Season 1
6 episodes
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A troubled mother battles her past, navigating domestic skills and emotional turmoil to reclaim her daughter’s future.
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Hekla joins a Housekeeping school in Reykjavík. Despite her age difference with other students, she quickly finds herself at odds with Guðrún, the school's headmistress, and is troubled by haunting reminders from her past.
Snædís witnesses Hekla assaulting her former boyfriend, and Hekla implores her to remain silent about it. Meanwhile, the theft of silverware from the school puts Hekla in the spotlight as the main suspect.
Life at school starts to look up for Hekla, and her living situation becomes more comfortable. Yet, an accusation of physical assault by Gústi, her daughter's father, obstructs her from spending time with her daughter.
After completing her therapy and with Gústi withdrawing his allegations, Hekla joyfully reunites with her daughter for the first time, keeping their happiness a secret.
To maintain her visitation rights with her daughter, Hekla agrees to end her relationship with Gúst. She soon gets an opportunity for unsupervised time with her daughter, but doubts her ability to manage it.
After being in and out of rehab since she was a teenager, Hekla enrolls in The School of Housewives in order to get her daughter back from foster care. But is learning to knit, bake and clean going to make her a fit mother.