Overview

• The eight-episode dramedy premiered on Netflix on October 9 and is now streaming in full.
• Early reception is broadly positive, with outlets calling it a hidden gem as others note tonal unevenness and restrained romance, and it holds an 89% Certified Fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes.
• Viewer buzz has pushed the show into Netflix’s TV charts, with fans urging a renewal and cast members expressing hopes to return.
• Production was initially paused one week into filming by the 2023 writers’ strike, later wrapping in August 2024, and the series carries a posthumous executive producer credit for Norman Lear.
• Miles Heizer leads alongside Liam Oh and Vera Farmiga under creator Andy Parker, adapting The Pink Marine to explore identity, masculinity and military culture before Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.