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Rita: Season 1

8 episodes Premiered Feb 9, 2012 Updated Jul 21, 2026
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Episodes

S1·E1

The Idealist

Feb 9, 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.

S1·E2

The Teacher

Feb 16, 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.

S1·E3

The Anarchist

Feb 23, 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.

S1·E4

The Whore

Mar 1, 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.

S1·E5

The Protector

Mar 8, 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.

S1·E6

The Hypocrite

Mar 15, 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.

S1·E7

The Princess

Mar 22, 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.

S1·E8

The Mother

Mar 29, 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.