Der Clown: Season 2
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Der Clown Season 1.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
Deadly Encounters
Sep 8, 1998
The wife and daughter of wealthy industrialist Steinrich are kidnapped. Max discovers a Chinese officer, Kang‑Sheng, is behind it—seeking to sabotage Steinrich’s lucrative contract
Free Fall
Sep 15, 1998
Three professional parachutists attempt to rob an armored truck by crashing it from a bridge and escaping by parachute. The plan fails, resulting in prison and new criminal venture
Yakuza
Sep 22, 1998
Max intervenes to protect Akiko, the granddaughter of a Japanese mafia boss, from an assassination plot by rival Nakamichi. He infiltrates as her bodyguard, they fall in love, but
The Lindenberg Baby
Sep 29, 1998
Shady entrepreneur Lindenberg is murdered by his ruthless twin brother, Axel, in a bid to claim their father's substantial inheritance. But the will stipulates that the first son t
Under Pressure – Part 1
Oct 6, 1998
Max loses a bet and is forced to attend an opera ball with Claudia. Meanwhile, gangster Kott and his crew rob a bank near a TV tower; Max tracks suspicious figures inside the tower
Under Pressure – Part 2
Oct 13, 1998
After thwarting the gang’s escape twice with help from Grandpa Kurz, Kott attempts to flee via sewage. A SWAT team enters the tower; amid a firefight Max saves officers. Kott threa
Crash
Oct 20, 1998
A politician dies in a suspicious helicopter crash that also injures Dobbs, leaving him in a wheelchair. The team uncovers sabotage by industrialist Hennermann, who had motives to
Angel of Death
Oct 27, 1998
Vana, a Yugoslav sniper hired to kill prosecutor Reuter, hesitates upon seeing his daughter. Hired by criminal Nakic, she becomes a target and warns Dobbs, enabling Max to foil ano