Storyline
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Independent, outspoken and adored by her students, private school teacher Rita fares less well with adults.
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Episodes
Episode 1 · The Idealist
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.
Episode 2 · The Teacher
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.
Episode 3 · The Anarchist
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.
Episode 4 · The Whore
Rita finds porn on Jeppe's computer and fears he'll share what she knows firsthand is a destructive relationship to sex.
Episode 5 · The Protector
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.
Episode 6 · The Hypocrite
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.
Episode 7 · The Princess
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.
Episode 8 · The Mother
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.
