Upon arriving at the hospital, the two former Cobras and Jimmy meet up with a dying Tommy. Season 2 ' You still have time.' вЂ•Tommy to Johnny Lawrence Дuring the Summer of 2018, Johnny receives a phone call from Bobby Brown informing him that Tommy is gravely ill and is not expected to live for much longer. When Johnny talks to his student Miguel Diaz about Daniel, he references the time he fought Miyagi behind the South Seas Apartment Complex during the Halloween Dance, and even says he thinks Tommy suffered brain damage as a result. While Tommy does not make an appearance, he is shown in a few flashbacks, and mentioned by Johnny. It is unknown when exactly this happened, but it can be implied that he was diagnosed prior to the episode 'Take a Right'. Sometime between 1984-2018 Tommy was diagnosed with cancer and was hospitalized as a result. It can be implied that Kreese's actions following the loss at the All Valley tournament caused Tommy and the rest of the Cobra Kai members to leave the Dojo for good, as Kreese has no students in the dojo in the present day. Fortunately, Miyagi saves Johnny by defeating Kreese. Miyagi intervenes, Tommy agrees with Miyagi's persuasion and orders Kreese to let Johnny go, but Kreese hits him.

Tommy tries to convince Kreese that Johnny Lawrence is sorry. Johnny however loses to Daniel in the finals.ДЇollowing Johnny's loss to Daniel, Kreese angrily berates Johnny and chokes him in the parking lot. He vocally expresses his support for Johnny during the semifinals and finals. Following his defeat, he angrily walks away. Despite managing to score a point against Daniel, Daniel is able to beat him. He faces Daniel in the 4th round in the All Valley tournament. Tommy responds to Daniel's insults with 'Must be take-a-worm-for-a-walk-week!' Johnny almost attacks Daniel, until Bobby reminds him that they have to wait for the tournament. The next day at school, Daniel openly taunts and makes fun of Tommy along with his friends because he knows they are not allowed to hurt him. Miyagi jumps in and beats them all up.ДЄfter it is confirmed that Daniel will fight in the all valley tournament, his sensei John Kreese instructs the students not to bother Daniel until the tournament.

When he along with Johnny's gang are beating up Daniel outside the South Seas apartment complex, Mr. On Halloween night, Tommy is dressed up as a skeleton along with the rest of his friends. He was also is heard laughing derisively alongside Dutch when Daniel is shoved down the hill. Tommy mocks Daniel for his earlier appearance at the Cobra Kai dojo, saying how he wants to learn karate. On one night when Daniel was riding his bike home Tommy and his friends approach him with their motorcycles and knock him down the hill. When Tommy spots Johnny's ex-girlfriend, Ali Mills, he informs Johnny so he goes to talk to her while Tommy and the others follow him. Tommy is first shown arriving at the beach on his motorcycle along with the rest of his Cobra Kai friends. He also upset Darryl Vidal in the quarterfinals/semifinals.

In the 1983 All-Valley Tournament, he lost to Johnny in the finals but put up a tough fight according to Johnny. Eventually, the crush disappeared and Tommy felt it best to not let a girl come between him and a fellow Cobra, now having valued the friendship he made with Johnny and the others. However, he never asker her out, as he learned she already was dating Johnny.

It is also highly possible that like his friend Johnny Lawrence and many other Cobra Kai members, that Tommy was a bullied loner at school and tried to become tougher and more pop[[ular by joining the Dojo. He developed a crush on her, and joined Cobra Kai Dojo in the hopes of sharpening his athletic skills and asking her out. While in his freshman year, he was assigned to the same homeroom as Ali Mills.

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