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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!

Best episode
S4E8 Home
8.2148 votes
Worst episode
S1E4 The Whore
7.3192 votes
Top season
Season 2
7.8avg
Binge time
1d 2h
40 episodes
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Episode Rankings

  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Rita Season 4 Episode 8 - Home
    8.2/10(148 votes)

    S4:E8

    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

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  2. Rita Season 3 Episode 4 - Evening Classes
    8.2/10(145 votes)

    S3:E4

    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

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  3. Rita Season 3 Episode 8 - The Test
    8.2/10(141 votes)

    S3:E8

    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

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  4. Rita Season 2 Episode 7 - The Role Model
    8.1/10(146 votes)

    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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  5. Rita Season 2 Episode 6 - First Love
    8.0/10(141 votes)

    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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  6. Rita Season 1 Episode 6 - The Hypocrite
    7.9/10(188 votes)

    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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  7. Rita Season 4 Episode 5 - You and I
    7.9/10(121 votes)

    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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  8. Rita Season 5 Episode 3 - The Outing
    7.9/10(120 votes)

    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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  9. Rita Season 1 Episode 8 - The Mother
    7.8/10(170 votes)

    S1:E8

    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:Unknown

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  10. Rita Season 2 Episode 1 - The Grown Up
    7.8/10(167 votes)

    S2:E1

    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:Unknown

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  11. Rita Season 2 Episode 2 - The Garden
    7.8/10(150 votes)

    S2:E2

    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
    Writers:Christina Sederqvist, Thomas Levin

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  12. Rita Season 2 Episode 4 - Team Player
    7.8/10(148 votes)

    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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  13. Rita Season 3 Episode 2 - The Basement
    7.8/10(136 votes)

    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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  14. Rita Season 3 Episode 7 - The Leader
    7.8/10(120 votes)

    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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  15. Rita Season 5 Episode 8 - Chaos
    7.8/10(119 votes)

    S5:E8

    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:Unknown

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  16. Rita Season 5 Episode 4 - Do You Speak English?
    7.8/10(98 votes)

    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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  17. Rita Season 3 Episode 6 - Free Fall
    7.7/10(121 votes)

    S3:E6

    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

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  18. Rita Season 4 Episode 7 - Family
    7.7/10(123 votes)

    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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  19. Rita Season 2 Episode 5 - I Love You
    7.7/10(140 votes)

    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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  20. Rita Season 2 Episode 8 - Weeds
    7.7/10(152 votes)

    S2:E8

    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

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  21. Rita Season 5 Episode 6 - Boundaries
    7.6/10(96 votes)

    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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  22. Rita Season 5 Episode 2 - Hullabaloo House
    7.6/10(99 votes)

    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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  23. Rita Season 5 Episode 5 - Hot Flash
    7.6/10(99 votes)

    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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  24. Rita Season 4 Episode 6 - Childhood Street
    7.6/10(120 votes)

    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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  25. Rita Season 4 Episode 4 - True Friends
    7.6/10(122 votes)

    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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Best Episodes Summary

"Home" is the best rated episode of Rita. It scored 8.2/10 from 148 votes. Directed by Lars Kaalund and written by Marie Østerbye, it aired on September 22, 2017.

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