safety. She then learns on television that Manitas has been murdered. Manitas pays Rita off and wants her to disappear now. Manitas goes into surgery and comes out as Emilia Pérez (still played by Gascón), and she is ready to live her new life.

Rita and Emilia re-enter each others’ lives

Several years later, at what appears to be a work-related dinner in London, Rita and Emilia meet again, and it is not by coincidence. Emilia brought Rita into her orbit once more because she wants Rita to now help her get her children back. Rita agrees, and then has Jessi moved from the Swiss Alps to Mexico City to stay with Emilia, telling Jessi that Emilia is a distant cousin of Manitas. Jessi seemingly does this begrudgingly, and also appears to find Emilia a bit odd, especially how close and touchy she is with her and Manitas’ kids. Meanwhile, we learn that Jessi had an incentive to come to Mexico City because her former lover, Gustavo (Ramirez) lives there and she hopes to reunite with him.

How and why Emilia and Rita start their organization to help people

Emilia convinces Rita to stay in Mexico and help her, and they have an encounter with the mother of a missing child. This makes Emilia reflect on her past life as a drug leader and criminal, and she vows to help people moving forward. She starts a nonprofit, La Luceita. Through the nonprofit, she uses her prior connections with cartel members to find and identify the bodies of cartel victims. However, as Rita points out, since the people funding the organization are still in the drug game, it still makes the work that she’s doing inherently corrupt, though well-intentioned.

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Here’s how Emilia’s kids recognize her and how she forms a romance

Emilia continues to spend more time with her children. She puts her son to bed one night and he recognizes her scent as his father’s and calls Emilia “papa.” She also forms a close bond with a woman named Epifanía (Paz) who comes into La Luceita one day to confirm her abusive husband’s death. They then start a romance.

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How Jessi and Emilia’s relationship turns sideways

Emilia continues to struggle with not being able to truly be a parent to her children and having to be in this “auntie”/distant cousin role. As this is going on, Jessi is resuming her romance with Gustavo. She then tells Emilia that she and Gustavo are going to move in together and the children will come with her. Emilia says the children are here and grabs Jessi, who is alarmed and confused. After this, Jessi and the children disappear from the house and Emilia begins to spiral. Having access to Jessi’s money, Emilia freezes the accounts and then has one of her henchmen go and threaten Gustavo. Rita tries to play peacemaker, but Jessi becomes more and more upset.

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Emilia is kidnapped

Things escalate, and Jessi and Gustavo have Emilia kidnapped and hold her for ransom. They are asking for $30 million and they want Rita to bring the money. Rita prepares to head there with Emilia’s armed henchmen at her disposal. Hoping that there is a chance for peace, Rita tries to broker with Gustavo but a shootout takes place. While they are taking cover, Emilia then reveals to Jessi who she really is by telling her details about how they met and their wedding.

The fate of Jessi and Emilia, as well as what happens to their children

Jessi slowly but surely begins to piece things together. Gustavo orders her to get in the car and they put Emilia in the truck. Jessi then fully realizes what is happening and who Emilia is. She wants to stop the car, but Gustavo doesn’t. She pulls out a gun and the struggle over the gun, which leads Gustavo to drive off of a cliff. The car explodes and Gustavo, Jessi and Emilia are all dead. Rita tells Emilia and Jessi’s children that they have died and she will now take care of them.

The final moment of the film and what it means

The last moment of the film sees people marching in the streets and singing about Emilia and honoring her. Epifanía is in the crowd and is leading the group. There are also people carrying a statue of what looks like a saint. While continuing to sing her eulogy, they also remember and celebrate her legacy and what she did for the community. In the streets, they sing, “Las Damas que Pasan.”

Ultimately, the story is a tragic one, but one of heart. And at the end of the day, Emilia’s legacy lives on, not as her past, but the impact she made before her death.

“Emilia Pérez doesn’t just tell the story of one woman. It’s about four very different women,” Audiard told Netflix’s Tudum. “I had to be able to lend these characters a past, a history, a real maturity. I realized this when I discovered Zoe and Karla almost simultaneously. In a way, they reoriented the script, making it denser. Their own lives fed into the lives of the characters.”