Cobra Kai: What if Miguel Was Paralyzed During All of Season 3?

**Cobra Kai: What if Miguel was Paralyzed During All of Season 3?**

## **Season 3:**

**In Season 3, when Miguel wakes up from his coma, he is initially resentful towards Johnny for his predicament about showing mercy to Robby due to accidentally being crippled by Robby at the end of the school brawl and furiously rebuffs him by tearfully telling him to leave, but slowly reconciles with him when the latter becomes personally involved in his physical rehabilitation. Several people pitch in to pay for Miguel's surgery, Johnny by stealing and pawning a modern art sculpture from his stepfather, Bobby using proceeds from his church, and Miyagi-Do by organizing a car wash fundraiser, although the Cobra Kais decide to initiate hostilities with the Miyagi-Dos by mugging Nathaniel and stealing the proceeds to donate in their own name in retaliation for Robby's actions against Miguel during the school brawl. Even though with the mentorship with Johnny Lawrence, Miguel isn't able to gain full function of his legs and leaves Cobra Kai for good. As Johnny has been kicked out of Cobra Kai by Kreese in the wake of the school brawl, he and Miguel open a new martial arts dojo, Eagle Fang, with students Kreese had ejected from Cobra Kai for their perceived weaknesses such as when Bert refuses to feed a live hamster to a snake and Mitch loses a sparing match to Kyler. He also cuts his ties with his Cobra Kai friends after he finds out about the vengeful and aggressive activities they have been doing under Kreese while he was away, particularly Hawk for breaking Demetri's right arm during the laser tag fight and breaks up with Tory for picking a fight with Sam and her plan to get revenge on her, as well as not visiting him in the hospital earlier. This act wins over Sam, who resumes her romance with Miguel and gets her father to connect with him when he catches them kissing in the Miyagi dojo. Miguel meets Daniel and is surprised to find common ground with Miguel over their shared upbringings (both came from poor, single-parent families, were bullied by wealthier kids, and found guidance through karate) and agrees to let them continue dating. Miguel (with some help from Sam) manages to save the All Valley tournament with a passionate and mature speech despite being in a wheelchair, and aids Sam in creating an alliance between Eagle Fang and Miyagi-Do. In the LaRusso fight house, Miguel is singled out for a one-on-one fight with a vengeful Kyler, who seeks payback for the cafeteria fight. Kyler brutally beats students in front of Miguel and mentioning there's nothing he can do about it. Hawk saves the day by putting down Kyler and the other Cobra Kai students. During the aftermath, Johnny and Miguel bring their fellow Eagle Fang students to the Miyagi dojo to help train both dojo's students. In the shocking ending, Miguel finally stands up from his wheelchair to give Johnny a hug.**

## **Season 4:**

**Johnny and Daniel focus most of their helping Miguel use his legs again, but it's not easy as it looks. In a spar, Miguel loses to Demetri and his shocked by the outcome. Throughout his training, he begins to develop a close friendship with Daniel, much to Johnny's jealousy. He also learns that Johnny is dating his mother, which later leads to friction between him and Johnny as he starts treating him differently from the other students and begins spending less time with Johnny. After Eagle Fang and Miyagi Do split, Miguel remains with Johnny and Eagle Fang. He later helps to recruit new female students into the new dojo, despite its initial failure. Johnny decides to not let Miguel enter the tournament, but Miguel wants to redeem himself. During the junior prom, Miguel and Sam become distracted with Tory and Robby. Robby easily defeats Miguel in the prom fight, while Tory and Sam throw hands. When he returns home, he finds a drunken Johnny who explains that he loves Miguel as a son, leading Miguel to shed a tear of happiness that changes to dejection and heartbroken as Johnny calls him Robby instead, straining their relationship. In the tournament, Miguel is having a hard time winning his matches. During the semi-finals, Miguel faces off against Hawk who is going by Eli again and has joined Miyagi-Do. Miguel is losing the fight against Eli pretty badly. He pulls a muscle attempting to do a kick. Ultimately, he decides to steps down from the match due to him believing that he's no longer fighting for himself, having been pressured by Johnny to return and further straining their relationship. He then leaves the tournament altogether. In a letter to his mother, he reveals that he is heading to Mexico City to find his biological father in order to get the answer to who he is and his place in the world. However, unknown to Miguel, Miguel's father is oblivious to his existence as Carmen had fled when she was still pregnant.**