
The Idealist
Episode 1 • Feb 09, 2012
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.
Independent, outspoken and adored by her students, private school teacher Rita fares less well with adults.
40 episodes total
Status
Ended
First Aired
2012
Rating
7.5/10
84 votes • HD
Episodes
Episode 1 • Feb 09, 2012
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 • Feb 16, 2012
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 • Feb 23, 2012
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 • Mar 01, 2012
Rita finds porn on Jeppe's computer and fears he'll share what she knows firsthand is a destructive relationship to sex.
Episode 5 • Mar 08, 2012
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 • Mar 15, 2012
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 1 • Sep 11, 2013
A pregnant Rita faces a difficult decision: She can keep the baby but never reveal who the father is, or she can get an abortion.
Episode 2 • Sep 18, 2013
Rita and Rasmus move in together, and Rita tries her best to act like an adult -- until Rasmus puts a rose bed in her beloved wilderness of a garden.
Episode 3 • Sep 25, 2013
Rita "lends" her own grandchild to a pregnant girl in her class in an attempt to convince her to get an abortion, but the plan backfires.
Episode 4 • Oct 02, 2013
It's sports day, and Helle wants to protect the losers from having an upsetting experience -- but Rita takes up the struggle for the right to win.
Episode 5 • Oct 09, 2013
Another teacher is terrorizing Rita's student, and Rita has to take up the cause -- but it's not easy when the teacher uses bureaucracy as a weapon.
Episode 6 • Oct 16, 2013
A student in Rita's class falls hopelessly in love with her at the same time that her own first love, Tom, reappears in her life at a family baptism.
Episode 1 • Mar 16, 2015
Inspired by local politics, Rita holds an election in her class. Uffe gets a job at the school, but it sparks conflict with Hjordis.
Episode 2 • Mar 23, 2015
Helle hires a motivational coach for the students. Meanwhile Jeppe moves in with his boyfriend, and Rita struggles with living on her own.
Episode 3 • Mar 30, 2015
A problem student goes on a destructive rampage, Hjordis makes progress with her second graders, and a man from Rita's past shows up.
Episode 4 • Apr 06, 2015
To combat loneliness, Rita invites some students to her house. Meanwhile, Hjordis tries to spice up her sex life with Uffe.
Episode 5 • Apr 13, 2015
Rita's fourth graders come down with head lice, and she decides to delouse them herself. Meanwhile, Helle faces evaluation by her peers.
Episode 6 • Apr 20, 2015
Rita tries to keep the police in the dark when Hjordis decides on the perfect item to bury in a time capsule: marijuana.
Episode 1 • Aug 21, 2017
Rita has settled down in Molly's apartment and works in a burger bar, much to Molly's chagrin. When Molly, on behalf of Rita, sends a job application, Rita ends up with a job offer from her former primary school, which she reluctantly accepts. Hjørdis, out of concern for Rita, applies for a job at the same school, so she can be there for her.
Episode 2 • Aug 28, 2017
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.
Episode 3 • Sep 04, 2017
A bomb threat scares the whole school — except Rita. Hjørdis worries that her and Uffe's strange hobbies will hurt their son socially when he's older.
Episode 4 • Sep 18, 2017
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.
Episode 5 • Sep 19, 2017
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.
Episode 6 • Sep 20, 2017
To try to save the school from closure, the staff organizes a fundraiser, including a play by Hjørdis' class with Allan in the lead role.
Episode 1 • Jun 01, 2020
A young Holocaust denier creates a scare at Hjordis and Rita's school. Helle asks Rita to help Rasmus accept a hard truth. Uffe meets a kindred spirit.
Episode 2 • Jun 08, 2020
Rita tries to stop a shy student's parents from uprooting him to move to Greenland. Rasmus meets someone on Tinder. Hjørdis helps a student face a fear.
Episode 3 • Jun 15, 2020
During a field trip to Sweden, Rita rubs the local townsfolk the wrong way. Niels brings Jeppe back to Denmark, where Rasmus and Uffe help the two bond.
Episode 4 • Jun 22, 2020
When an odd new student suddenly pops up in class, Rita gets a moneymaking idea. Jeppe goes on a Tinder date. Attraction grows between Rasmus and Rita.
Episode 5 • Jun 29, 2020
Uffe tries to avoid Pil. Rita worries that one of her night-class students might be a victim of domestic abuse. Jeppe learns Ole is still in the closet.
Episode 6 • Jul 06, 2020
Jeppe's ex unexpectedly returns. Hjørdis helps a student whose parents use her as a go-between. Rita's friendship with Gerd becomes a problem in class.
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