What we like
- A locked door and a jealous rival create instant stakes
- Currently marked New on Candy
- About $1.44 to finish on yearly plan tokens
Good to know
- Only two free episodes before tokens kick in
- Candy lists no genre tags for it, so it is easy to miss
The premise of Under the Chief
Harriet is awkward, still finding her feet in a hospital, and about to receive a very different kind of education. A chief of surgery bolts the on-call room door behind them and offers what he calls “hands-on training”. It is a loaded phrase, and the series plays it for all the heat it can carry.
Outside, the head nurse is the real threat. She is jealous, she wants Harriet fired, and she is waiting just beyond that door.
Rank, nerves and a rival with a grudge: that is the engine of Under the Chief, packed into five short vertical episodes. Candy currently marks it as New, so it sits among the freshest additions in the catalogue.
Free episodes and the 36-token finish
Under the Chief starts free. Episode 1 plays with no account at all, and episode 2 is free too once you sign up with an email, no card needed. That takes you through 2 of the 5 episodes, enough to know whether the locked door and the watching head nurse have hooked you.
Episodes 3, 4 and 5 are locked at 12 tokens each, so finishing costs 36 tokens. On the yearly plan’s token allowance that is about $1.44. At the pack rate it is about $3.60. A Premium month includes 100 tokens, which covers this series and a second standard one with 28 tokens to spare.
What makes it stand out
The appeal is pressure. Harriet is out of her depth, the chief holds the rank, and the head nurse sees her as someone to remove. Three people with clashing goals inside one hospital is a set-up made for short episodes: clear stakes, a rival close by and little room for padding.
It is a Candy original, told as finished vertical video, so you simply press play and follow along. Subtitles come in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Japanese. And because Candy marks it New, it is one of the freshest stories you can start today. If you like workplace tension with a sensual edge, this is a very easy pick.
Who should press play
Choose it if you enjoy power-imbalance flirtations, office rivalries and the thrill of a secret that someone could interrupt at any moment. It is also a smart first series if you want something short and inexpensive.
Want more at the same price? My Wife’s Dance Instructor mixes Wife and Teacher tags at 36 tokens, The Maid of Honor is another 36-token pick, and The Witch Who Made Me King takes the same price into Fantasy.
Verdict: start free, then unlock
Start with the free episodes on Candy: episode 1 needs no account, episode 2 only a free sign-up. If the chief, Harriet and that watching head nurse have you, unlock episodes 3 to 5 for 36 tokens in total, about $1.44 to $3.60 depending on how you buy tokens. For a fresh hospital-set affair at that price, it is an easy recommendation.
Under the Chief: frequently asked questions
Is Under the Chief free to watch?
Partly. Episode 1 plays with no account and episode 2 is free after a free sign-up, so 2 of the 5 episodes cost nothing. Episodes 3, 4 and 5 are locked at 12 tokens each.
How many tokens does Under the Chief cost?
Finishing all five episodes takes 36 tokens: three locked episodes at 12 tokens each. That is about $1.44 on the yearly plan token allowance, or about $3.60 at the 100-token pack rate.
Is Under the Chief new on Candy?
Candy currently marks Under the Chief as New, so it is one of the newest additions to Candy Shorts. It is a Candy original with 5 short episodes and subtitles in seven languages.
Under the Chief: episodes and token prices
36 tokens to finish: about $1.44 on the 12-month plan, $3.60 at the token-pack rate or $5.04 on the monthly plan. Prices from Candy, checked October 19, 2026.
