‘Boots’ cancelled by Netflix after one season

The show was well-reviewed but drew criticism from the US government

The Netflix drama Boots has been cancelled by the streamer after just one season.

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Inspired by the memoir The Pink Marine by Greg Cope White, the show followed closeted gay teenager called Cameron (Miles Heizer) who impulsively joins the United States Marine Corps alongside his best friend, only to unexpectedly find brotherhood among his comrades.

The show was well-reviewed after its release in October, with a 90 per cent critics score on Rotten Tomatoes.

However, it drew the ire of the US government. Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson said in a statement to Entertainment Weekly that military officials “will not compromise our standards to satisfy an ideological agenda, unlike Netflix whose leadership consistently produces and feeds woke garbage to their audience and children.”

Following these comments, viewing figures for the show reportedly doubled.

Despite this success, Deadline has reported that Netflix will not be moving ahead with a second season. The article describes the move as “not a straightforward cancellation”, as the viewership and headlines were seen as a positive for the comedy-drama’s chances of being renewed.

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Sony Pictures Television, who produced the show, also reportedly extended the deals of key cast members prior to the launch of the first season. The cancellation also means a very definite end for the show, given that Netflix’s terms make it “virtually impossible” to pitch it to other networks, the report states.

Boots is the latest in a number of high-profile cancellations for Netflix. In March, fans of the action-thriller series The Recruit voiced their anger after it was announced the series would end with season two.

In the same month, the director of a documentary about Prince called the streamer’s decision to scrap the project “a joke”, arguing both that the company and the singer’s estate were “afraid” of the artist’s “humanity.”

In September, Netflix confirmed the cancellation of their animated Tomb Raider series, just a day after Prime Video revealed they would be making a live-action series.