Der Clown: Season 5
Season 5 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 4.
- 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 5 Progress Shield
The Trap
Apr 10, 2001 · 45 min
Max is ambushed while parking; ex-mistress Judith warns him of a hit ordered by underworld boss Manescu. Max escapes with her to a houseboat, but Claudia and Dobbs are attacked and
Invisible Enemy
Apr 17, 2001 · 45 min
The clown fights against a traitor in the ranks of the Armed Forces, who cooperates with arms pushers and betrays the latest weapons systems of the army.
60 Minutes
May 8, 2001 · 45 min
Sister Romana is targeted by poison-coated bullet; Max is hit too and must find a rare antidote within an hour to save both her and children during a riverboat festival. Claudia re
General Anesthesia
May 13, 2001 · 45 min
Undercover among homeless to investigate disappearances, Max wakes in a rundown clinic. He discovers illegal organ harvesting, including friend Äskulap. He alerts Claudia and Dobbs
Smoking Colts
May 29, 2001 · 45 min
Max and crew pursue Roy Roulette, who stole a radar-detecting microchip. In a shootout, Roy is killed, Shannon (cowgirl) escapes with the chip, but Bradley claims to be a Texas Ran
Sister Dear
Jun 5, 2001 · 45 min
Claudia's half-sister Chantal, a stripper, witnesses a politician murdering a prostitute and inadvertently records it. The politician orders a hit. Max must protect Chantal and exp