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Boots Debuts on Netflix as Cast Shares Hopes for Season 2

The Netflix debut brings an authentic memoir-based Marine story centered on LGBTQ+ identity.

Overview

  • Netflix has launched Boots, an eight-episode military drama adapted from Greg Cope White’s memoir The Pink Marine.
  • White, a former Marine sergeant, serves as writer and executive producer to anchor the series in lived experience.
  • The story follows closeted recruit Cameron Cope in the early 1990s Marine Corps, highlighting friendship, resilience and self-discovery under a ban on homosexuality.
  • The principal cast features Miles Heizer as Cameron, Liam Oh as Ray McAffey and Max Parker as Sgt Sullivan.
  • The season closes on a cliffhanger without revealing specifics, and the actors discussed speculative directions should Netflix commission a second season.