The BEST episodes of The Clown

Every episode of The Clown ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Clown!

Member of the World Intelligence Police Agency in the United States, Max Zander returns to Germany, his native country, to dismantle a particularly powerful mafia network. Unfortunately, Leo, his lifelong friend, is murdered during the investigation. Devastated, Max no longer believes in Justice. He decides to die too and to be reborn in the skin of the Clown, in order to restore Law and Justice. Max Zander is the Clown!

Last Updated: 2/23/2025Network: RTL TelevisionStatus: Ended

9.00

1 votes

#1 - The Duel

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/2/1998

The real estate shark Börner has already managed to acquire a large part of an apartment block in an attractive location. Only the bar owner Martina Sanchez remains stubborn. Then one of her employees is run over. Was it an accident or a murder?

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8.00

1 votes

#2 - Dirty Business

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/9/1999

The Clown and his friends are drawn into some disputes over mining rights for an African copper mine. Max and his friends invade the country's embassy to recover important documents.

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5.33

3 votes

#3 - In the Lion's Den

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/5/2000

Max is up against a casino owner and his cronies who are planning to rob a train carrying federal banknotes. To keep the police off his back, the casino owner kidnaps the young daughter of an operations manager.

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4.50

2 votes

#4 - Chase

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/17/2000

Police officers Nicola and Sven have discovered that Robert Brock, the head of the LKA, is reselling confiscated weapons. To get certainty, they observe him making a deal, but are discovered in the process.

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4.50

2 votes

#5 - Jail

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/24/2000

Max ends up in jail for the double murder of Claudia and Dobbs. There he is supposed to make contact with the felon Michalski, who threatens a terrorist attack on ten of the most important international business leaders.

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4.00

2 votes

#6 - Protection Money

Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/6/2001

The mafia boss Di Peena controls the protection racket in a business district. Owners who refuse to pay are intimidated by his men. By chance, Max and Dobbs witness a money collection.

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2.00

1 votes

#7 - Kölsch Connection - Part 2

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/14/2000

Claudia manages to gain access to El Cordon's fortress-like estate, where Karl Schall is hiding. When Claudia's cover is blown, Max and Dobbs are forced into a breakneck rescue operation.

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2.00

1 votes

#8 - Smoking Guns

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/29/2001

Max and his crew are supposed to find Roy Roulette, who stole a special microchip. They get into a shootout with the cowgirl Shannon and a certain Bradley Brown. In the process, Roy Roulette is killed. Now, where is the chip?

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2.00

1 votes

#9 - The Jester

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/2/1999

Dobbs inherits a functioning time machine. By an unfortunate coincidence, Max and Claudia end up in the Middle Ages at the castle of the Marquis of Mendoza. The tyrant is enchanted by Claudia and is determined to make her his wife.

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2.00

1 votes

#10 - The Trap

Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/10/2001

As Max is about to park in front of his front door, an attractive woman yanks open his car door and demands that he flee because his life is in acute danger. Shortly afterwards, the clown is shot from a moving van.

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2.00

1 votes

#11 - Invisible Enemy

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/17/2001

The Clown fights against a traitor in the ranks of the Armed Forces who is cooperating with arms pushers and betrays the latest weapons systems of the army.

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2.00

1 votes

#12 - General Anesthetic

Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/15/2001

In order to solve the disappearance of some non-sedentary, Max has joined a group of homeless people undercover. He is attacked and wakes up in a shabby clinic. There he makes a terrible discovery.

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2.00

2 votes

#13 - Sister Heart

Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/5/2001

Claudia's half-sister Chantal, a stripper, accidentally gets hold of a videotape showing politician Klaus Schreiber beating a prostitute to death. Schreiber then calls in a hit-man.

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2.00

2 votes

#14 - Silent Death

Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/11/2001

By a lucky coincidence, Dobbs gets off a public bus before a poison gas attack kills all the passengers. Unfortunately, the police now suspect Dobbs of the perpetration. He flees and asks Max and Claudia for help.

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2.00

1 votes

#15 - Amnesia

Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/20/2001

The dubious meat wholesaler Winkelmann is suspected of smuggling drugs. Winkelmann's former secretary agrees to testify against her ex-boss in court. A witness protection program is supposed to protect her from attacks.

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2.00

1 votes

#16 - Die Hard

Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/4/2001

A truck speeds through the streets of Cologne and drives into the sold-out Kölnarena. Shortly after the crash, an anonymous caller contacts the police chief and demands the release of imprisoned war criminal Mirko Drusic.

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2.00

2 votes

#17 - Under Suspicion

Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/11/2001

Claudia receives information from a bodyguard about a corruption scandal involving a high-ranking politician. When she comes home, the bodyguard is lying dead in her bed. Claudia asks Max for help.

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2.00

1 votes

#18 - Vulture

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/31/2000

A journalist has sneaked into a refugee organization to prove that its president, Steinmann, is pocketing donations. Eventually, she manages to copy evidence from Steinmann's computer.

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2.00

1 votes

#19 - Kölsch Connection - Part 1

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/7/2000

Chief Inspector Führmann blackmails the Clown and forces, Max and Dobbs, to travel to Colombia to arrest the wanted criminal Karl Schall. He has barricaded himself in the luxury mansion of his friend El Cordon.

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2.00

1 votes

#20 - Harlequin

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/19/1998

A man in a harlequin mask murders people from the red light milieu. The press and the BKA naturally suspect the clown. In order to prove Max's innocence and unmask the unknown kicker, Claudia takes a big risk.

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2.00

1 votes

#21 - Yakuza

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/22/1998

Max gets caught up in the fight between two Japanese mafia bosses, which has been going on since the end of the Second World War, and loses his heart to Akiko, the granddaughter of the gangster Kogeshai. But their happiness is short-lived.

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2.00

1 votes

#22 - The Lindenberg Baby

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/29/1998

The entrepreneur Lindenberg has stipulated in his will that the first of his twin sons to become a father will receive the inheritance. This would give Michael an advantage over his brother Axel. But Axel develops a perfidious plan.

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2.00

1 votes

#23 - End of a Working Day

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/16/1999

Max avenges the death of his friend Ludowski, who left him a new identity as his last gift. Actually, the Clown and his friends can now live in peace, but unfortunately, someone puts a spoke in their wheel.

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2.00

1 votes

#24 - Happy Holidays - Part 1

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/23/1999

The Shadow Men's first assignment takes the friends to Portugal. They are to prevent a nuclear weapons deal. The Portuguese drug lord Juan Alvarado wants to buy nuclear grenades from deserted Ukrainian soldiers.

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2.00

1 votes

#25 - Happy Holidays - Part 2

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/30/1999

In order to take over the business himself, ex-policeman Hartmann kills drug dealer Alvardo and takes Claudia into his power. He only wants to release her if Max agrees to a meeting. Max agrees to a meeting.

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