The BEST episodes written by Christian Torpe

8.27

52 votes

#1 - Home

Rita - Season 4 - Episode 8

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.

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8.16

49 votes

#2 - The Test

Rita - Season 3 - Episode 8

Rita agrees to act as temporary headmaster in Helle's absence, and Hjordis and Uffe face an important decision regarding their relationship.

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8.06

53 votes

#3 - Weeds

Rita - Season 2 - Episode 8

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.

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7.98

53 votes

#4 - First Love

Rita - Season 2 - Episode 6

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.

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7.98

50 votes

#5 - The Head

Rita - Season 3 - Episode 7

Overcome by stress, Helle asks Rita to become the school's temporary headmaster, and Hjordis's class celebrates Saint Lucy's day with style.

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7.93

56 votes

#6 - I Love You

Rita - Season 2 - Episode 5

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.

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7.88

48 votes

#7 - You and Me

Rita - Season 4 - Episode 5

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.

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7.86

51 votes

#8 - The Role Model

Rita - Season 2 - Episode 7

Rita and Rasmus struggle to save their relationship, but an innocent meeting with a colleague has unexpected consequences.

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7.85

53 votes

#9 - Evening Classes

Rita - Season 3 - Episode 4

To combat loneliness, Rita invites some students to her house. Meanwhile, Hjordis tries to spice up her sex life with Uffe.

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7.85

46 votes

#10 - Family

Rita - Season 4 - Episode 7

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.

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7.82

66 votes

#11 - The Hypocrite

Rita - Season 1 - Episode 6

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.

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7.78

55 votes

#12 - The Garden

Rita - Season 2 - Episode 2

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.

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7.75

48 votes

#13 - You Are What You Eat

Rita - Season 4 - Episode 2

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.

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7.72

47 votes

#14 - Thaw

Rita - Season 4 - Episode 3

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.

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7.67

55 votes

#15 - The Basement

Rita - Season 3 - Episode 2

Helle hires a motivational coach for the students. Meanwhile Jeppe moves in with his boyfriend, and Rita struggles with living on her own.

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7.65

77 votes

#16 - The Protector

Rita - Season 1 - Episode 5

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.

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7.65

48 votes

#17 - Present/Past

Rita - Season 4 - Episode 1

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.

7.63

52 votes

#18 - Team Player

Rita - Season 2 - Episode 4

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.

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7.57

44 votes

#19 - Childhood Streets

Rita - Season 4 - Episode 6

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.

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7.56

9 votes

#20 - In the Spotlight

Hjørdis - Season 1 - Episode 4

As the theater troupe falls apart, Hjørdis fears their play will fail; when Kristoffer's dad pressures him to leave the group, a daring plan is born.

7.53

60 votes

#21 - The Grown Up

Rita - Season 2 - Episode 1

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.

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7.51

1588 votes

#22 - The Tenth Meal

The Mist - Season 1 - Episode 10

Tensions at the mall finally come to head, and the group makes a discovery which could provide answers about the origins of the mist.

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7.48

122 votes

#23 - The Teacher

Rita - Season 1 - Episode 2

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

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7.47

139 votes

#24 - The Idealist

Rita - Season 1 - Episode 1

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

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7.46

50 votes

#25 - Freefall

Rita - Season 3 - Episode 6

Rita tries to keep the police in the dark when Hjordis decides on the perfect item to bury in a time capsule: marijuana.

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7.43

69 votes

#26 - The Mother

Rita - Season 1 - Episode 8

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.

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7.43

2206 votes

#27 - Withdrawal

The Mist - Season 1 - Episode 2

The Mist has settled over town as Eve, Alex, and other mallgoers try to manage the rising panic. Meanwhile, Kevin, Adrian, Mia, and Jonah venture out into the mist to get to Kevin's family.

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7.40

72 votes

#28 - The She-Wolf

Rita - Season 1 - Episode 4

Rita finds porn on Jeppe's computer and fears he'll share what she knows firsthand is a destructive relationship to sex.

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7.40

53 votes

#29 - And Baby Makes Three

Rita - Season 2 - Episode 3

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.

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7.33

51 votes

#30 - The Candidate

Rita - Season 3 - Episode 1

Inspired by local politics, Rita holds an election in her class. Uffe gets a job at the school, but it sparks conflict with Hjordis.

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7.30

106 votes

#31 - The Anarchist

Rita - Season 1 - Episode 3

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.

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7.30

67 votes

#32 - The Princess

Rita - Season 1 - Episode 7

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.

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7.28

2662 votes

#33 - Pilot

The Mist - Season 1 - Episode 1

A sinister mist wraps around a small town, where strange deaths begin occurring; Eve and Kevin deal with the assault of their daughter by a high school jock.

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7.26

53 votes

#34 - Lice

Rita - Season 3 - Episode 5

Rita's fourth graders come down with head lice, and she decides to delouse them herself. Meanwhile, Helle faces evaluation by her peers.

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7.26

1755 votes

#35 - The Law of Nature

The Mist - Season 1 - Episode 8

Nathalie gains full control of the remaining parishioners; at the mall, Alex and Jay continue to grow closer until Eve intervenes; Adrian and the gang make a stop at Adrian's home; Kevin makes a shocking discovery.

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7.21

2099 votes

#36 - The Waiting Room

The Mist - Season 1 - Episode 5

Kevin and the others reach the hospital, where Kevin has an unexpected and painful encounter with his brother, Mike.

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7.17

6 votes

#37 - The Princess

Hjørdis - Season 1 - Episode 3

Hjørdis wants Kristoffer to portray a princess, but Gert and Kristoffer's big brother objects; a three-way drama creates problems within the group.

7.13

8 votes

#38 - The Guest

Hjørdis - Season 1 - Episode 1

As the grand ending to a project week about anti-bullying, Hjørdis is putting on a play, but a surprise guest forces her to compromise her vision.

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7.00

6 votes

#39 - The Group

Hjørdis - Season 1 - Episode 2

As the theater troupe struggles to get the play into shape, Hjørdis devises a plan that demands that the pupils prepare to put themselves on the line.