Overview
- The series has climbed into Netflix’s most-watched list, including No. 1 in Argentina, and holds a 93% Rotten Tomatoes score, according to recent reports.
- Creator Andy Parker positions the narrative in 1990 to capture a transitional moment preceding the U.S. military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy.
- Miles Heizer stars as Cameron Cope, a recruit hiding his sexuality during Marine training, with Vera Farmiga, Liam Oh and Max Parker in key roles.
- Jennifer Cecil is the showrunner and Norman Lear serves as executive producer on the eight-part drama-comedy.
- Drawing from Greg Cope White’s 2015 memoir The Pink Marine, the show is a fictionalized retelling; White completed boot camp and served six years while closeted.