Under the Boss: Harriet Seagrave and a Forbidden Office Fling

The bill first, then the plot

Five episodes, two of them free, and 36 tokens for the other three: that is the whole bill for Under the Boss. It is also the bill for Harriet Seagrave's other series, Every Wife on Candy Lane, because Candy prices its in-house series at a flat rate per paid episode. What changes from one Harriet series to the other is the story, not the cost.

People search for this title by name more than for most series on Candy Shorts, and the questions that come with it are predictable: who is in it, what is free, how far it goes and what finishing costs. The sections below take them in turn, after a look at the premise.

A temp, a boss and a PA with a grudge

The premise is an office story set in London. A reserved new temp arrives, the boss notices her at once and soon cannot think about anything else, and what starts between them has to stay out of sight. The complication is his PA, who is jealous and prepared to go to any length to end the affair.

That gives the series a shape that is half workplace drama, half rivalry. Candy tags it taboo, and judging by the premise the line being crossed is the one between boss and employee, not a family one, so there is no step-family angle in the setup. The mood is secrecy and sabotage, with desire doing most of the plotting.

Harriet Seagrave: one in-house lead, two series

Harriet Seagrave belongs to Candy's in-house cast, so no real creator's license stands behind her, unlike the twins of Riley Reid or Lexi Luna. Her credits are two series, Under the Boss and Every Wife on Candy Lane. Candy's listing names her but does not say which part she plays in the office story, so the free first episode is also where you find out who is who.

The two Harriet series are different animals. Every Wife on Candy Lane is a street of closed doors with a different woman behind each one, while Under the Boss is a single storyline in a single workplace, driven by one rivalry. Both run five episodes and cost 36 tokens, so finishing the pair costs 72, with four free episodes to sample on the way.

What the free episodes show

You can start episode 1 with no account at all. It runs 88 seconds, a minute and a half, which is enough to judge the look and tone of the series. Episode 2 is free too, although a free registration may stand between you and the play button. As previews kept safe for work, both set the scene and say nothing about how far the paid episodes go.

The player offers subtitles in six languages, and on this series page it also carries an audio track menu beside them. If dubbed dialogue matters to you, look at what that menu offers before you pay for an episode. For anyone weighing two Harriet series, these free minutes are the no-cost way to judge her before committing tokens to either.

How far it goes without a score

Neither of Harriet's two series has an explicitness score on file, so she has no benchmark to be measured against. Other leads do: Holly Donovan's three series score between 3 and 5, and Colette Ramsey has two series at 5. Without a number, the tags and the premise are all you have.

Taboo is the only tag, and the story is a concealed affair between a boss and a newcomer with a jealous rival nearby. Read honestly, that is adult content in the paid episodes, with the free pair held to SFW, and an intensity nobody can pin down in advance. Use the free episodes to judge the tone, and keep your 36 tokens in reserve until you have.

What the three paid episodes cost

Episodes 3, 4 and 5 sell at 12 tokens apiece, which is how the full story comes to 36. The unlock dialog treats a purchase as permanent, so no clock runs on an episode once you own it. If Harriet becomes a habit, her second series adds another 36 and her whole catalog totals 72.

Candy's subscription prompt, shown when you reach a locked episode, lists unlocking premium episodes among its benefits. For a viewer who only wants this one series, tokens are the simpler route. For someone planning to work through several characters' catalogs, the subscription is worth a look first. This guide quotes tokens only, since that is what the episode buttons show.

Who it suits, and who should skip it

It suits viewers who like a plot under the heat: a hidden relationship, a rival and an office hierarchy to cross. It is a sensible first Harriet series, since it has one clear line of conflict, and its single tag suggests a focused premise rather than a grab bag of scenarios.

If you want variety more than rivalry, go to Every Wife on Candy Lane, tagged milf, taboo and wife. If the boss-and-employee setup is the draw, My Billionaire Boss promises the same tension by its title and costs the same 36 tokens, though the catalog data lists no cast for it. YES, DIRECTOR, led by Diana Demont and scoring 4 for explicitness, puts a chain of command in its title too, and is the better pick if you want a score to go on.