The Best Episodes Directed By Lars Kaalund

#1 - The Lake

Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 7/13/2020

Rita struggles to process her overwhelming feelings of guilt. Ole reveals to Jeppe that he's met someone else - whom his grandmother approves of.

Director: Lars Kaalund

Writer: N/A

#2 - Home

Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 9/22/2017

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.

Director: Lars Kaalund

Writer: Marie Østerbye

#3 - 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.

Director: Lars Kaalund

Writer: N/A

#4 - Fake News

Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 6/1/2020

A young Holocaust denier creates a scare at Hjordis and Rita's school. Helle asks Rita to help Rasmus accept a hard truth. Uffe meets a kindred spirit.

Director: Lars Kaalund

Writer: N/A

#5 - Hullabaloo House

Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 6/8/2020

Rita tries to stop a shy student's parents from uprooting him to move to Greenland. Rasmus meets someone on Tinder. Hjørdis helps a student face a fear.

Director: Lars Kaalund

Writer: Jenny Lund Madsen

#6 - The Outing

Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 6/15/2020

During a field trip to Sweden, Rita rubs the local townsfolk the wrong way. Niels brings Jeppe back to Denmark, where Rasmus and Uffe help the two bond.

Director: Lars Kaalund

Writer: N/A

#7 - Hot Flash

Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 6/29/2020

Uffe tries to avoid Pil. Rita worries that one of her night-class students might be a victim of domestic abuse. Jeppe learns Ole is still in the closet.

Director: Lars Kaalund

Writer: Jenny Lund Madsen

#8 - Chaos

Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 7/20/2020

Jeppe learns that Ole is going to propose to Camilla. A new student who leads the other pupils in a school strike reminds Rita why she became a teacher.

Director: Lars Kaalund

Writer: N/A

#9 - Særbehandling

Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 3/17/2019

Director: Lars Kaalund

Writer: Bo Hr. Hansen

#10 - Afsked

Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 3/24/2019

Director: Lars Kaalund

Writer: Bo Hr. Hansen

#11 - The Role Model

Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/23/2013

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

Director: Lars Kaalund

Writer: Stefan Jaworski

#12 - Sudden 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.

Director: Lars Kaalund

Writer: Simon Oded Weil

#13 - Childhood Street

Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 9/20/2017

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.

Director: Lars Kaalund

Writer: Simon Oded Weil

#14 - Family

Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 9/21/2017

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.

Director: Lars Kaalund

Writer: Ina Bruhn

#15 - The Teacher

Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/16/2012

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.

Director: Lars Kaalund

Writer: N/A

#16 - Do You Speak English?

Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 6/22/2020

When an odd new student suddenly pops up in class, Rita gets a moneymaking idea. Jeppe goes on a Tinder date. Attraction grows between Rasmus and Rita.

Director: Lars Kaalund

Writer: Jenny Lund Madsen

#17 - Boundaries

Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 7/6/2020

Jeppe's ex unexpectedly returns. Hjørdis helps a student whose parents use her as a go-between. Rita's friendship with Gerd becomes a problem in class.

Director: Lars Kaalund

Writer: N/A

#18 - 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.

Director: Lars Kaalund

Writer: N/A

#19 - 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.

Director: Lars Kaalund

Writer: N/A

#20 - 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.

Director: Lars Kaalund

Writer: N/A

#21 - 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.

Director: Lars Kaalund

Writer: N/A

#22 - 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.

Director: Lars Kaalund

Writer: Marie Østerbye

#23 - 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.

Director: Lars Kaalund

Writer: N/A

#24 - 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.

Director: Lars Kaalund

Writer: Marie Østerbye

#25 - 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.

Director: Lars Kaalund

Writer: Marie Østerbye