Full of all the spoilers. I enjoyed the hell out of this season. The only reason I did not give it a 10/10 is because there were a few deux ex machina type situations that happened where I went “Okay, that was weird.” Still, shocked that four seasons in I was still looking forward to watching this each week so much.
Full of spoilers! Not sure why I never did a review for the third season, but I assure you that I watched it. I'm gonna try to recall everything that happened since I finished this months ago. Barry is in prison and I thought that there was no possible way that this show could go this many seasons let alone make the final one the best. Barry tries to contact his old acting teacher, Gene, whose fiancé he murdered for forgiveness as well as his ex, Sally who will be going through all manner of chaos herself. Gene wants to get some of his old fame back by cashing in on the murder of Janice and knowing that Barry was one of his acting students. Sally is trying to come to grips with the fact that she was sleeping with a murderer. Barry is losing his shit. His former friend Fuches is sent into the same prison as Barry and thinks he will be killed only for Barry to beg for forgiveness.
I watched this so many months ago but never did a review for it. It was not a bad season but it started to feel like the series is repeating itself. Things seem okay then someone from the past shows up from one of the old Karate Kid films and then cause trouble until it is resolved. Or not. There is one more season of this to go (I think) but I would have been okay with the previous season being its last. When looking for my reviews it turns out that I never even did one for seasons two and three for some reason. That says something. I don't know what it is but it says something about me and how I consume this show. Like, I enjoy the show and all but after a while it has dragged on. I don't remember this season beat for beat but I recall strongly feeling like LaRusso children being assholes. I think that's about it, really. The show is fine but I won't be clamoring to watch the next season and if I do I might forget to even write about it.
Ralph Macchio as Daniel LaRusso
William Zabka as Johnny Lawrence
Courtney Henggeler as Amanda LaRusso
Xolo Maridueña as Miguel Diaz
Tanner Buchanan as Robby Keene
Mary Mouser as Samantha LaRusso
Jacob Bertrand as Eli "Hawk" Moskowitz
Gianni DeCenzo as Demetri Alexopoulos
Peyton List as Tory Nichols
Vanessa Rubio as Carmen Diaz
Thomas Ian Griffith as Terry Silver
Martin Kove as John Kreese
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Let me start off by saying that I am amazed that a show can be on for this many seasons and not have any episodes that feel like filler or a waste. They have split this season into two seven parts and I am glad they did because my poor heart could not take anymore intensity than I witnessed and felt while watching just these episodes. I watched the first episode with Cam and sat on the rest because I knew more were not coming. I'm not into binge watching so much anymore particularly with certain shows. This is not the kind of show you can just blow through quickly and absorb all the information. Plus I don't wanna be one of those people that start crying for more after I have gobbled up what these folk have worked so hard on doing and get mad when I'm not served another helping immediately.
