Jo

Jo

2013
Jo
Jo

Jo

6.5 | en | Crime

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.

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Seasons & Episodes

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EP8  The Catacombes
Mar. 07,2013
The Catacombes

A young geneticist was stabbed in the Paris Catacombs, a Satanist symbol etched on her back. Jo is convinced that this is a crime of passion. But the case takes an unexpected turn when the team discovers that the victim was conducting experiments with plague bacteria recovered from skeletons of the catacombs. The trail leads to a mysterious woman who could well be a serial killer on the run. She seems to already have chosen her next victims: the family of a prominent politician. The killer turns out to be Nicole Wallace (played by Olivia d'Abo), the one-time nemesis of Det. Robert Goren in the series Law & Order: Criminal Intent (also created by René Balcer).

EP7  The Opera
Feb. 28,2013
The Opera

Leaving the Palais Garnier where he had just dropped off his daughter for her dance class, Raymond Sittler is assaulted on the steps of the Opera. A few seconds later, he starts convulsing, collapses on the porch and dies. Initially suspected, his mistress is also murdered at the Barbès-Rochechouart station, through poison. The investigation leads Jo to the prestigious Sorbonne University and to the door of a troubled student and his ambitious girlfriend.

EP6  Le Marais
Feb. 21,2013
Le Marais

Marie-Eve Lambert, a young gallerist, is found lying on the Place des Vosges, killed by a violent blow to the head. Believing at first in a crime of passion, Jo discovers a mysterious message in the victim's hand which leads him to the Archives Nationales, where Marie-Eve was doing research on women in the French Resistance deported to Auschwitz.

EP5  Place Vendôme
Feb. 14,2013
Place Vendôme

In a parking lot on Place Vendôme, firefighters uncover the charred body of Philip Roquin, an accountant for one of the square's many jewelry stores. His wife admits that he was kidnapped and that a ransom was requested. The investigation leads Jo Saint-Clair to a prison where a woman called Lisette was incarcerated.

EP4  Invalides
Feb. 07,2013
Invalides

Charlotte, a 35-year-old Mirage pilot, is found dead in front of Les Invalides, wearing a ring stolen a year earlier during the murder of a family in the south of France. Her lover, a mysterious mechanic, is quickly suspected, but while unearthing the details of that forgotten crime, Jo discovers a conspiracy.

EP3  Place de la Concorde
Jan. 31,2013
Place de la Concorde

Mountaineer Bernard Lang's body is discovered with a broken neck in climbing gear at the foot of the Luxor Obelisk in the Place de la Concorde. Fascinated by the obelisk and its history, Jo knows that the monument is also a great vantage point of the surrounding area, including the suites at the Hôtel de Crillon. And in one of them, that evening, a well-bred young woman (Miranda Raison) was cheating on her husband.

EP2  Pigalle
Jan. 24,2013
Pigalle

During a Fashion Week show, a 38-year-old former model is hurled off the Eiffel Tower. Her lover's wife is initially suspected, but Jo then follows a trail back to 22-year-old Jasmine, a showgirl in Quartier Pigalle and the dead supermodel's abandoned illegitimate daughter.

EP1  Notre Dame
Jan. 17,2013
Notre Dame

The lifeless body of famous organist Johan Van Vliet is found at the foot of the "Portal of the Last Judgement" of Notre-Dame. His eardrums were pierced and his face set towards the statue of the angel who plays the trumpet to sound the waking of the dead. An outstanding musician, Van Vliet was also an egocentric man known to be a womanizer. In making the victim symbolically deaf to the call of the angel, the killer seems to have wanted to prevent the victim from receiving divine mercy.

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6.5 | en | Crime , Action & Adventure | More Info
Released: 2013-01-17 | Released Producted By: RTBF , Sat.1 Country: France Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:
Synopsis

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.

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Cast

Jean Reno , Jill Hennessy , Tom Austen

Director

Jean-Max Bernard

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jdonalds-5 This series kept my mind puzzled, not because of the mystery or detective work, but rather that it was 100% Paris but I don't think I heard a single word of French through the entire season. It really makes me wonder what the decision was behind this project. Who was the target audience?The reason it only lasted one season is because I think the story lines are weak and a bit dull. The actors and acting was fine. Detective series are favorites of my wife and me. It was interesting seeing Jill Hennessy from Crossing Jordan in this series.I lived in Paris for three years almost 40 years ago. I was excited to see familiar sights, and to learn of a few places in the city I didn't visit.
djaznh The first episode seemed endless, but never fear, because the rest of the series is a swan dive into eternal pithy script and horrible acting by most of the other players. Jean Reno is the only French accent in Paris these days, it seems. Granted, Reno could have stayed home and phoned his part in for all the color the rest of the cast contribute. Overall, a disappointing effort. Even Jean Reno can only do so much.
Jochen Wilhelm I'm German, I live in Paris, with my American wife. So here comes my absolutely neutral critique : Who cares about American or British or French accent. Stiff British wouldn't make it more authentic than sloppy American. Trying to steer the show towards the International is anyway not something to hold against it. Its weak points come rather from a sometimes tepid script, foreseeable dialogs and relations. It's obvious that the producers try to be reeeaaally careful and hold on to a crime series concept that has proved entertaining so often. Unfortunately, maybe too many times. An a bit more daring approach would help the show. But it's not soooo horribly bad. Instead of canceling it, the producers should improve it - the potential is / was there.
Dylan 68 I am not really sure where to start with this. Well, actually, I know exactly where to start, at the point where you know it simply will not work. And that point would be the start of the show, the first scene, you really need not go any further.And the start has the cast at the front of Notre Dame in Paris, a body lying on the ground. I good starting few seconds, nice view. At this point the cast then open their mouths. This is pretty much as far as you need to go, as all the actors then start speaking in American accents, with the exception of Jo, who speaks English (or maybe American, who knows these days) in a French accent. I have no idea what the production team was thinking with this, but just let me think about it a little longer............. a little more....... nope, no idea.I don't really want to dull your senses any further with a plot as I just not sure I see the point! Why not 1 star? Well, they cast Jean Reno in it, which was in the right ball park, but just the wrong language. Maybe they should have learnt a lesson by watching him in 22 Bullets, which was very watchable with subtitles.We can read and watch at the same time, and I am sure there are other French actors out there, give them a chance please. Bonne journée.....