Plot Synopsis

Rita, a politically incorrect teacher, sees her life take an unexpected turn when the man who was her high school sweetheart comes back on the scene. In Season 2, Rita decides to commit to her relationship with Rasmus, hoping it will help her grow up and make her more "normal." Then, in the show's third season, Rita reports to a new boss, takes a destructive student under her wing and faces living alone. Hjordis must adjust when Uffe gets a job at the school. In Season 4, a new teaching job takes Rita back to her childhood hometown, where flashbacks to 1985 reveal her tumultuous personal and academic life as a teenager.
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RITA's fifth and final season had its U.S. premiere on Saturday, August 15, 2020 at 3:01am ET/12:01am PT, as Netflix released all eight episodes. The demands of running a school strain Hjordis's relationships with Rita and Uffe. An old flame re-enters Rita's life. A heartbroken Jeppe returns home.