The premise
YES MA’AM puts a new recruit on a military base under the command of a sergeant who is feared, admired and married to the colonel who runs the place. It is one of the four fifteen-episode series on the shelf and one that people search for by name, which is why we gave it a review of its own. The recruit narrates, and much of the fun is the gap between what he says out loud and what he is thinking.
Basic training, free of charge
Day one of basic training goes wrong immediately. A scuffle with another recruit brings down the commanding officer, who hands out a punishment run and then orders the narrator to report to her office. The arrival of the colonel, and the discovery of who he is to her, sets the stakes. Episode two is the punishment: scrubbing a muddy office floor on his knees while she showers next door, trying very hard not to look, and failing. It closes with a summons and a promise of a surprise.
It is broad and knowingly over the top, with the dialogue doing most of the teasing. Neither episode shows anything that needs a lock.
Thirteen locked episodes
Once past episode two the series turns explicit, and it has thirteen paid episodes to play out the affair and the risk of the colonel finding out. We score YES MA’AM four out of five overall. It has not been rated for explicitness yet.
What it costs
At 12 tokens an episode, the thirteen locked ones add up to 156 tokens. That is about a month and a half of Premium’s allowance. The cost per episode is the same as any standard series; you are simply buying more of them.
Who will enjoy it
Anyone who wants a long, escalating power-dynamic story, and anyone who enjoys a narrator with running commentary. Viewers who only want the explicit part quickly should choose a five-parter; YES MA’AM rewards patience.
How it compares
YES MA’AM is the only long series built around rank. The other fifteen-episode titles are family stories: rival siblings, a stepbrother, a stepcousin. That gives it a different engine, where every scene carries the risk of discipline or discovery rather than domestic awkwardness. Viewers who like the power gap but want something shorter can try Yes, Coach, a five-parter set in a professional sports team, which scores five out of five overall.
Pacing your tokens
Thirteen locked episodes are a real commitment, so it is worth unlocking episode three on its own first and seeing how the dynamic changes once the series turns explicit. Diana Demont, the sergeant, also has a chat profile on Candy, which some viewers use between episodes.
Verdict
Our favourite of the long-form series, with a four out of five overall. Two free episodes are enough to know whether the humour works for you; if it does, the other thirteen are worth the tokens.