Season 3

01 Dirty Business Episode 19th September 1999 Government of African state Cananga negotiates mining rights with German firm. Civil rights activist Mukele holds old documents proving tribal ownership. When murder attempts fail, Max breaks into embassy, recovers the documents, and rescues Ludowski from antagonist Jerome (a hired thug) 02 After Work Episode 216th September 1999 Thug Jerome survives past events, kills Ludowski. The Clown avenges him and fakes new identity as Max Hecker. Dobbs is briefly arrested, then released. Mysterious “Shadow Men” threaten Max, Claudia, and Dobbs unless they comply with their orders . 03 Lovely Holidays – Part 1 Episode 323rd September 1999 Sent to Portugal by “Shadow Men” to prevent atomic weapon deal: drug lord Alvarado aims to purchase portable nukes from deserters. Max must retrieve them—and meets ex-colleague Hartmann, now Alvarado’s right-hand man . 04 Lovely Holidays – Part 2 Episode 430th September 1999 In Portugal, Hartmann finalises Alvarado’s deal. Max and Dobbs disrupt the exchange, chasing the fugitives into the mountains, culminating in a tight standoff . 05 Mayday Episode 57th October 1999 On a Zurich-bound flight with Claudia aboard, Max receives a call that ex-comrades plan to hijack the plane and free witness Lenz mid-air. Despite interference, Claudia and a novice pilot land the plane after chaos ensues . 06 Handyman Episode 614th October 1999 Max and team must stop a saboteur, Smuts, before he accesses a new satellite and controls critical systems. He rigs explosives to erase evidence. The Clown fights a race against time to neutralize him . 07 Flash Episode 721st October 1999 Former NVA officer Jürgen Kress, brainwashed to sabotage with codewords, survives a camp accident and executes his plan on Cologne’s Hohenzollern Bridge (“Mouse Trap”). Max uncovers a second plot targeting a dam under the code “Castor” . 08 The Pied Piper Episode 84th November 1999 Claudia and Dobbs witness a cunning pickpocket incident. The boy, Ion, is chased by a car and saved by them. He leads Max and team to ringleader Hausschild’s gang of child thieves. Max is captured and locked in a flooded sewer but is rescued by Claudia before drowning. They continue tracking the gang via a hidden tracker 09 Happy Birthday Episode 911th November 1999 Lazlo Puskas hides a suitcase containing incriminating evidence against drug-dealer Elias Hollbeck. Lazlo turns himself in, but Hollbeck’s men plan to kill him in police custody. Max must extract Lazlo from lock-up before the hit is carried out 10 The Prodigy Episode 1018th November 1999 The team is to rescue a highly gifted boy from the clutches of Dr. Werner Gräfe, who wants to use his abilities for terrorist purposes. Max is able to get the boy out of Gräfe's "institute", but in the process Dobbs is captured. 11 Vatertag Episode 1125th November 1999 Dobbs reports a UFO encounter, dismissed by the team. Meanwhile, oil executive Dr. Gottwald plants explosives in his company’s refinery. The factory explodes. The Shadow Men claim Gottwald couldn’t be guilty. Dobbs alleges alien saboteurs are behind it, noting a missing general and suspicious black-clad figures dumping a body 12 The Court Jester Episode 122nd December 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.