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The Best Episodes of Rita

Every episode of Rita ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Rita!

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Independent, outspoken and adored by her students, private school teacher Rita fares less well with adults.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Rita Season 5 Episode 7 - The Lake
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #1 - The Lake

    S5:E7

    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:Unknown

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  2. Rita Season 4 Episode 2 - You Are What You Eat
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #2 - You Are What You Eat

    S4:E2

    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:Unknown

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  3. Rita Season 4 Episode 5 - You and I
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #3 - You and I

    S4:E5

    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.

    Director:Natasha Arthy
    Writer:Ina Bruhn

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  4. Rita Season 5 Episode 2 - Hullabaloo House
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #4 - Hullabaloo House

    S5:E2

    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

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  5. Rita Season 5 Episode 3 - The Outing
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #5 - The Outing

    S5:E3

    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:Unknown

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  6. Rita Season 5 Episode 5 - Hot Flash
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #6 - Hot Flash

    S5:E5

    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

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  7. Rita Season 1 Episode 2 - The Teacher
    7.7/10(6 votes)

    #7 - The Teacher

    S1:E2

    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:Unknown

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  8. Rita Season 2 Episode 7 - The Role Model
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #8 - The Role Model

    S2:E7

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

    Director:Lars Kaalund
    Writers:Stefan Jaworski, Christoffer Örnfelt

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  9. Rita Season 4 Episode 3 - Sudden Thaw
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #9 - Sudden Thaw

    S4:E3

    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

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  10. Rita Season 4 Episode 6 - Childhood Street
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #10 - Childhood Street

    S4:E6

    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

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  11. Rita Season 4 Episode 7 - Family
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #11 - Family

    S4:E7

    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

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  12. Rita Season 5 Episode 4 - Do You Speak English?
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #12 - Do You Speak English?

    S5:E4

    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

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  13. Rita Season 5 Episode 6 - Boundaries
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #13 - Boundaries

    S5:E6

    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:Unknown

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  14. Rita Season 4 Episode 4 - True Friends
    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #14 - True Friends

    S4:E4

    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.

    Director:Natasha Arthy
    Writer:Jenny Lund Madsen

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  15. Rita Season 1 Episode 3 - The Anarchist
    7.2/10(4 votes)

    #15 - The Anarchist

    S1:E3

    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:Unknown

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  16. Rita Season 1 Episode 4 - The Whore
    7.2/10(4 votes)

    #16 - The Whore

    S1:E4

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

    Director:Jannik Johansen
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Rita Season 1 Episode 5 - The Protector
    7.2/10(4 votes)

    #17 - The Protector

    S1:E5

    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.

    Director:Jannik Johansen
    Writer:Marie Østerbye

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  18. Rita Season 1 Episode 7 - The Princess
    7.2/10(4 votes)

    #18 - The Princess

    S1:E7

    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

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  19. Rita Season 1 Episode 6 - The Hypocrite
    7.0/10(4 votes)

    #19 - The Hypocrite

    S1:E6

    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.

    Director:Jannik Johansen
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Rita Season 2 Episode 3 - And Baby Makes Three
    7.0/10(3 votes)

    #20 - And Baby Makes Three

    S2:E3

    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

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  21. Rita Season 2 Episode 4 - Team Player
    7.0/10(3 votes)

    #21 - Team Player

    S2:E4

    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.

    Director:Kathrine Windfeld
    Writer:Mette Heeno

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  22. Rita Season 2 Episode 5 - I Love You
    7.0/10(3 votes)

    #22 - I Love You

    S2:E5

    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.

    Director:Kathrine Windfeld
    Writer:Marie Østerbye

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  23. Rita Season 2 Episode 6 - First Love
    7.0/10(3 votes)

    #23 - First Love

    S2:E6

    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.

    Director:Kathrine Windfeld
    Writer:Marie Østerbye

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  24. Rita Season 3 Episode 2 - The Basement
    7.0/10(3 votes)

    #24 - The Basement

    S3:E2

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

    Director:Lars Kaalund
    Writer:Marie Østerbye

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  25. Rita Season 3 Episode 7 - The Leader
    7.0/10(3 votes)

    #25 - The Leader

    S3:E7

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

    Director:Mogens Hagedorn
    Writer:Marie Østerbye

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Lake" is the best rated episode of "Rita". It scored 8.5/10 based on 2 votes. Directed by Lars Kaalund and written by Unknown, it aired on 7/13/2020. This episode scored 0.5 points higher than the second highest rated, "You Are What You Eat".