Independent, outspoken and adored by her students, private school teacher Rita fares less well with adults.
Rita (Season 1)
The Idealist 7.6
Air date: 2012-02-09
Runtime: 42 min
Overview: 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.
The Teacher 7.7
Air date: 2012-02-16
Runtime: 38 min
Overview: A new student suffers socially when his parents demand a schoolwide ban on sugar. Meanwhile, Rita's estranged mother wants to get back in touch.
The Anarchist 7.2
Air date: 2012-02-23
Runtime: 40 min
Overview: 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.
The Whore 7.2
Air date: 2012-03-01
Runtime: 38 min
Overview: Rita finds porn on Jeppe's computer and fears he'll share what she knows firsthand is a destructive relationship to sex.
The Protector 7.2
Air date: 2012-03-08
Runtime: 41 min
Overview: 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.
The Hypocrite 7.0
Air date: 2012-03-15
Runtime: 37 min
Overview: 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.
The Princess 7.2
Air date: 2012-03-22
Runtime: 38 min
Overview: 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.
The Mother 7.3
Air date: 2012-03-29
Runtime: 37 min
Overview: 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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