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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!

Independent, outspoken and adored by her students, private school teacher Rita fares less well with adults.
Genres:DramaComedy
Network:TV 2

Best Episodes Summary

"Evening Classes" is the best rated episode of "Rita". It scored 8.2/10 based on 133 votes. Directed by Lars Kaalund and written by Marie Østerbye, it aired on 4/6/2015. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Test".

  • Evening Classes
    8.2/10133 votes
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    #1 - Evening Classes

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 4/6/2015

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

    Director: Lars Kaalund

    Writer: Marie Østerbye

  • The Test
    8.2/10127 votes
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    #2 - The Test

    Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 5/11/2015

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

    Director: Mogens Hagedorn

    Writer: Mette Heeno

  • Home
    8.2/10135 votes
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    #3 - 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

  • The Role Model
    8.1/10136 votes
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    #4 - 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, Christoffer Örnfelt

  • First Love
    8.0/10132 votes
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    #5 - First Love

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/16/2013

    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

  • Chaos
    8.0/10103 votes
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    #6 - 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

  • The Hypocrite
    7.9/10177 votes
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    #7 - The Hypocrite

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/15/2012

    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: N/A

  • The Grown Up
    7.9/10155 votes
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    #8 - 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

  • You and I
    7.9/10109 votes
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    #9 - You and I

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 9/19/2017

    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

  • The Outing
    7.9/10105 votes
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    #10 - 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

  • Do You Speak English?
    7.9/1086 votes
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    #11 - 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

  • The Mother
    7.8/10161 votes
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    #12 - 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

  • Team Player
    7.8/10136 votes
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    #13 - Team Player

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/2/2013

    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

  • Weeds
    7.8/10140 votes
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    #14 - Weeds

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 10/30/2013

    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.

    Director: Lars Kaalund

    Writer: Marie Østerbye

  • The Basement
    7.8/10125 votes
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    #15 - The Basement

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 3/23/2015

    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

  • The Leader
    7.8/10109 votes
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    #16 - The Leader

    Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 4/27/2015

    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

  • The Garden
    7.7/10139 votes
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    #17 - The Garden

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/18/2013

    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.

    Director: Lars Kaalund

    Writer: Thomas Levin, Christina Sederqvist

  • Hullabaloo House
    7.7/1086 votes
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    #18 - 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

  • Hot Flash
    7.7/1086 votes
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    #19 - 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

  • The Protector
    7.6/10170 votes
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    #20 - The Protector

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/8/2012

    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

  • And Baby Makes Three
    7.6/10141 votes
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    #21 - 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

  • I Love You
    7.6/10131 votes
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    #22 - I Love You

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/9/2013

    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

  • Lice
    7.6/10118 votes
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    #23 - Lice

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 4/13/2015

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

    Director: Lars Kaalund

    Writer: Simon Oded Weil

  • Free Fall
    7.6/10111 votes
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    #24 - Free Fall

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 4/20/2015

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

    Director: Mogens Hagedorn

    Writer: Jenny Lund Madsen

  • You Are What You Eat
    7.6/10114 votes
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    #25 - 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