Schoolteacher Rita is a very outspoken, rebellious woman who is competent in the classroom but needs her own advisor when it comes to her personal life.
Cast:Mille Dinesen , Lise Baastrup , Nikolaj Groth , Carsten Bjørnlund , Ellen Hillingsø , Kristoffer Fabricius , Alexandre Willaume , Sara Hjort Ditlevsen , Morten Vang , Ole Dupont , Ferdinand Gomez Glad Bak , Lykke Sand , Rosa Sand Michelsen , Søren Bang Jensen , Carsten Norgaard , Elena Arndt-Jensen , Charlotte Munck , Ole Lemmeke
Rita is living in her daughters apartment, working at a burger bar. Molly has sent in a job application on behalf of Rita. It turns out that the job is at the school Rita went to as a teen.
Rita, who hates cooking, struggles to fill in as a home economics teacher. Hjørdis tries to help Allan overcome his fears about an upcoming field trip.
A bomb threat divide the teachers. Is there a real threat or is it all just a prank? Rita takes it easy as she is certain that it is just someone who is trying to avoid math. A mysterious gym bag appears in the school yard.
Lea invites Rita to join her family for dinner, echoing a day in 1985 when teenage Rita had dinner with Lea's parents and was called to Lea's rescue.
When one of Rita's first-graders doesn't want to take a turn bringing home "Sharebear," the class teddy-bear, she visits his home to find out why.
To try to save the school from closure, the staff organsie a fundraiser, including a play by Hjørdis' class with Allan in the lead role.
Bjarne can't bear to break the bad news to his staff and becomes self-destructive. The event in 1985 that led to Lea falling out with Rita is revealed.
When history starts to repeat itself, Rita retreats in self-defeat, until a loyal friend gives her the support she needs to figure out her future.