Overview

• The eight-episode series arrived on Netflix on Oct. 9 and stars Miles Heizer as Cameron Cope, a closeted teen who enlists in the U.S. Marines in 1990.
• Inspired by Greg Cope White’s memoir The Pink Marine, the show features White as a writer and executive producer and foregrounds themes of identity, masculinity, and boot camp brotherhood.
• Critics from outlets including USA Today, Variety, and Rolling Stone praised the show’s heart and performances, while TheWrap noted tonal unevenness and limited romance.
• Production began in 2023 under the working title The Corps, paused for the Hollywood writers’ strike, resumed in New Orleans, and carries a posthumous executive-producer credit for Norman Lear.
• Season 1 closes on an unresolved note that points to the recruits’ next chapter, the cast has voiced interest in returning, and Netflix has not announced a renewal.