The WORST episodes of Rita
Every episode of Rita ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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 - 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.
#2 - Freefall
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/20/2015
Rita tries to keep the police in the dark when Hjordis decides on the perfect item to bury in a time capsule: marijuana.
#3 - 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.
#4 - 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.
#5 - 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.
#6 - 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.
#7 - 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.
#8 - True Friends
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/11/2017
Lea invites Rita to join her family for dinner, echoing a day in 1985 when teenage Rita had dinner with Lea's parents and was called to Lea's rescue.
#9 - 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.
#10 - 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.
#11 - Lice
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/13/2015
Rita's fourth graders come down with head lice, and she decides to delouse them herself. Meanwhile, Helle faces evaluation by her peers.
#12 - 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.
#13 - Fake News
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/1/2020
Rita is back - now with her own little school, which she has opened with Hjørdis. One student challenges Rita with false facts from the web and the school ends up in turmoil.
#14 - Funhouse
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/8/2020
Little school is close to losing a student whose parents move to Greenland, but Rita, despite Hjørdis' protests, finds an alternative solution to the problem.
#15 - The Excursion
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/15/2020
The whole little school is going on an excursion to Sweden, and Rita and Hjørdis' conflict over management and rules breaks out in a light hat.
#19 - The Sea
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/13/2020
Rita flies to Copenhagen with Rasmus, where she was desperately tried to fit into a new life, which included questions and dinner with Helle and Helena.
#20 - Chaos
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/20/2020
Rita asks Hjørdis to run the school without her, but when Rita discovers, that a student requires help, does she return to her call as teacher.
#21 - 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.
#22 - The She-Wolf
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/1/2012
Rita finds porn on Jeppe's computer and fears he'll share what she knows firsthand is a destructive relationship to sex.
#23 - 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.
#24 - 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.
#25 - The Princess
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/22/2012
When Rita takes over a second-grade theater production, her own life story begins to blend with the fairy tale the kids are playing out.