Cobra Kai has become one of Netflix's most successful phenomena in recent times. With a story that began 38 years ago in Karate Kid, new generations of viewers from all over the world are joining the fan base by the millions.

Cobra Kai season 6 part 2 uses AI to digitally resurrect a late actor from the original Karate Kid. Here's why the show's creatives went that route.

At the end of Cobra Kai Season 6 Part 1, it looked like there was just one major antagonist left for our heroes to deal with — assuming they could put their own differences aside to survive the Sekai Taikai, that is — with things finally coming to a head with John Kreese (Martin Kove). In Part 2, though, we quickly learn just how wrong that is.