“So we’ve all been giant fans of Terry Silver from the beginning,” Jon Hurwitz told io9. “We all recognize the flaws ofas well. But his character, he just had such a presence and it all started with like, ‘Okay, we know the flaws ofand we know that he’s doing some pretty insane things in that movie.
“But there was something missing in his life, and that’s something that Kreese sees immediately for him and is able to slowly lure him out and bring back that snake. And once he’s in, it’s like a drug. He’s back in Cobra Kai. He’s trying to do it the right way. But why would Daniel LaRusso believe that? Why would Daniel believe after the crazy psychopath that he was inthat ‘Oh, he’s coming in and he’s apologizing for the past?’ Bullshit, if you’re really there.
The other big storyline that carried over from season three was that the dojos would be fighting at the All Valley Karate Tournament. But in order to make that tournament emotionally satisfying, the producers had to be careful to set up who fought who throughout the tournament and then, ultimately, who would fight in the finals and who would win. Spoiler alert, Robbie fights Hawk, with Hawk eking out a victory, and then Tori fights Sam, with Tori winning.
“So, it starts with Tori and Sam,” Heald continued. “That’s probably the biggest rivalry of the season. We’re coming into this season with unfinished business. There is a war that needs to happen between these two to really overcome what they still have between them. And for a lot of other characters, it’s more personal journeys. There is ‘I hate you because you’re in Cobra Kai,’ ‘I hate you because you’re in Miyagi Do,’ ‘I hate you personally because of this.
“Bottom line is there you have an example of like, ‘Okay, we wanted to give those same vibes of energy,’ like pushing you through the tournament,” Schlossberg continued. “And, with Carrie, it was a situation where we had already known we wanted there to be that kind of thing at the tournament.