Cobra Kai Season 6, Part 1's Major Character Death Explained By Showrunner

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Warning: MAJOR SPOILERS ahead for Cobra Kai season 6 part 1!

Summary Cobra Kai showrunner John Heald explains why it was decided that Tory's mother would die at the end of season 6 part 1.

Tory's mother's illness was hinted at throughout the show, meaning it was inevitable that she would die at some point during the series.

Her death affects Tory's character arc and journey in martial arts, making it understandable why she chooses to join Cobra Kai.

Cobra Kai showrunner Josh Heald has explained a major character death that happened in season 6 part 1, including the overall importance it has on the show. Throughout the martial arts show, it was hinted that Tory's mother was suffering an illness that would ultimately kill her at some point down the road. Then, during the events of Cobra Kai season 6 part 1, she ended up dying, a painful continuation for her daughter's character arc moving forward.

Speaking with Screen Rant, Heald explained the reason behind Tory's mother dying in Cobra Kai season 6 part 1, revealing the importance it will have to the young martial artist's story. The showrunner also explained why the timing of it was right as she was getting ready for the Sekai Taikai tournament, hinting at its impact on her time there. Check out what Heald had to say below:

There are some "Always" and there are some "Sometimes" when it comes to the writers room. After season 1, it became a living organism, we had season 1 completely in our heads when we entered the writers room for season 1, and it was more just telling the troops what we're doing, who's going where, we take the castle, and we do it. Once Kreese enters the story, we started asking ourselves questions like, 'Okay, we knew he was coming back, where's he living?' That began a spirited discussion, the idea of Tory coming in and creating this antagonist for Sam, left a lot of new questions that we had to consider and some answers we had long leads for, and some became branches of a tree that was still growing. But we always knew that [her] mom would go, we didn't know exactly when, but we knew we wanted it to be at a crucial moment for her character. It wasn't just something that's happening and we're cutting to that and seeing a more traditional melodrama about a kid going through something. We wanted it to have the Cobra Kai gasoline and the sparks that come with that. This was the worst possible time that this could have happened, which made it the best possible time to do it. And it it just becomes the the alchemy of putting together the recipe in the writers room about when and why and how, and the pieces of the puzzle have to fit together.

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