The BEST episodes written by Christian Torpe
#12 - 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.
#13 - 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.
#15 - 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.
#16 - 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.
#18 - 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.
#19 - 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.
#20 - 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.
#21 - 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.
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#22 - 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.
#23 - 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.
#24 - 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.
#25 - 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.
#26 - 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.
#27 - 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.
#28 - 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.
#29 - 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.
#30 - 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.
#31 - 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.
#32 - 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.
#33 - 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.
#39 - 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.