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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 Worst Episode
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    Rita Season 5 Episode 8 - Chaos
    4.5/10(118 votes)

    #1 - Chaos

    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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  2. Rita Season 2 Episode 8 - Weeds
    5.2/10(151 votes)

    #2 - Weeds

    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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  3. Rita Season 2 Episode 1 - The Grown Up
    5.5/10(166 votes)

    #3 - The Grown Up

    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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  4. Rita Season 3 Episode 1 - The Candidate
    5.5/10(140 votes)

    #4 - The Candidate

    S3:E1

    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

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  5. Rita Season 3 Episode 8 - The Test
    5.5/10(140 votes)

    #5 - The Test

    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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  6. Rita Season 5 Episode 1 - Fake News
    5.7/10(114 votes)

    #6 - Fake News

    S5:E1

    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:Unknown

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  7. Rita Season 1 Episode 8 - The Mother
    5.8/10(169 votes)

    #7 - The Mother

    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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  8. Rita Season 4 Episode 1 - Present/Past
    5.8/10(143 votes)

    #8 - Present/Past

    S4:E1

    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:Unknown

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  9. Rita Season 4 Episode 8 - Home
    6.5/10(147 votes)

    #9 - Home

    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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  10. Rita Season 2 Episode 2 - The Garden
    6.7/10(149 votes)

    #10 - The Garden

    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:Thomas Levin, Christina Sederqvist

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  11. Rita Season 3 Episode 3 - The Sponsor Kid
    6.7/10(130 votes)

    #11 - The Sponsor Kid

    S3:E3

    A problem student goes on a destructive rampage, Hjordis makes progress with her second graders, and a man from Rita's past shows up.

    Director:Lars Kaalund
    Writer:Simon Oded Weil

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  12. Rita Season 3 Episode 4 - Evening Classes
    6.7/10(144 votes)

    #12 - Evening Classes

    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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  13. Rita Season 3 Episode 5 - Lice
    6.7/10(128 votes)

    #13 - Lice

    S3:E5

    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

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  14. Rita Season 3 Episode 6 - Free Fall
    6.7/10(120 votes)

    #14 - Free Fall

    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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  15. Rita Season 1 Episode 1 - The Idealist
    6.8/10(285 votes)

    #15 - The Idealist

    S1:E1

    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:Unknown

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  16. Rita Season 1 Episode 6 - The Hypocrite
    7.0/10(187 votes)

    #16 - 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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  17. Rita Season 2 Episode 3 - And Baby Makes Three
    7.0/10(149 votes)

    #17 - 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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  18. Rita Season 2 Episode 4 - Team Player
    7.0/10(147 votes)

    #18 - 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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  19. Rita Season 2 Episode 5 - I Love You
    7.0/10(139 votes)

    #19 - 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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  20. Rita Season 2 Episode 6 - First Love
    7.0/10(140 votes)

    #20 - 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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  21. Rita Season 3 Episode 2 - The Basement
    7.0/10(135 votes)

    #21 - 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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  22. Rita Season 3 Episode 7 - The Leader
    7.0/10(119 votes)

    #22 - 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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  23. Rita Season 1 Episode 3 - The Anarchist
    7.2/10(201 votes)

    #23 - 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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  24. Rita Season 1 Episode 4 - The Whore
    7.2/10(191 votes)

    #24 - 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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  25. Rita Season 1 Episode 5 - The Protector
    7.2/10(178 votes)

    #25 - 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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Worst Episodes Summary

"Chaos" is the worst rated episode of "Rita". It scored 4.5/10 based on 118 votes. Directed by Lars Kaalund and written by Unknown, it aired on 7/20/2020. This episode scored 0.7 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Weeds".