Overview
Independent, outspoken and adored by her students, private school teacher Rita fares less well with adults.
Episodes
S01E01 The Idealist
February 9, 2012 7.6 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.
S01E02 The Teacher
February 16, 2012 7.7 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.
S01E03 The Anarchist
February 23, 2012 7.2 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.
S01E04 The Whore
March 1, 2012 7.2 38 min
Rita finds porn on Jeppe's computer and fears he'll share what she knows firsthand is a destructive relationship to sex.
S01E05 The Protector
March 8, 2012 7.2 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.
S01E06 The Hypocrite
March 15, 2012 7.0 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.
S01E07 The Princess
March 22, 2012 7.2 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.
S01E08 The Mother
March 29, 2012 7.3 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.