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Taboo · 5 episodes · Review

My Best Friends' Daughter review: the promised protector is the threat

The narrator promised his best friend he would keep the man's daughter safe from the wrong sort of man, and he is that man. It carries the Maid and Taboo tags, scores 3 out of 5 on our explicitness scale, and takes 36 tokens to see through.

Series snapshot

Episodes5
FreeEpisodes 1 and 2
Locked episodes3, 12 tokens apiece
Tokens to finish36
Cost to finishroughly $1.44 yearly, $3.24 quarterly or $5.04 monthly
Explicitness3 out of 5 on our scale
PerformerNone (a Candy original)
Candy tagsMaid, Taboo

What the synopsis says

The narrator here is the man who gave his word. His best friend begged him to keep his daughter clear of men who were bad for her, and he said yes. Then comes the irony the synopsis ends on: he is one of those men, and his friend never saw it coming. Guilt is built into the hook, which fits in a single line.

The source of the tension

What drives this premise is the friendship more than the daughter. Each move the narrator makes betrays a man who trusted him, which gives the story more weight than two strangers meeting by chance would. Telling it in the first person also points to a confessional tone, from a narrator who knows full well what he is doing.

Besides Taboo, Candy gives the series a Maid tag, and nothing in the synopsis accounts for it. Perhaps it hints at how she comes to be around his house; that is our reading of the tag, not anything Candy says.

Where it falls short

The moral tension is real, but the plot on paper is thin. The synopsis mentions no discovery by the friend, no rival and no ticking clock, so five episodes appear to hang on a single forbidden situation. The idea of a guardian who becomes the danger is also common in adult fiction: it works, but it is not new.

Our scale puts its explicitness at 3 out of 5. No rated series scores lower, and 18 others share the same mark, so this is a gentler choice than several of the titles around it.

Free episodes and what the rest cost

You can watch episodes 1 and 2 without paying, which is enough to tell whether the premise and the narrator’s guilt land with you. Each of the last three costs 12 tokens, making 36 tokens in total: roughly $1.44 on a yearly plan, $3.24 on a quarterly plan or $5.04 on a monthly one.

Watch it if

  • Taboo setups appeal to you most when a broken friendship raises the stakes.
  • A middle level of explicitness suits you better than the most intense titles on Candy.

Skip it if

  • You are after a twisty plot, or a series that holds nothing back on intensity.

Similar series worth a look

Room Service also carries the Maid tag, costs the same 36 tokens and scores 5 out of 5. If you want the forbidden figure to be a parent instead, Got Stuck With My Girlfriend’s Stepmom scores 4 out of 5, while Whatever Your Stepmom Says is a more recent five-parter still waiting for a rating.

Our take

A guilty conscience is what carries My Best Friends’ Daughter. The broken promise gives a plain premise genuine teeth, though the synopsis has little else to offer. Standard pricing and a moderate 3 out of 5 make it a reasonable choice from the middle of the pack.

Questions about My Best Friends' Daughter

What is My Best Friends' Daughter about?

Told from his side, it follows a man who swears to his best friend that he will guard the friend’s daughter against the wrong men, only to prove to be the wrong man himself.

How many episodes are there, and how many are free?

There are five. Episodes 1 and 2 cost nothing; the other three are locked at 12 tokens apiece, so finishing the series takes 36 tokens.

Where is My Best Friends' Daughter available to watch in full?

Candy is the only place: you unlock the remaining episodes with plan tokens. Uploads elsewhere that claim to be complete tend to be the free episodes or trailers, as our page on leaks and full versions explains.

Why is it tagged Maid?

Its Candy tags are Maid and Taboo, yet the synopsis gives no reason for the Maid one. Watching the two free episodes is the easiest way to see where it fits in.