About this season
Independent, outspoken and adored by her students, private school teacher Rita fares less well with adults.
Episodes (8)
1. The Idealist
6.8Aired 9 February 2012 • 42 min
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.
2. The Teacher
7.7Aired 16 February 2012 • 38 min
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.
3. The Anarchist
7.2Aired 23 February 2012 • 40 min
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.
4. The Whore
7.2Aired 1 March 2012 • 38 min
Rita finds porn on Jeppe's computer and fears he'll share what she knows firsthand is a destructive relationship to sex.
5. The Protector
7.2Aired 8 March 2012 • 41 min
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.
6. The Hypocrite
7.0Aired 15 March 2012 • 37 min
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.
7. The Princess
7.2Aired 22 March 2012 • 38 min
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.
8. The Mother
5.8Aired 29 March 2012 • 37 min
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.