The new Netflix series follows a bullied gay teen who joins the United States Marine Corps with his best friend.

Netflix’s "Boots" is a coming-of-age series inspired by Greg Cope White’s memoir, "The Pink Marine." Here’s what to know about the real story and the biggest changes from the book.

Netflix’s Boots closed its first season on a quiet but striking note: Cameron Cope earned the title Marine just as news of Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait broke. Will the show be coming back for a season 2? How is its viewership so far, and what could we expect from any future entry? Let’s dive in.

“Boots,” a TV series streaming on Netflix, created by Andy Parker, follows a young Cameron Cope in the ‘90s. Cope, alongside his best friend, Ray McAffey, enlists in the Marine Corps. Throughout “Boots,” you watch Cope and his comrades fight within themselves to achieve what they felt was the greatest honor: becoming a Marine.

Inspired by a memoir, Netflix's new show "Boots" tells the story of a gay man going through the U.S. Marine Corps boot camp in the early 1990s.

As Boots is finding success on Netflix, one of the show's leads had a fun guest appearance during Elsbeth's hostage episode. The CBS series aired a new episode on Thursday, October 16, with a murder investigation at a famous New York toy store that turned into a crisis.