PICK OF THE WEEK – NETFLIX

COBRA KAI

INTRIGUING MARTIAL ARTS SEQUEL

When Cobra Kai started life on YouTube it sounded like the show no one was crying out for, but this Karate Kid sequel has been a big hit — and especially since the move to Netflix. This is partly because there’s something inherently funny about picking up a teenage karate rivalry three decades on — when those teens are adult men — but there’s also an interesting drama in here about mistakes we pass on to our children. Ralph Macchio and William Zabka (above) return as peace-loving Daniel (now a slick

family man) and rocker Johnny (still basically a teenager) and there’s a lot of humour in what flows between them as they restart that rivalry. Each series ups the ante and brings back old characters from the films, and this week’s new one is no exception. Series 5 from Friday