Rita reluctantly takes a new job at the school she attended as a teen in her hometown, where she runs into an old classmate who is less than welcoming.

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 scares the whole school - except Rita. Hjørdis worries that her and Uffe's strange hobbies will hurt their son socially when he's older.