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 - 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.
#2 - The Candidate
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/16/2015
Inspired by local politics, Rita holds an election in her class. Uffe gets a job at the school, but it sparks conflict with Hjordis.
#3 - The Anarchist
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/23/2012
When a school talent show forces Rita to re-evaluate her uncompromising relationship to truth, she realizes she's been doing some lying of her own.
#4 - 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.
#6 - 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.
#8 - And Baby Makes Three
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/25/2013
Rita "lends" her own grandchild to a pregnant girl in her class in an attempt to convince her to get an abortion, but the plan backfires.
#9 - The Idealist
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/9/2012
Ricco's father-in-law turns out to be Rita's high school sweetheart.Meanwhile.Rita's battle at school with a 14 year old know it all goes wrong
#10 - The Mother
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/29/2012
A lonely Rita starts hanging out with Rosa. But all hell breaks loose when Rosa realizes that Rita was the one her dad was having an affair with.
#11 - 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.
#14 - 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.
#15 - The Teacher
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/16/2012
A new student suffers socially when his parents demand a school wide ban on sugar. Meanwhile, Rita's estranged Mother wants to get back in touch
#17 - 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.
#18 - 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.
#19 - 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.
#21 - 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 - 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.
#23 - 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.
#24 - 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.
