ある老人を探して欲しいとの依頼を受けた雄次と耕作。ところが、せっかく老人ホームで発見したその老人・波多野は心臓発作を起こして死んでしまう。やがて、彼の孫と名乗る女、律子が登場。どうやら彼女の目的は10年前、波多野が銀行から強奪した5000万円なのだが……。

ある老人を探して欲しいとの依頼を受けた雄次と耕作。ところが、せっかく老人ホームで発見したその老人・波多野は心臓発作を起こして死んでしまう。やがて、彼の孫と名乗る女、律子が登場。どうやら彼女の目的は10年前、波多野が銀行から強奪した5000万円なのだが……。

便利屋稼業でせち辛いこの世をしのぐ藤田雄次と吉行耕作。依頼されるのはヤバイ仕事ばかりで、二人の行く所、必ずトラブルが付きまとう。ある日、雄次はヤクザに殴られ、倒れ込んだ幼稚園で、保母の涼子に一目惚れ。彼女が窮状にあることを知って力になろうとするが、またもトラブルの連続、あげくの果てにヤクザの麻薬取引に巻き込まれてしまう。小粋なセリフとテンポのよい展開、ハードボイルドより軽妙洒脱な“ハーフボイルド・シネマ“をうたう痛快活劇。

Jo Jo is an Edinburgh Goodfella with a sharp mind and a cavalier attitude to law. In the bleak, edgy climate of the 1980's Jo Jo is seen by many on the estate as a hero; out-manoeuvring the police while supporting his close-knit family. What is it that draws the charming and confident Jo Jo to Lorraine, a vulnerable woman obsessed by Marilyn Monroe? What figure from his past is fuelling his fantasies and driving him towards darker crimes and the quicksand of heroin? Can Jo Jo look after himself when he doesn't know who he is?

Jo Jo is an Edinburgh Goodfella with a sharp mind and a cavalier attitude to law. In the bleak, edgy climate of the 1980's Jo Jo is seen by many on the estate as a hero; out-manoeuvring the police while supporting his close-knit family. What is it that draws the charming and confident Jo Jo to Lorraine, a vulnerable woman obsessed by Marilyn Monroe? What figure from his past is fuelling his fantasies and driving him towards darker crimes and the quicksand of heroin? Can Jo Jo look after himself when he doesn't know who he is?

Jo has problems attempting to keep her daughter's sporting career on track despite her growing independence as a woman.

Jo is an English-language French police procedural television series created by Canadian/USA screenwriter René Balcer of Law & Order fame with French writing team Franck Ollivier & Malina Detcheva, known for the mini-series Lost Signs. It is co-produced by the French Atlantique Productions and the Belgian Stromboli Pictures companies in association with broadcast partners TF1, RTBF, Sat.1, ORF and RTS.

Lucky Jo and his three friends are little criminals, who try to live from small burglaries. But they never have luck - ever so often something inpredictable happens to Jo and gets one of them arrested. While Jo is in prison once again, they decide they'd better do without him in future. He decides to help them secretly...and unfortunately.

Jo lives in the shadow of his older brother. Amidst a world of delinquency, they become interested in illegal car racing. One night they participate in of them, never reaching the finish line. Jo will become Jonathan.