Cobra Kai - S05E03 - Playing with Fire

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Episode 123: Cobra Kai - S05E03 - Playing with Fire

Jason Connell and Sal Rodriguez break down Season 05 - Episode 03 (Playing with Fire) of the Cobra Kai series and much more.

Synopsis: Another enemy from Daniel's past resurfaces. After a spa day and some soul-searching, Sam comes to a decision about her future with Miguel.

Original Episode: S05E03

Recorded: 10-28-22
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Transcript

Jason Connell: 5:14:36

Whoa, just curious. Welcome to Just curious media. This is let's talk Cobra Kai. I'm Jason Connell.

Sal Rodriguez: 5:14:45

And I'm Sal Rodriguez.

Jason Connell: 5:14:47

All right, Sal, we are back for another episode.

Sal Rodriguez: 5:14:53

It's good to be back. It is good. It's been a minute.

Jason Connell: 5:14:57

It's been a minute. We did Episode One, season five, episode two of season five. And then I got overwhelmed with lots of stuff. Yeah, I know, I got in this house, middle of September was moving around during construction, wood floors, painters, and when the painters got here, so I was painted in a box. I didn't even have a space to kind of like carve out and record they were in every room. I was like, this is difficult to live in a home and do renovations. And if that wasn't enough, I was honored to be asked to be a part of the mystic film festival as director of festival operations. I knew this on my trip to LA they called me. I was in the festival game for a long time. It's a very prestigious, great festival, join them. And the festival was last week. So as we got closer, my role got more and more intense. And last week, and leading up to I had to shut it down. I had to work all day, all night, the event was a hit. I got to do my own workshop panel, talk about my career, which was amazing. And then I emceed the awards. I mean, I had time to record Cobra Kai. And the whole time I'm having all this fun. I'm feeling guilty. Even at my talk, which is kind of like a TED talk is what you call it. My panel discussion. I was telling people like, you know, I feel horrible right now because I am behind and I don't like to be behind. So we are back in studio south, and I couldn't be more

Sal Rodriguez: 5:16:32

excited. Yeah, well, those are your roots. Your roots are in the film. Yeah. That's how you and I met you and I met through your Indie film. Yeah, strictly background, and then your film festival. So this is going back to your roots,

Jason Connell: 5:16:45

roots. And then that panel was amazing was an hour and a half. And it concludes with just curious media and the people in the room or like, oh my god, what a great career. It was. It was an honor. It's just sometimes you realize you stretch yourself a little too thin. And the timing was tough for me on season five. I'm actually I've been in this house for two of the recordings. Now. I'm in my studio, and it's still being calibrated, but I'm elated. And I'm ready to get rolling on Episode Three through 10 and get right back on track.

Sal Rodriguez: 5:17:15

I'm excited about episode three. I'm also excited about those. What do you call those ceilings? They're at an angle.

Jason Connell: 5:17:21

The slants Yeah,

Sal Rodriguez: 5:17:22

that's like that

Jason Connell: 5:17:23

second story. end of the hall. It's got these cool acoustics I'm putting soundproofing on here very soon but great room great space when you come visit me. We'll record right here.

Sal Rodriguez: 5:17:35

I'm looking forward to it.

Jason Connell: 5:17:36

But today we are covering season five episode three plus with fire a various city name for this episode.

Sal Rodriguez: 5:17:45

Yes, I am gasoline.

Jason Connell: 5:17:48

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Sal Rodriguez: 5:18:12

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Jason Connell: 5:18:17

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Sal Rodriguez: 5:18:21

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Jason Connell: 5:18:33

Yeah, even on the East Coast,

Sal Rodriguez: 5:18:36

even on the east.

Jason Connell: 5:18:37

So Netflix brings us Cobra Kai Thank you Netflix. This entire season came out on September ninth 2022. Again, this is Season Five can't believe it. Episode Three, playing with fire the IMDb Rating 8.1 solid, solid set up on the eighth and we got some I'm sure and the Knights the synopsis for this episode. Another enemy of Daniels past resurfaces after a spa day and some soul searching. Sam comes to a decision about her future with Miguel. Oh boy Sal, we are in for a treat with this episode.

Sal Rodriguez: 5:19:22

Oh yeah, I like this a lot. I revisited it today. Right before speaking with you. Yeah. Yeah. And at the end, I was like, I'm not lying. I'm sitting there going. That was a good episode. That was really good.

Jason Connell: 5:19:32

Yeah, I'm kind of covering this later.

Sal Rodriguez: 5:19:34

Yeah. Alright, so

Jason Connell: 5:19:35

we'll opened at Encino oaks Country Club. Daniel chosen cousin Louis Anoosh. They all finish around a golf and chosen winds

Sal Rodriguez: 5:19:47

and says, begin to luck.

Jason Connell: 5:19:50

Now Sal, where have we heard that line before?

Sal Rodriguez: 5:19:54

No, I use that line in my personal life now at this point. That was from Mr. Miyagi saying that to Daniel when Daniel caught a fly with chopsticks from the original Karate Kid, right?

Jason Connell: 5:20:05

Yeah, Miyagi was a little annoyed.

Sal Rodriguez: 5:20:07

Yeah. A little jelly. Yeah,

Jason Connell: 5:20:10

he did get his you know, redemption by get catching his own fly.

Sal Rodriguez: 5:20:15

He did didn't mean to fly it so Oh, yeah. Oh, you did okay. Yeah.

Jason Connell: 5:20:20

But anyway, that's where beginner's luck comes from who knew that chosen was such a good ball striker? No idea. So they're all having a time at the country club. And Adam nowhere who arrives

Sal Rodriguez: 5:20:36

talking about a buzzkill Terry silver, Terry silver arise.

Jason Connell: 5:20:40

Terry silver arrives and it

Sal Rodriguez: 5:20:43

looks so big doesn't look next to Daniel. I mean, Daniels not like a tiny guy necessarily. And yet, Terry silver looks huge. Yeah.

Jason Connell: 5:20:53

And he warns Daniel about sabotage in his dojo because he sent all chosen in there since a Joe and then silver tells them to him them everybody to stand down our hill, bring back some of his old friends. And it got me thinking do you think he's talking about?

Sal Rodriguez: 5:21:16

Well, I I think we're all thinking the same thing. Well, we

Jason Connell: 5:21:19

know before we know, I started to get really excited. Like, here we go. This is now we know now.

Sal Rodriguez: 5:21:24

Yeah, cuz it's like a build. Yeah. Is it like building for this? And then

Jason Connell: 5:21:27

here's snake? No.

Sal Rodriguez: 5:21:29

Yeah.

Jason Connell: 5:21:31

So then, great lines by silver and shows and please, we saw this in the trailer. Yeah. So why don't you do your best Silver?

Sal Rodriguez: 5:21:42

Silver says, you're playing with fire. Danny Boy. unchosen says, and I am gasoline.

Jason Connell: 5:21:52

Your chosen is getting better. And

Sal Rodriguez: 5:21:54

yeah, I like to. I'm growing as an actor. Yeah.

Jason Connell: 5:21:58

So great scene. We knew it was coming here it was. And then I also love how a new show and Louis play off of each other.

Sal Rodriguez: 5:22:07

I want more Louis

Jason Connell: 5:22:08

and Anoosh. I want them their own show. Yeah, we live in an apartment together. The Odd Couple. And Anoosh talking about Silver's like, Who's that giant Bond villain? Yeah, no, just referring to him like, of course, he doesn't recognize him. He's humongous. as you just pointed out, and it's spot on. He does look like a bond character with his ponytail, his hair slicked back. But I also love the exchange between a noose and Louie going on about the free drinks because essentially Silver's throwing down like a drinks are on me this rounds on me. He's now a member of Encino oaks Country Club, but Louie taking free drinks orders around a pina colada, which is like super lame and a news it takes issue when they say that's something you order at Sandals Resort. You don't do that here. They just could banter all day. So and I love it.

Sal Rodriguez: 5:23:02

I like the sandals reference. I think they could also throw in Club Med while they're at it.

Jason Connell: 5:23:06

Yeah. Now wasn't sandals done that used to be Kokomo? I don't

Sal Rodriguez: 5:23:10

know where it was particular. But I remember the advertising. I think at the time I was like somehow involved in some sort of like advertising sales. And I remember I kept seeing the sandals ad it was always like a couple walking down the beach. It was like a couple's thing, wasn't it?

Jason Connell: 5:23:23

No, it was a couple of things. But I thought it was Kokomo and Kokomo change to sandals. Remember the Kokomo song?

Sal Rodriguez: 5:23:31

Yeah, well, who did that? Who did the cover mice? Aruba, Jamaica, who I want to take Bermuda? Bahama. gom operty mama, that's fun. That's a fun was

Jason Connell: 5:23:43

in the movie cocktail. If I do recall, I gotta watch cocktail. Very good. Tom Cruise. All right. So now we're at Diaz's apartment, and Miguel makes breakfast for Carmen ALSA. And Johnny. But so this doesn't go so well.

Sal Rodriguez: 5:24:00

When they first show the plates when they first show him I go, Oh, that looks like a hearty meal. I'll have that. Sure. But I guess Yeah, it doesn't go school.

Jason Connell: 5:24:08

He went off menu. He made up his own recipes. It didn't go well. And it causes Carmen to get a little

Sal Rodriguez: 5:24:16

sick. Well, that's what we think at first, right? It could be a number of things. But in that moment, we think it was something Miguel is a horrible cook, and he made his mother's sick. Yeah, he

Jason Connell: 5:24:25

McGill's cooking. So then Johnny, of course has a funny exchange with Carmen here, right when he gets in.

Sal Rodriguez: 5:24:34

Yeah, because something about his car was Vandalia Is that what he's talking about? Somebody had tagged graffiti on his vehicle? Was that what it was? Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah, yeah, Johnny says it should be illegal to deface someone else's property. And karma says it is. Yeah.

Jason Connell: 5:24:49

Unbeknownst to him now let's go back in time to season one a Cobra Kai in the facing some billboard

Sal Rodriguez: 5:24:58

drawn a penis.

Jason Connell: 5:25:00

And then a noose and Louie had to go clean it off, because that's great stuff. So he forgets that someone should make this illegal. Meanwhile, he's partaking in that.

Sal Rodriguez: 5:25:10

Yeah. And well, you know, you move on in life. Like, for example, when I was a teenager I was I used to write graffiti as a teenager. Yeah, and today today,

Jason Connell: 5:25:18

don't like you're not tagging things anymore.

Sal Rodriguez: 5:25:20

Don't like don't like graffiti. I mean, if it's like art is one thing, but like, just tagging like on buses and stuff. No, no, don't do it. I'm

Jason Connell: 5:25:27

not into it. So now we're at the Russos house and Sam eats an entire box of grape uncrustables as Anthony enters now, I was not familiar with grape uncrustables look like PBJs with the crust.

Sal Rodriguez: 5:25:42

Yeah, look like my mother never would have bought those. No, my never would have no no. My mom was like in the health food a lot. Yeah.

Jason Connell: 5:25:51

And he's only very healthy. But anyway, Sam's a little depressed thinking about stuff. Yeah. What I love about this scene, Sal besides Anthony coming in and calling her SIP not Sam. Hey, Sam. Do you ever call your your siblings SIB?

Sal Rodriguez: 5:26:05

No, you know, I was gonna mention that, you know, the scenes with with the siblings. It seems like on shows the common trope is that siblings are fighting. Did you fight with your siblings a lot. Because I was last born. I didn't really fight so much with my siblings. Oh,

Jason Connell: 5:26:18

one is five years younger than one's 15 years younger. So five years younger, you know, there was a little bit of like, poking. But we were like, she's in middle school. I'm in high school. Yeah, you know, I'm in middle school. She's in elementary, it was a big enough span where it's like we weren't fighting, we would kind of tease each other a little bit. But for the most part, we had different interests, different friends, you know, so, and they're a little bit of an age difference here, but not too too much. But what I did like sow was the fact they're in a scene together. Because I remember a few seasons ago, I was like, Are they ever even talking? You know, sometimes they would purposely not even talk and communicate. Yeah. But Anthony's become a bigger part of the show. And I'm actually just liking the fact that they're communicating. Now they're busting balls in the same they are fighting but they're not really at each other's throats either. Yeah, it's

Sal Rodriguez: 5:27:05

not it's not hatred. It's not it's not hatred at all. No, like she's

Jason Connell: 5:27:07

making fun of him. Something happen to you on fortnight playing online video games, and he's talking about karate, and then she doesn't want to talk about karate, so they're not getting along. They're just annoyed with each other. Yeah. Constant annoyance. So now we're at Miyagi dough, and Daniel unchosen are strategizing. And I like how chosen is back sore, because he's been sleeping on the, you know, in the guest room on a couch that doesn't fit him so well. And Daniel's apologetic about that.

Sal Rodriguez: 5:27:35

Oh, that's what it was. So it wasn't like an age thing. It was. Ah, that sofa.

Jason Connell: 5:27:40

Okay, I'm sorry about that. But then, so it happens, perhaps the greatest line in the history of the show, as chosen as Daniel, if he knows any of Silver's friends, he says,

Sal Rodriguez: 5:27:57

Mike fucking Barnes.

Jason Connell: 5:28:00

I laughed so hard on the first viewing. I couldn't believe it. They went there. That's how we know that was the reveal. It's Mike Barnes. And he's in the show. We knew it was coming. I know. I know. But that's how you do it.

Sal Rodriguez: 5:28:14

That's the official reveal was was that brilliant. Has as Daniel drop F bombs before?

Jason Connell: 5:28:19

I can't confirm or deny. But this was the best one. Yeah, it was good. Great, great lie.

Sal Rodriguez: 5:28:25

Good soundbite.

Jason Connell: 5:28:27

Great. Soundbite. Yeah, that should be like your ringtone mine. So now we're back at the US Department because we're ping pong, back and forth, as we do on this show. And Johnny and Carmen finish, toss out the breakfast. And they talk. And so are our suspicions coming true. About Carmen being sick? I mean, did you even think anything when she excused herself?

Sal Rodriguez: 5:28:52

Yeah, I did. Actually. Yeah. When she excused herself. I thought, oh, Morning sickness is what I thought, right. They're having breakfast, right. It wasn't dinner. We're having breakfast. she excused herself. Yeah. Miguel thinks Oh, it's my cooking. Grandma maybe thinks it's the cooking, right. She doesn't know she's I'm

Jason Connell: 5:29:06

in the scene. She's not even back here. Miguel is not it's just the two of them.

Sal Rodriguez: 5:29:09

No, no. But when they were having breakfast, grandma was there. Yeah, maybe she was and then she excused herself. Yeah. I don't even think grandma knew. Grandma had been smoking that

Jason Connell: 5:29:18

she was smoked. But it is true. She is late. We don't know any more than that. That's all we know. Late and Johnny turns into a character out of Three Men and a Baby.

Sal Rodriguez: 5:29:30

Yeah, I gotta hand it to Johnny. I really do. Like I have a lot of respect for Johnny at this time. He wants to step up to the plate. That's what he wants to do. Yeah, but

Jason Connell: 5:29:39

he becomes a bumbling stumbling like Ted Danson Tom Selleck, Steve Gutenberg in the Leonard Nimoy directed film didn't know that, did you? I did

Sal Rodriguez: 5:29:49

not know live naughty boy directed three minute debate, but he's dropping

Jason Connell: 5:29:52

his keys. It's like he's got he's just losing.

Sal Rodriguez: 5:29:55

Oh, you remember he makes he makes the baby like 12 pack and that later,

Jason Connell: 5:29:59

that's later on Tosh. This is just when he learns that she's late. He's kind of like, oh, yeah, he's gonna get a pregnancy test. And he can't even drive. It's like he or she offers to drive down there, Johnny. Yeah, he's playing it out in his mind, and he's losing it.

Sal Rodriguez: 5:30:13

Well, you know, if you consider the relationship he's had with Robbie, if you if you had that relationship, I would imagine he's like, I cannot screw up again. I can't make the same mistake again.

Jason Connell: 5:30:25

Yeah, this is a do over but it's funny to see only him goes from like coolest guy ever to Oh, my God, she's pregnant. We're, as they did in these movies, like change your baby's diaper. And it's like the worst thing. You know, this is what came to mind. So now we're back at the oftenly frequented tattoo parlor for Eli. And he's turning the Grim Reaper into what sow

Sal Rodriguez: 5:30:50

what is it a lotus leaf, a lotus lotus flower. It looks

Jason Connell: 5:30:54

great. By the way, I gotta say, really impressive, because he didn't know what to do with Grim Reaper. He's no longer to that guy. And, of course, crossed the room. Miguel, bummed out.

Sal Rodriguez: 5:31:06

Yeah. And Dimitri is a good friend. He asked about him. He's like, how you doing exactly

Jason Connell: 5:31:09

brings him in the conversation. And I love to meet you his comment about how Miguel and Robbie usually break out into a John Wick style fight. It was pretty funny. And it's true all sudden, it's like matrix. You know, they're running on the walls and fighting because they had to spend this whole car ride back from Mexico. Yeah, I would have liked it in silence. Probably. Yeah. What was that? Like? Awkward? Yeah, exactly. After all those embraces with Johnny. And then Miguel receives a, we need to talk text. Yeah. So have you ever gotten? We need to talk text?

Sal Rodriguez: 5:31:43

Oh, sure. Yeah, you can tell by tone? Oh, sure. Yeah, you know, I actually like talking to people via text because I get to say everything I want, how I want, but you cannot affect tone. Yeah, tone, people will pick up the wrong thing. There's that sketch I really love from the Kenan what it's not, it's not Kenan and Kel. I forgot it was a it was a sketch comedy about these two guys, okay. And they keep misinterpreting each other's texts, over and over and over. And then in the end, they end up getting into a big fight because they completely misunderstood everybody's texts because of the tone itself.

Jason Connell: 5:32:20

Well, the text is from Sam just to be clear. And this launches into a great sequence because Eli and Demetri are helping Miguel. I love how you shoot over to the other side of the phone. And at Sam's phone, and Yasmin and Moon. They're all at a cafe, you know, like diner, and they're all kind of taking control of the conversation. You know, Yasmin and moon are telling her what to write. And same with they hijack his phone and they're doing they're actually typing it. And they're being real shorthand, Curt, and it's only causing more confusion.

Sal Rodriguez: 5:32:54

It's a rut because your friends when you're in some sort of dispute with the loved one, your friends, they want you to be cool. Oh, they want you to be the cool one. You know, and yeah, it doesn't work out.

Jason Connell: 5:33:07

It does not. So now Daniel and chosen are on another stakeout. Also the title of the sequel to stakeout which I've mentioned on a previous episode, another stakeout. But this time Soule. Who are they watching?

Sal Rodriguez: 5:33:21

This is funny. They're there's they're they're stalking Mike Barnes. They see him entering some sort of like a loading dock while he's

Jason Connell: 5:33:30

leaving his house first. All Yes. They really

Sal Rodriguez: 5:33:34

a second, wait a second. How did they figure? How did they find out where he lives?

Jason Connell: 5:33:38

They've got friends at the DMV. I mean, come on. It's Daniel. He's got the Russo Auto Group. Okay. I'm sure he's like tracking license plates tracking him down. And then we get a little footage from the Karate Kid. Part Three. Yes. Which is great to see young Mike Barnes. Yeah. Because

Sal Rodriguez: 5:33:55

you see what a mass holy was, is which?

Jason Connell: 5:33:57

Totally, and a great exchange about how Barnes was trying to kill Daniel and how you don't forget or forgive somebody for that choice. It's like, hey, yeah. I tried to kill you. Oh, yeah. No, we're good. We're good. No, no, no, you and I were fine. It's the other guy that tried to kill Well, the

Sal Rodriguez: 5:34:14

funny thing is like Mike Barnes didn't ever really try to kill Daniel, whereas chosen try to kill Daniel.

Jason Connell: 5:34:22

Let's think about when they're climbing up the rope. Oh, okay. Could it died? You know, I got little hair was dangerous. Very dangerous. Sign the papers sign. Yeah, that's right. That's right. Well, they do follow barns too. to warehouse and they see him some tools from his trunk and then a bunch of goons

Sal Rodriguez: 5:34:42

look Okay, I gotta say, I gotta say, that was like a high end BMW like a seventh grade class. I think you're gonna have like power tools in the back. Really? I don't think so. Yeah, I don't know. I don't know. I don't know box. No case.

Jason Connell: 5:34:57

I will say this. I was very suspicious. As soon as I saw Barnes I immediately thought what they're reading into this is completely wrong. Oh, my instincts were right on but it plays better for the show.

Sal Rodriguez: 5:35:10

I mean, I went all the way to the phone call. I was seriously I was I was gullible.

Jason Connell: 5:35:15

So there's no way him and silver have reunited I

Sal Rodriguez: 5:35:19

believe everything you said in the phone call. But what Yeah, so I

Jason Connell: 5:35:23

was like, Oh, my God, the show is taking it to this absurd level. But we're getting ahead of ourselves, know your role. So now we're at the pharmacy, and Johnny and Carmen look for pregnancy test.

Sal Rodriguez: 5:35:32

This is funny at the pharmacy, you have to go to the pharmacist to get a pregnancy test.

Jason Connell: 5:35:36

You do not know you have to ask them where it is. You can just walk around. But Sal and Johnny wants a refund. Ah, yeah. Yeah, it was bloody awesome. So please describe,

Sal Rodriguez: 5:35:46

yeah, Johnny wants a refund on these condoms. He presents these condoms to the pharmacist. And they're like, Tiger gloves. Best condom in the Wild Kingdom. These are like what you get, like at a truck stop. You know, like, like, these are not sold here by them. And they're not sold at Walgreens, Rite Aid. All the major drug stores. This is what you might get from a vending machine, right? At a club at a nightclub? How about the club

Jason Connell: 5:36:10

truckstop. And then even says like condoms, for your pleasure, not for her pleasure. But for your

Sal Rodriguez: 5:36:16

pleasure, which I thought was pretty fun. Nice.

Jason Connell: 5:36:19

So then Johnny again loses his confidence, he starts to worry. Here's a baby. Someone always sees that guy with the babies at the pharmacy and he's trying to calm down his crying baby who's earache or something. And he starts to kind of flashback to where he wasn't present. Robbie, and Carmen gets annoyed cell. And they kind of like exit. She's like, I'll get the test later. I don't know why she waits later. It's in her hand. And they both leave. I don't even know if they left together. Or like they both drove but she is annoyed and he's gotta go man up, essentially, like you think about this. Meet me here on this page of things. You're somewhere else worried about overthinking everything? Essentially?

Sal Rodriguez: 5:37:03

A lot of worry, like more worry than Carmen like Carmen, you know, because Carmen had a child and has been a good mother. That's exactly right. Johnny had a son and was not a good father. No. So these two events will affect both parties differently. Yeah. So now right

Jason Connell: 5:37:22

a spa looks really cool. Of course, moon and Yasmin take Sam to this spa to get center to help her. And so I gotta say, the self actualization pod would be not a good fit for you from what I know about you and your fear of being stuck in places.

Sal Rodriguez: 5:37:43

You know, I do have extreme claustrophobia, but I have because I love remember that movie with William Hurt. Oh, William Hurt. Altered States altered states, okay. Altered States introduced this what they call the sensory deprivation tank. So when my 20s My friends and I visited the sensory deprivation tank a couple of times. Guy in Pasadena had one and it was a great yeah, it was a great deal he had he would give you a massage massage. You throw it in the tank. It was fantastic. So I did

Jason Connell: 5:38:15

come back. He'd massage you why it was like

Sal Rodriguez: 5:38:17

his like thing he did like he was a massage there. It's a massage. You're not really gonna get a towel. It's a professional. So yeah, professional massage tosses you and throws you in the tank. It was fantastic. And I especially appreciate it because of the movie altered states. Okay, so now that was in my 20s What I handle it today because my claustrophobia has gotten worse over the years. I'll try it I'm willing to give it a shot.

Jason Connell: 5:38:43

What if you had to crawl in a tiny opening?

Sal Rodriguez: 5:38:47

Oh, those guys that explore caves for getaway.

Jason Connell: 5:38:51

No way. I don't even have that big of a fear. But I'm not doing that. I'm sorry. Okay, so now we're at the jewelry store. Very nice to meet train Eli take Miguel here because Dimitri has this idea he knows how to you know, help break through to Sam and and get Miguel on the right side of things. And while they walk in here, so He spots the perfect gift for Sam, which is

Sal Rodriguez: 5:39:18

a little octopus charm on a chain. And it's been discounted to $182

Jason Connell: 5:39:27

which is might as well be $1,000 to these guys. Well, not not well, you know,

Sal Rodriguez: 5:39:32

I was just thinking early in this episode like all the characters bounced around. All over the place like how do they get around? They have cars, they have Uber buses.

Jason Connell: 5:39:39

These guys could pull their money together, they could help Miguel out right? So and also I just want to say what comes to mind right away as you both know

Sal Rodriguez: 5:39:47

Pulpo football, which was the name of an episode tour

Jason Connell: 5:39:52

that exactly the octopus from the arcade? Yes,

Sal Rodriguez: 5:39:56

yes. So the octopi have sentimental meaning for Sam,

Jason Connell: 5:40:01

Miguel. And Samantha had their great date at golf and stuff, golf and stuff, reminiscent of the Karate Kid. So it all goes back. I love how the show is doing callbacks to itself, not even to the movie, sort of adjacent. But I like this he spots it. He knows the ask to have it. And yes, 182 discounted. Okay, so we leave a lot of these short scenes, of course. And now we're at Barnes is warehouse now that's what we know it as Daniel goes alone. He doesn't let his chosen get out of the car. I got this. I'm gonna go check on this. And so what happens here because we talk about this,

Sal Rodriguez: 5:40:42

because as far as is on the phone saying like, yeah, all the perfect things. Like all that Italian guy. He's all flown in from Japan. Like, he says everything. I try to match the

Jason Connell: 5:40:54

scenario. And I cut these legs off and I'm Oh yeah, all these things was

Sal Rodriguez: 5:40:58

saw. Yeah. And so Daniel interrupts he grabs the phone, just yelling into the phone thinking that it's Terry silver, and it's like some lady. She's like,

Jason Connell: 5:41:07

you said silver in it some lady in Mike's clothes in a job? Yeah. It's a furniture descent, you know, 50%, whatever. 10 to the 50%. There

Sal Rodriguez: 5:41:18

was a big thing. And now

Jason Connell: 5:41:19

it's which was also pretty par three, but now he's got he loses 10% Because the person's like, can you put Mike Barnes back on him?

Sal Rodriguez: 5:41:27

You know, what if Daniel wouldn't have interrupted Barnes might have had 50%? Yeah, he had it.

Jason Connell: 5:41:31

He had it in the bag. And then I love how Daniel calls silver a ponytailed pimp. Whoa. And then we find out that Barnes was actually talking about a Florentine table, and he owns this furniture store. So Daniel was completely wrong. And he's been wrong before when he zones in on something. And it's a great sequence. It's really funny. Well, wait, hang on. You

Sal Rodriguez: 5:41:59

know what that shows us. Jason? Is Daniel found where Mike Barnes lives? Yep. He found where he works. Yep. But did like no additional research like at all?

Jason Connell: 5:42:09

Yeah. assumed he was a goon. And then the mob. Yeah, exactly.

Sal Rodriguez: 5:42:13

All these guys are like employees. But he thinks that they're goons. Yeah, this is

Jason Connell: 5:42:17

gotta be a henchman. You know, we've already talked about Bond villains in the earlier scene. Well, that's exactly what feeds into this whole thing. It's like, you know, Is he also a bond guy who are these henchmen, but not to be. Mike Barnes is legit. He owns a furniture store. It was his father in law's at the time, he met him met his wife. And so Daniel was wrong. And it's pretty funny. And then we cut to Johnny's apartment. And this is pretty funny, because it's another online search for Johnny. And he's looking up. As soon as he starts typing How I love Sal, I know you saw it. Tell us what popped up on screen initially, before he got to the search he was looking for?

Sal Rodriguez: 5:43:00

Well, you know, when you go into search, you start typing in the first letters, it'll start the autofill. Because you've done it before. Yes. So so he starts punching in how, and it says how to tell my student I'm begging his mom,

Jason Connell: 5:43:12

a previous search, and I think we've seen this, but when I got a

Sal Rodriguez: 5:43:16

habit, I gotta hand it to him. He's willing to learn he's willing to say I need help, and go to the internet for help. So I gotta hand it to God for that.

Jason Connell: 5:43:25

And then he types in actually types in how to get ready for a baby. And this again, feeds into my Three Men and a Baby are Three Men and a little lady this Yes, yes. This kicks off the 80s baby proofing montage. And this is your coolers banquet six pack? Yes. Yes, learning to do the, you know the origami baby fold and tuck the baby and it's a six pack and he loses one of the bottles and he drops off. He needs to work more. He hangs a lighthouse photo. I won't talk about it now. Because he references it in a later episode. But to be continued, folks, trust me on this teaser on the lighthouse. That's a super teaser for this particular photo of that particular lighthouse. But then south he opens up the cushions of his sofa not good what why

Sal Rodriguez: 5:44:19

does he have roaches in his sofa? What the hell's going on here Johnny?

Jason Connell: 5:44:24

This reminds me of that MTV Movie Joe's apartment. And it's just like, that's just when the roaches that was a bit much like yeah, anyway, he needs to clean this once and for all. So this is motivation for change.

Sal Rodriguez: 5:44:37

Yeah, it's like too much bachelor pad. Too much too much.

Jason Connell: 5:44:41

Carmen just lives right there, bro. And she's over all the time. Clean it up. It's

Sal Rodriguez: 5:44:46

I guess when you see Johnny's apartment, we're led to believe Johnny probably spends more time. Carmen goes to his place. Yeah, exactly.

Jason Connell: 5:44:54

So now we're at a Gora fine furnishings and why don't you give the viewers and listeners a little background on a Gora?

Sal Rodriguez: 5:45:01

Well, I'm assuming that a Gora means agora Hills, which is exactly north of I'm in Los Angeles. It's north of Los Angeles on the off the 101 Yep, I think it would be Ventura County so it'd be LA County them into accounting. You have agora hills, so I think it implies a Gora fine furnishings is in Agoura Hills, California.

Jason Connell: 5:45:21

And I've had many meetings where there was a distributor there or a post house and I would visit a lot and drop stuff off. I knew Gore Hills very well. Not too far off the freeway now. 45 minute drive from my old house. But definitely this is playing into a Gora hills.

Sal Rodriguez: 5:45:35

And it's a nice a very nice, I would say what upper middle class suburban area? Yeah,

Jason Connell: 5:45:40

it's a really nice very clean. So Daniel and Barnes catch up. Barnes even apologizes love hearing this much like you know when silver apologized to Dan, you know, but it's different here. This is a different. He's a different guy. He's not in that place with crease. So he apologizes earnestly, honestly. And then we find out more about Barnes how he was we know he was banned at the All Valley but he was banned from karate. He made it sound like he couldn't fight in tournaments anywhere because I was thinking, Yeah, you were just banned from Al valley, but they must have really called every other tournament told him that these guys were you know, terrorizing this young champion. So

Sal Rodriguez: 5:46:21

you know what it was, it was the mic bars was the original canceled,

Jason Connell: 5:46:25

canceled, canceled culture, cancel barns. And then he talks about what I started talking about a minute ago, but he fell in love and he fell in love with not only his wife and her father owned the store, but he fell in love with woodworking. Yeah, and that's his new passion using these hands to build something. And Daniel's floored you know, it's like meeting a bully and going oh, you're like a softy now and a nice guy.

Sal Rodriguez: 5:46:49

Yeah. Yeah. Like, I want to get revenge on you bullying me, but you're like a nice person now. So yeah, exactly what and he did

Jason Connell: 5:46:56

beat Barnes let's be honest. I mean, it was LAME fight. But he walked away the victor. So Daniel, God, his you know, in that movie, but I mean, Johnny terrorized. Daniel Barnes only did a little bit compared to what Johnny and the Cobra guys did. Now Barnes in them did tear up Miyagi these little trees that happened. And they crossed the line and they terrorize the girl and nearly pushed him off a cliff. But Johnny seemed even worse

Sal Rodriguez: 5:47:23

at the time. You know what the difference was? I just realized the difference was a with Johnny. It was personal with my clients. He was just sort of a hired gun.

Jason Connell: 5:47:31

Yeah, exactly. He only took it so far because he just wanted to become 50% of Cobra Kai and Cobra Kai blow up. He wasn't the true sinister one where it was definitely silver increased pulling the strings, right. That's why I thought that Johnny was tougher. It was more personal. It was for ally. And hey, whatever. Daniels definitely had his fair share of bullies in his life.

Sal Rodriguez: 5:47:52

By the way, I just want to say for the record, I admire woodworking. I do I admire it. And I respect what this does to remember the Kirby enthusiasm about the putting the coaster down, you know, yeah, I respect what

Jason Connell: 5:48:09

I respect. So now we're back to the spa. And Sam is in her pod. They're all on a pod, Yasmine, but we don't see them in theirs. And she is haunted by many visions. Yeah,

Sal Rodriguez: 5:48:22

this was we've never had a scene like that.

Jason Connell: 5:48:24

Oh, this is like something out of a movie. She's Yeah,

Sal Rodriguez: 5:48:26

this is like, this is like oh, 2.0 Yeah,

Jason Connell: 5:48:30

yeah. Well, Robbie mooning. Yasmin in their Halloween costumes. Tori's voice, but then sell it, Sam. It's like, Sam, black ghee, Sam white ghee, good versus evil. Sam. She's fighting herself. Yeah, I like that. And we all are kind of fighting ourselves, aren't we? So

Sal Rodriguez: 5:48:48

I think it's the metaphor for the only one to overcome is yourself. That's right. We are to just overcome ourselves. And any perceived enemy out there is just sort of sort of embodiment of ourselves to

Jason Connell: 5:49:01

Sam's enter. One Sam leaves. We hope so. It's a really good sequence, though. They're actually fighting. And so Sam has become quite a fighter, Samantha Mary. This is a really cool sequence. It's totally black, kind of like the pod production value, very high. And then as it gets heated, Moon opens the pot just in time. And it's like, oh, yeah, you know, just in time for Sam Anyway, she's kind of outside of her body.

Sal Rodriguez: 5:49:31

I mean, those things can happen. For those of you who've never been in one of these tanks. The idea is Is your floating and saltwater so you do not feel anything. There's no sound you did not hear anything you don't taste anything you don't touch anything at all you're that's why they call it originally sensory deprivation. your five senses are gone. And you're just gonna float and all you got is your mind. That's it. That's how you got no while there's nothing to smell smell the smell you're floating. Yeah, you're usually nude. I was nude when I did it. William Hurt was nude and altered states

Jason Connell: 5:50:05

you were just doing the William Hurt.

Sal Rodriguez: 5:50:07

I was doing the William Hurt version rest. And the idea is to rest in peace. The idea is to float nude in saltwater, not feel anything, taste anything, touch anything, hear anything, smell anything, and just go inward. That's

Jason Connell: 5:50:18

Samsung never nude. So she was not nude. And well,

Sal Rodriguez: 5:50:22

this is a family show.

Jason Connell: 5:50:23

I only don't need her nude. She needs to be close. But anyway, she's fighting all that very disorienting and Moon bales are out and it's like, oh, they had this great experience. You know, it hasn't been a moon where they had the blissful experience where Sam's just working on her. Yeah,

Sal Rodriguez: 5:50:37

they had a good trip. She had a bad trip. Exactly.

Jason Connell: 5:50:40

So now we're back to a Gora fine furnishings and Daniel Barnes joke about a rematch kind of like a rocky three there love that

Sal Rodriguez: 5:50:49

yeah, they have a little bonding moment

Jason Connell: 5:50:51

and sound like I said earlier I saw this did you I did not I was like only a matter of time because the way they were kind of doing you know some playful moves like in from afar I really did not only that I saw the other thing coming I was just waiting and I knew it'll be a good comedic thing so so what happens

Sal Rodriguez: 5:51:14

well as they're doing this sort of I what I call playful bonding right? I'll fight you fight you now you know and chosen Watson thinks that it's an actual fight he runs kicks barns destroys a table Yeah, they're fighting Daniel gets hit your head on the

Jason Connell: 5:51:31

Hill takes a punch balls punch from Barnes Sure. Yeah, not not on purpose misses Yeah, doesn't doesn't get hit very much but they're going at it here and then I love how Daniel gets control this situation something Miyagi does and can do grabs your wrist put you in a hole to get a hold that was like Hey guys, no, no, no, he's trying to explain this in the moment like no no chosen you're wrong. This is not what it appears. Gets control things but before it even gets rolling. I love chosen this line. And what is he says he comes in and kicks in for the first time before he crushes his knee. What is chosen say?

Sal Rodriguez: 5:52:05

I was worried about Barnes for that knee. Yeah, Russia was thinking half is how's it gonna come back from this but I think he was okay. Chosen says they show no mercy. We show them no mercy.

Jason Connell: 5:52:16

Yeah. And then chosen goes on to say as we find out they're listening to Daniel, this is a mistake. No, no, no, all's well, and then we cut the chosen and we hear him utter

Sal Rodriguez: 5:52:28

what? Oh, if this is misunderstanding, you better call amulets. And then

Jason Connell: 5:52:34

we cut to the dung. I didn't see this coming. Because this is we see the carnage that shows and left behind. They didn't kill these guys, but he literally beat up all of the workers on the dock. And they're just like moaning and groaning kind of like karate kid Halloween night, when Miyagi takes out all the Cobra guys and skeleton outfits. Yeah, they're all do it again. So

Sal Rodriguez: 5:53:01

the good news is, unlike the Halloween night and the original Karate Kid, I think these guys may be eligible for workman's comp, I really hope they get workman's comp for this. Well, one

Jason Connell: 5:53:11

of the best things is when Barnes looks at shows and just like what Who is this guy? Why did he beat up these workers? I mean, it's priceless. And Dan is like it's it's such a great moment. Really funny. And now we're back at Johnny's apartment. And so things are looking pretty good. Johnny's assembling some furniture, places looking better. And here comes Miguel. And Johnny offers him some milk, because there's plenty in the fridge now. Not a lot of the course banquet. He's getting milk, because you know, babies need milk. And then Johnny gives him some advice, because Miguel's bummed out about Sam this text and what to do?

Sal Rodriguez: 5:53:56

Yeah, he tells him to tell the truth. Tell the truth. You know what I really I've been thinking a lot about this lately, you know, because you think about when somebody does something wrong, does something bad makes a mistake, hurt somebody, whatever it is. And there's the denial or there's the cover up, right? Historically, politically, we see the action then we see the denial. If you just just tell the truth. Just a minute, just tell the truth. I think people innately inherently appreciate that.

Jason Connell: 5:54:26

There's a president that goes by that there was something

Sal Rodriguez: 5:54:29

that occurred. Oh, how about that? Oh, yeah. I will not tell a lie.

Jason Connell: 5:54:34

Not tell a lie. Yes, it's great advice. And it was great to hear Gianni like not only has he flipped the script on his own apartment, and given this man cave, it's more like a family. Yeah, it looks nice now family apartment, adult, respectable, very adult. But he gives great advice like, yeah, he could have said, Hey, what's that, babe? What's she all about? But he's not that guy. Now he's grounded. And he gives him some good advice. And Miguel is even like taken aback like, yeah, yeah, you're right. Tell the truth. She's gonna have more respect for you. She deserves the truth. And so like, he messed up on purpose, they were both fighting with lots of things. Miguel is trying to go chase down his father. And she's dealing with something in this tournament. And he's Damon's with Tori. So no one's really in the wrong they just weren't communicating. Essentially, it's not

Sal Rodriguez: 5:55:25

about wrong or right. It's just about Yeah, someone is hurt. And what did I have to do with this and how do I make

Jason Connell: 5:55:33

how do we get back on track here? So now we're back to the Agora fine furnishings and Daniel chosen and barbs are recovering, which is great. We're all recovering I like ice packs or ice facts and, and having another bond. So this episode is really fun, because man, we are getting to see Barnes and we like Barnes. You know, much like chosen we immediately got on the right side of chosen when after he messed with Daniel on the barfing. But this is the same thing. I'm loving it because Dana's like what do you know, I gotta get something on silver anything. And Barnes mentioned. He remembers Silver's shady ass attorney that did his contract back in the day for 50% of Cobra Kai, and saw the contract was to have one teenager terrorizing another. So Daniels idea is if I can get my hands on that contract, I can expose silver because anybody who does this as a bad person, yeah, actually.

Sal Rodriguez: 5:56:30

What you know, I also thought when they brought up that original contract from Karate Kid three. I was wondering if maybe Mike Barnes would have a case today that he owns 50% of Cobra. I

Jason Connell: 5:56:42

thought the same thing on the second watch. Maybe I thought it initially but I was thinking that like, you know, Cobra Kai finally came back. You know, it finally came back and once they got commercials

Sal Rodriguez: 5:56:52

now, however, so he didn't win the tournament. So it was all contingent

Jason Connell: 5:56:58

on winning. I bet you that's what it was. You have to do this to

Sal Rodriguez: 5:57:03

get well Terry Silver's gonna draw up a contract that will no matter what benefit him either way, it's gonna be

Jason Connell: 5:57:08

and if he did win, it would have been 50% of one dojo. Yeah, he would have Yeah, tweaked it.

Sal Rodriguez: 5:57:15

Yeah. Why why honor contracts with men who have not

Jason Connell: 5:57:21

so while this is going on shows is taking a shine to the sofa that he saved on this couch. And then I love how Barnes perks up and says what

Sal Rodriguez: 5:57:33

well he says normally the couch is what$1,200 But for you 2000 It's almost like soup Nazi you know couch for you

Jason Connell: 5:57:41

know God's for you. And that's the tufted Blue Suede sofa. And yes chosen knows it's going to work better than Daniels old sofa in the guest room. But what cracks me up is then they go outside to load it on top of Daniel's car. Yeah, I'm sorry. I would never in a million years allow that. Even on my SUV

Sal Rodriguez: 5:58:03

delivered and the guys who are doing it

Jason Connell: 5:58:06

were the guys who were just beaten up. And he's telling them to be careful. No blood on the sofa. No blood that I caused you to have coming out of your body.

Sal Rodriguez: 5:58:16

I would have still been laying on the floor grabbing my neck. Yeah, well,

Jason Connell: 5:58:18

they'll do anything. Chosun wants, I need an ambulance walk this to La Russo's house. So now we're at Miyagi dough. And Sam and Miguel are there. Well, Miguel shows up Sam is there. And this is really sweet. So it's a very tender scene. They both apologized. Because again, neither one of them are really wrong. They just had different things going on. It

Sal Rodriguez: 5:58:41

was one of those things where she needed him but he wasn't available. He needed her but she wasn't available.

Jason Connell: 5:58:45

Yeah, exactly. Exactly. And you think like, Okay, we hug it out. We talk and we move on as a couple. Not to be

Sal Rodriguez: 5:58:55

No, I think we've all I think most of us have been in this situation. Absolutely. On one side or the other. Yeah. side of it. Yeah.

Jason Connell: 5:59:02

But what happens in this instance? Well,

Sal Rodriguez: 5:59:05

Sam says she needs a break, but they can still be friends. And I think anybody knows that. In fact, our next door neighbors our next door neighbors just moved a nice young couple. We become friends with them. They just moved back to the East Coast. Everybody Everybody going east now. And

Jason Connell: 5:59:20

slow down guys stay there. Yeah, stay

Sal Rodriguez: 5:59:23

on Morrison street. What it has to do with is breaking up, but amicably. It's an amicable breakup. We're friends, but we're breaking up because she needs to find herself he needs to find himself whatever. It's a friendly breakup. I need space

Jason Connell: 5:59:40

to move back to the East Coast together.

Sal Rodriguez: 5:59:42

No, he's he's gonna take her there, then he's coming back. Yeah, that makes more sense. But yeah, so so she needs a break. And anytime somebody says they need a break is really just, I think a nice way of saying it's over. But that's like sort of a soft. It's a softer way to say, I'm breaking up. I need a break.

Jason Connell: 6:00:00

What was Nell Carter show?

Sal Rodriguez: 6:00:02

Gave me a break. Give me a break. Break me off a piece of that kick. Yeah, give me a break.

Jason Connell: 6:00:11

Give me a break. And it wasn't the old. I think we should be friends. It was I'm wounded. I don't even know what's going on. I've been done with so much karate and all this stuff. I want to be your friend for now. Who knows what the future holds? It wasn't that I think we should be friends speech was not that because even Miguel understood it took it and said, Yeah, I get it. We shouldn't be friends. We can be friends. And it's great. However, I'm telling you this could connect Mike and so could Sam of course. But when Miguel walks away, it just comes out of him. Oh, it's so hard to see. And then so what else happens?

Sal Rodriguez: 6:00:53

I was a young man myself, Jason. I have cried. I have cried over girlfriends in the past back. I remember one time, a girlfriend broke up with me. I came home I laid on the floor. I cried. And I told myself so you can cry for 10 more minutes. I looked at my watch. 10 more minutes and I gave myself 10 more minutes to lay on the ground and cry. And then I stood up fixed my collar. Okay. never cried since I never I need to cry. I could use a good cry. I really love

Jason Connell: 6:01:22

a cry session.

Sal Rodriguez: 6:01:24

So Miguel looks at the little football belittles.

Jason Connell: 6:01:28

He bought it. We didn't know you. I forgot about that. Yeah. Johnny was that he was gonna give it to her tonight. They gave it to her? Yes. Go instead

Sal Rodriguez: 6:01:35

he just drops it I kind of let it fall out of his hand onto the ground. I would have done it more dramatically. I would have been like, like throwing it on the ground.

Jason Connell: 6:01:43

Yes, he drops it. And not too far from where Mr. Miyagi is Medal of Honor was found.

Sal Rodriguez: 6:01:51

Like that was dropped by a member

Jason Connell: 6:01:53

it was stolen and found and it was just in that area. That wasn't that area. It just reminds me of though. Well, yes. But yeah, very sad, very touching. And seem to see them kind of part ways. But they're just in different places right now.

Sal Rodriguez: 6:02:09

That's, you know, there's so much to be said for that. Different places in life.

Jason Connell: 6:02:13

All different place a different show. Yeah, a different place. Was that show and so now we're back at Johnny's apartment. And he's he's hanging a picture. He's still banging up pictures. It's nighttime and Carmen comes over and says Johnny stepped it up, man. This place is baby proofed. He's researched music because babies can hear it in the womb. He's talking about Metallica. So yeah, Carmen sees like, Who is this Johnny?

Sal Rodriguez: 6:02:42

He wants to play metal to the baby. Hey, metal.

Jason Connell: 6:02:44

I mean, this is like she's having a baby. He got ready that John

Sal Rodriguez: 6:02:48

Hughes movie. That was the Kevin Bacon.

Jason Connell: 6:02:51

So I love it and Carmen immediately takes to it and shares what?

Sal Rodriguez: 6:02:59

Well, it looks like she ended up taking the pregnancy test after all. And she is indeed having a baby girl

Jason Connell: 6:03:07

baby. Like that's big news for this show. I mean, this show is going different strokes bring in so

Sal Rodriguez: 6:03:13

I wanted to say Johnny are family ties.

Jason Connell: 6:03:15

Well,

Sal Rodriguez: 6:03:16

I wanted to say Johnny 2.0. But isn't Robbie officially Johnny 2.0

Jason Connell: 6:03:20

Yeah, this is Johnny 3.0.

Sal Rodriguez: 6:03:22

This is Johnny 3.0. Yeah,

Jason Connell: 6:03:24

he's got Robbie. He's got Miguel and now he has maybe to be probably be a girl. Probably will be Yeah, hello.

Sal Rodriguez: 6:03:33

I hadn't thought about that. Yes, absolutely. Has a big has to

Jason Connell: 6:03:37

our twins. Yeah. Oh my gosh, the future of Cobra Kai when girls built now. So now we're back to Encino oaks country club episode begins. episode ends at Encino oaks Country Club and Daniels in the Steam Room. He had already reached out to the attorney I didn't say that that had happened when Showzen was getting the sofa put on his car he called the attorney left a voicemail well sound comes back around here because what

Sal Rodriguez: 6:04:09

I want to just remind people out there about voicemails and text messages you know I tell people don't text anything you don't want screenshot don't post anything you don't want screenshot. Don't leave a voicemail. You don't want anyone to hear. The best way to talk somebody is really not on the phone and face to face. That's the old fashioned way. is the best way because here is the voicemail now coming back to haunt him in the Steam Room. Talk about spooky, spooky, right and steam room we always Remember the Karate Kid three?

Jason Connell: 6:04:37

Oh, yeah. likes a steam room. He

Sal Rodriguez: 6:04:40

likes the steam room. Yeah, that's like his area and that's his his world there. And here's Daniel hearing his voicemail that he left to the attorney who we never meet. We don't know anything about his

Jason Connell: 6:04:49

attorney. Nothing. I don't even hear his voice but we hear Daniels voice and immediately he knows and we hear silver as he comes into frame through this smoke. The steam? I guess it's not smoke steam.

Sal Rodriguez: 6:05:01

Yeah, well, at first I thought no, at first I thought silver was smoking a cigar but he wasn't great. Why not? Why not smoke a cigar silver, you're in the Steam Room? And what is silver have to say? You and I are going to be seeing a lot more of each other. First, I'm going to deal with my old friend. And then I'll deal with you. I told you not to play with fire.

Jason Connell: 6:05:26

And right away, we do leave the Encino oaks Country Club. But for a quick shot, we go back to agora fine furnishings and barns arrives gets out of his car and we hear you can already hear it crackling. And he turns to look, and the building is in flames.

Sal Rodriguez: 6:05:44

You know why? I told him not to play with fire. And the name of this episode. What is it with fire play with fire? Oh my god, I would want to if I were Mike Barnes in this moment. I mean, does he know? Does he know in that moment?

Jason Connell: 6:05:59

Well, he knows definitely something is amiss. This is silver all the sudden back in his life and take Barnes just puts it in motion. You know, Daniel doesn't know this at the time. But

Sal Rodriguez: 6:06:10

no, but you know what, though? This puts Daniel in that place where like, Does Daniel being in your life wreak havoc in your life? Mike Barnes was fine before Daniel came back. I know. It's not Daniels fault. But if Daniel kind of brought this to Barnes, you know what I mean?

Jason Connell: 6:06:27

Yeah. Barnes has collateral damage as well, we would say. Yeah. And then so I noticed something I'm sure you did as well. That was a credit on screen. Did you happen to see that after the Cobra Kai logo?

Sal Rodriguez: 6:06:41

No, I did miss that.

Jason Connell: 6:06:43

It was a sad moment. It was in memoriam for Jeff k. O 1965 to 2021. And he was a first assistant director on Cobra Kai and died of a heart attack on October 17 2021. While filming The Fifth Season. Oh, well, that's a nice tribute. Yeah, it was really nice. I looked him up. He was credited on two episodes has been one of them. So very sad. I do remember hearing about this. Months and months ago, like someone on the show crew had died. And then I didn't think about it again. I looked him up then. And I looked him up now. And it was a nice tribute. Very sad. And just wanted to point that out. Because I was like, Oh my gosh, absolutely. Rest in peace. JFK, family, friends, everyone on the crew. I'm sure it was very unsettling. But this show tends to credit these types of things. And I know

Sal Rodriguez: 6:07:39

that's nice. I really I liked that. They do that. It's very nice. I think it's very giving. So

Jason Connell: 6:07:45

that is the end of episode. And it was a great ride and a great setup. And we got Barnes back. I mean, this is the episode we got Mike Barnes back.

Sal Rodriguez: 6:07:55

Yeah. And it looks like he's gonna be around exactly this a little bit.

Jason Connell: 6:07:59

I'm gone. I mean, you guess you could you could do that. I'm not gonna go ahead. But it also kind of just brings him back in the fold. Yeah, just lost everything. So

Sal Rodriguez: 6:08:10

well. If somebody likes your store and fire, you got to do something.

Jason Connell: 6:08:14

Exactly. Help Daniel because Daniel is on this quest to chase down silver. also love the stuff we've chosen. chosen is growing on me every episode. I love it. I love it. I love it. Give me more chosen. Yeah, it was a really good solid episode and it sets up what's to come, I couldn't be more excited to jump into episode four. And now we're back to the regular frequency sounds. So we will be hammering these out. If I don't go run another film festival and move into a new house.

Sal Rodriguez: 6:08:48

You have Jason You have what they call quality problems.

Jason Connell: 6:08:52

quality problems. Thank you. Anything else you want to leave us with?

Sal Rodriguez: 6:08:57

No man. I'm excited to be back. It's good to talk about episode three. It was a great episode. I really really liked this one a lot. I think it had a lot of up and down up and down like a roller coaster. A lot of turns. I really enjoyed this episode. I'm looking forward to the next one. Absolutely.

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