“Boots” proves to be a smart, empathetic, character-driven drama that explores coming of age in a time when Cameron can’t be his true self, while also showing the toll that repression takes on another character, conflicted and similarly closeted Sgt. Sullivan (Max Parker).

The show is quiet but powerful, and may just be one of the best new series Netflix has produced in years.

“Boots” is a delightful, heartfelt watch.

“Boots” improves as it goes along and the plot veers into the odyssey of closeted servicemen who have to hide their love and live in fear of being revealed.

It’s a familiar story, well-told, even if my own regret at never having experienced the masculinity-shaping gauntlet of becoming a jarhead was very fleeting.

There’s a timely element to this perfectly decent, good-hearted, unsurprisingly sentimental miniseries.

There is an overriding chipper tone to the writing thanks to Lear’s momentous sitcom background, which doesn’t fit the subject. .... An oversimplification of what military life was and is actually like for queer service members, despite the creators’ best intentions.