Review · 5 episodes · New on Candy
She Was Sent to Kill Me review: a hunter, her mark and a lethal game
Verdict not scored yet scored once we rate its explicitness
Eli is everyone's pick to die first, and the hunter dispatched to finish him is Delilah Kane. It makes for an absolutely wild new series: five episodes, two of them free, with 36 tokens on Candy to unlock the other three.
Quick facts
| Episode count | 5 |
|---|---|
| Free episodes | Episodes 1 and 2 |
| Locked (paid) episodes | 3, at 12 tokens each |
| Tokens to the finale | 36 |
| Cost of the full run | about $1.44 on the yearly plan, $3.24 on the quarterly and $5.04 on the monthly |
| Explicitness level | Not rated yet |
| Lead performer | None, a Candy original |
| Tags on Candy | New |
| Genre | Survival thriller with enemies-to-lovers romance |
The setup
Candy’s synopsis for She Was Sent to Kill Me plays like an action-movie trailer. Everybody has Eli pegged as the first to go, and Delilah Kane is the hunter handed the job of finishing him. The twist arrives ahead of the order: when the game finally demands that she kill him, Eli has already sacrificed his own shot at escape to save her.
What makes this new series so wild
The typical Candy series sticks to a house, a hotel room or an office. She Was Sent to Kill Me puts its leads inside a lethal game run on orders, rules and a body count, which raises the stakes of every scene far above the usual taboo setup. In those stories a mistake gets you caught; here, a mistake means you do not get out alive.
At its core sits a textbook enemies-to-lovers flip. Delilah plays the predator and Eli the prey, and the turn is that the prey lays his life on the line for the hunter. The synopsis cuts off right where she has to decide between following her orders and sparing the man who saved her, and a five-episode story could hardly ask for a stronger hook.
The poster gives the mood away. Delilah, teal-haired and holding a pistol, sits above Eli amid stone ruins, and both of them look bruised and bandaged. It sells danger and chemistry in one image.
Are the unlocked episodes worth the tokens?
The two free episodes, 1 and 2, introduce the game, the hunter and the man she has been sent to kill. The kill order and Delilah’s decision arrive later, inside the three locked episodes, priced at 12 tokens apiece. Finishing the series costs 36 tokens, roughly $1.44 with a yearly plan, $3.24 with a quarterly one and $5.04 with a monthly one.
The unlocked episodes are very much worth the tokens for a story that hinges on one big decision: that stretch is where the premise pays off, and no full series on Candy costs less. A month on any plan includes 100 tokens, enough for this one and a second standard series with 28 to spare. Our breakdown of token prices sets the plans side by side.
Who it suits
- Start watching if dangerous women, survival stakes and enemies to lovers are your thing, and you want a story that actually has a plot.
- Skip it if you want the usual domestic backdrop, a real performer or an intensity level you can check in advance: our explicitness scale has no rating for it yet.
Other Candy series to try
The nearest match is Trespasser of the Sunken Court, in which a thief breaks into an elven princess’s realm and, once caught, is kept rather than killed; it also costs 36 tokens to finish. Vampire’s Lust offers another predator who ends up falling for her prey, and our scale scores it 5 out of 5. Fans of spies and traps can turn to Talia Undercover or Honey Trap in Silk, the latter rated 4 out of 5. Our best Candy AI Shorts list rounds up more picks.
Our verdict
Few series on Candy are newer than She Was Sent to Kill Me, and few premises in the catalogue feel as cinematic: a hunter, her target and a game that makes her choose. As new series go, this one is absolutely wild, and 36 tokens makes it an easy yes. Watch the two free episodes first; if Delilah and Eli have you hooked by then, the three unlocked episodes are worth every token.
She Was Sent to Kill Me: your questions answered
What's She Was Sent to Kill Me about?
It follows Delilah Kane, a hunter with orders to take out Eli, the man everybody assumes will die first. By the time the game tells her to finish the job, Eli has already forfeited his chance to escape in order to save her.
How many episodes make up She Was Sent to Kill Me?
Five in total. Episodes 1 and 2 come free, while the other three stay locked at 12 tokens apiece, for 36 tokens altogether.
Is She Was Sent to Kill Me worth spending tokens on?
Yes, provided you enjoy enemies-to-lovers stories where the stakes are real. Delilah’s decision unfolds across the three locked episodes. Unlocking all three costs 36 tokens (around $1.44 if you are on the yearly plan), the lowest price of any full series on Candy. The other plans are in our cost breakdown.
Where can I watch She Was Sent to Kill Me full episodes?
On Candy itself: begin with the two free episodes, then use plan tokens to unlock the remaining three. What turns up on other sites is usually a trailer or one of the free episodes; our explainer on leaked episodes has the details.