Interestingly, being around Terry and recognizing how unstable he is seems to have made Kreese second-guess his teaching methods. Cobra Kai season 4 laid the preparation for a potential recovery bend for Kreese in Cobra Kai season 5. This is expressly shown in the season finale in a scene between him and Tory during the All-Valley Karate Tournament. Terry tries to convince Tory to disguise an easily disqualifying hit to the eye as a counter, which Tory is hesitant to do. Interestingly, Kreese disagrees with Cobra Kai’s “Strike First” proverb, telling her to do what she believes is correct. Prior in the season, Silver also pointed out that Kreese’s weak spot has always been Johnny Lawrence. This was clarified when Kreese stopped Silver from beating Johnny into a state of insensibility, a reversal from his usual demeanor that the weak deserve what they get. Kreese also intervened in Tory’s personal life when he compromised her property manager to stop harassing her. In his own twisted way, Kreese genuinely does think often about his students and there are hints that he’s finally realizing his methods go excessively far.
It’s far-fetched that Kreese could at any point join with his previous adversary’s protégés out of the goodness of his heart. Yet, a recurring theme in Cobra Kai has been “The adversary of my foe is my companion” and previous enemies have routinely become brief allies. As Kreese is reasonable going to be in prison for a decent lump of Cobra Kai season 5, Terry’s gathering of Cobra Kai students will just continue to develop. However, Daniel and Johnny are also liable to be desperate, as well, as Cobra Kai won the All-Valley Karate competition, meaning Miyagi-Do and Eagle Fang must shut down. Either way, it is up to Daniel, Chozen, and Kreese to ensure that Terry’s teachings don’t bring additional students into Cobra Kai, and Johnny could easily join the battle when he returns from Mexico.
In spite of the fact that Kreese has been the main villain in both the Karate Kid franchise and Cobra Kai thus far, Terry Silver has since assumed control over that job, being considerably more severe than Kreese. Kreese was removed in handcuffs in the wake of being outlined for attacking an ex-Cobra Kai student, Stingray who made his return after not being in season 3, meaning Terry is now the sole head of the dojo. Kreese knows that Terry outlined him, however, and assuming there is one thing that is certain with regards to Kreese’s temperament, it’s that he’s not one to surrender or to release an assault.
