The BEST episodes of Rita
Every episode of Rita ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Rita!
Independent, outspoken and adored by her students, public school teacher Rita fares less well with adults in this comedy-drama from Denmark.
#1 - Home
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/9/2017
When history starts to repeat itself, Rita retreats in self-defeat, until a loyal friend gives her the support she needs to figure out her future.
#2 - The Test
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/11/2015
Rita agrees to act as temporary headmaster in Helle's absence, and Hjordis and Uffe face an important decision regarding their relationship.
#3 - Weeds
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/30/2013
For the first time in her life, Rita has gone down for the count, but she has to rediscover her fighting spirit when Erik strikes a student.
#4 - First Love
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/16/2013
A student in Rita's class falls hopelessly in love with her at the same time that her own first love, Tom, reappears in her life at a family baptism.
#5 - The Head
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/27/2015
Overcome by stress, Helle asks Rita to become the school's temporary headmaster, and Hjordis's class celebrates Saint Lucy's day with style.
#6 - I Love You
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/9/2013
Another teacher is terrorizing Rita's student, and Rita has to take up the cause -- but it's not easy when the teacher uses bureaucracy as a weapon.
#7 - You and Me
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/18/2017
When one of Rita's first-graders doesn't want to take a turn bringing home 'Sharebear,' the class teddy bear, she visits his home to find out why.
#8 - The Role Model
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/23/2013
Rita and Rasmus struggle to save their relationship, but an innocent meeting with a colleague has unexpected consequences.
#9 - Evening Classes
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/6/2015
To combat loneliness, Rita invites some students to her house. Meanwhile, Hjordis tries to spice up her sex life with Uffe.
#10 - The Hypocrite
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/15/2012
Rita finds drugs at school, but the accused student points Rita in the direction of her own son, Jeppe. Molly gets a job at a hospice.
#11 - Family
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/2/2017
Bjørne can't bear to break the bad news to his staff and becomes self-destructive. The event in 1985 that led to Lea falling out with Rita is revealed.
#13 - The Garden
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/18/2013
Rita and Rasmus move in together, and Rita tries her best to act like an adult -- until Rasmus puts a rose bed in her beloved wilderness of a garden.
#14 - You Are What You Eat
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/28/2017
Rita, who hates cooking, struggles to fill in as a home economics teacher. Hjørdis tries to help Allan overcome his fears about an upcoming field trip.
#15 - Thaw
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/4/2017
A bomb threat scares the whole school — except Rita. Hjørdis worries that her and Uffe's strange hobbies will hurt their son socially when he's older.
#17 - The Basement
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/23/2015
Helle hires a motivational coach for the students. Meanwhile Jeppe moves in with his boyfriend, and Rita struggles with living on her own.
#18 - Team Player
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/2/2013
It's sports day, and Helle wants to protect the losers from having an upsetting experience -- but Rita takes up the struggle for the right to win.
#19 - The Protector
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/8/2012
Rita protects a troubled kid with ADHD from vandalism charges but forgets to fight for her own son when he's the victim of hate crime bullying.
#20 - Present/Past
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/21/2017
Rita has settled down in Molly's apartment and works in a burger bar, much to Molly's chagrin. When Molly, on behalf of Rita, sends a job application, Rita ends up with a job offer from her former primary school, which she reluctantly accepts. Hjørdis, out of concern for Rita, applies for a job at the same school, so she can be there for her.
#22 - Sponsor A Child
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/30/2015
A problem student goes on a destructive rampage, Hjordis makes progress with her second graders, and a man from Rita's past shows up.
#23 - Childhood Streets
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/25/2017
To try to save the school from closure, the staff organizes a fundraiser, including a play by Hjørdis' class with Allan in the lead role.
#24 - The Grown Up
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/11/2013
A pregnant Rita faces a difficult decision: She can keep the baby but never reveal who the father is, or she can get an abortion.
