Die Cleveren (1998)

Name: Die Cleveren
Genre: Crime
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Hans-Werner Meyer, Barbara Magdalena Ahren, Astrid M. Fünderich

Crime

Die Cleveren is a German television series that was produced from 1998 to 2003 on RTL. It is about a nation wide special unit of the German Bundeskriminalamt, dealing with serial offenders. The main characters are the profiler Dr. Dominik Born and a policewoman of the BKA, who co-ordinates the necessary steps to be taken by the local police authorities.

IMDb rating: 7.6 (118 votes)
Episode average: 7.8 +0.2 vs IMDb
Seasons: 6
Language: DE
Type: TV series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1998)

7.73 avg 7 episodes 7.3 → 8.2 90 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Du stirbst, wie ich es will!	7.3	12
2	Der Polizeifan	7.2	8
4	Schach der Dame	8.2	9
5	Die Ikone	7.6	7
6	Das Mörderkind	8.0	10
8	Gier	7.6	6
9	Die Schneekönigin	8.2	8

Season 2 (2000)

8.28 avg 8 episodes 8.0 → 8.3

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Das Spukhaus	8.0	6
2	Der Rosenkavalier	7.8	7
3	Der Fetischist	9.2	8
4	Die Jagd	8.1	8
5	Killer im Netz	8.3	7
6	Der Lebensretter	8.7	7
7	Spiegelbilder	7.8	7
8	Das letzte Kapitel	8.3	7

Season 3 (2001)

7.91 avg 8 episodes 8.2 → 8.3

Rollercoaster

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Jungfrauenschnaps	8.2	6
2	Die Abrechnung	9.1	11
3	Der Todesengel	8.0	7
4	Der Vampir	6.3	6
5	Phönix aus der Asche	7.1	8
6	Stuttgart Rot	8.3	7
7	Der Messias	8.0	8
8	Sorgen einer Mutter	8.3	8

Season 4 (2002)

7.85 avg 8 episodes 7.2 → 7.6

Mid-peak

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Arzt und Dämon	7.2	9
2	Im Namen der Liebe	7.5	9
3	Der Neurotiker	8.0	9
4	Zwillinge	7.7	8
5	Die Göttin: Teil 1	8.6	11
6	Die Göttin: Teil 2	8.2	10
7	Gespräch mit einem Toten	8.0	9
8	Reine Welt	7.6	10

Season 5 (2003)

7.61 avg 8 episodes 8.3 → 6.9

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Blutsbande	8.3	11
2	Engelchen flieg	8.8	10
3	Todesspiel	7.2	6
4	Born und die Frauen	8.0	10
5	Herbstkinder	7.2	8
6	Alle meine Lieben	7.9	7
7	Blut und Wasser: Teil 1	6.6	8
8	Blut und Wasser: Teil 2	6.9	8

Season 6 (2006)

7.59 avg 8 episodes 9.0 → 4.8

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Auf der Flucht	9.0	12
2	Killer im Kopf	8.7	11
3	Der Kannibale	7.4	10
4	Das Geheimnis der Wölfe	7.1	9
5	Kinder (Teil 1)	7.8	10
6	Kinder (Teil 2)	8.0	12
7	Die Cellistin	7.9	9
8	Der Todeskuss	4.8	9

Die Cleveren (1998)

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