Review · 5 episodes in a London office
Under the Boss review: one boss, one shy temp, one jealous assistant
Verdict not scored yet scored once we rate its explicitness
A shy new temp catches the boss's eye on her first day at a London firm, and his glamorous assistant, sick with jealousy, sets out to drive them apart by any means. The run is five episodes: two free episodes to start, then 36 tokens for the rest.
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, about $5.04 on the monthly one |
| Explicitness level | Not rated yet |
| Lead performer | None, a Candy original |
| Tags on Candy | Taboo |
Three people, one office
The boss of a London office is smitten with his new temp, a shy, curvy hire, almost from the moment she arrives. The complication is his personal assistant, a jealous, self-assured blonde who has no intention of being edged out by a newcomer and will try any trick to break up their forbidden affair.
The secret is in the head count: three characters, not the usual two. The affair brings the heat, while the plot belongs to the assistant, whose scheming against the pair starts in episode one.
What it does differently
- A schemer in the mix. The average five-parter hangs everything on two people and one situation. Under the Boss adds a rival with plans of her own, which gives even a run this short somewhere to go.
- A study in contrasts. Put the timid new hire beside the polished assistant and you get two women cast as opposites, with the boss pulled in both directions.
- Somewhere other than the suburbs. Most of the catalogue plays out in suburban houses, so a British workplace in London makes a welcome change of scenery.
What you get for free
The first two episodes are free to watch, and like the opening of any Candy series they keep things suggestive. They set out the office, the newcomer and the assistant, which is plenty to tell whether this rivalry deserves your tokens for the locked episodes. Its explicitness has no rating from us so far; once unlocked, it is adult content like everything else on Candy AI Shorts.
The cost of seeing it through
No licensed performer is attached, so Candy charges its standard rate: 12 tokens for each of the three locked episodes, or 36 tokens for the lot. That costs a yearly subscriber about $1.44 and someone paying monthly about $5.04, and few complete stories on the platform come cheaper. A single month of plan tokens, 100 of them, pays for it and leaves most of that allowance untouched.
Good fit, or not?
- Say yes if an office affair, a dash of intrigue and a character worth booing sound like your kind of evening.
- Say no if you came for a famous face or for the catalogue’s highest explicitness; other recommendations on this site cover either of those better.
Other bosses, other offices
Candy keeps returning to bosses and offices. My Billionaire Boss and Her Stepmom Is the Boss are two standard five-parters on that theme, while YES, DIRECTOR and Honey Trap in Silk, which we rated 4 out of 5, set up power struggles of their own. If you want a rivalry with more room, Mona’s Worst Enemy plays one out across 15 episodes. And if the aim is peak explicitness for the same 36-token price, the top-rated pick on our scale is She’s not real.
Bottom line
Under the Boss makes a good case that five episodes leave room for an actual plot. The jealous assistant is what lifts an ordinary office fling into a tight little drama, and the standard price keeps the gamble small. We would still start with She’s not real, but this is a strong runner-up, above all for anyone who wants more plot per token.
Common questions about Under the Boss
What's Under the Boss about, in one line?
Three people in a London office: a boss, the timid temp he falls hard for, and a jealous personal assistant who makes it her mission to end their affair.
How many episodes does Under the Boss run to?
It runs to five episodes. You get two of them free, and unlocking the last three takes 36 tokens, or 12 per episode.
Can you watch Under the Boss for free?
Only up to a point. The opening pair of episodes is free, and seeing the other three costs about $1.44 on Candy’s yearly plan or about $5.04 if you pay month to month; our cost breakdown shows where those figures come from.
Where can you watch the full Under the Boss series?
Just on Candy. Uploads elsewhere billed as the complete series are nearly always a trailer or one of the free episodes, as our explainer on leaked episodes sets out.