<Tr> <Td_colspan="13"> Part 1 (1977) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> "Where There Is Ruin, There Is Hope for a Treasure" </Td> <Td> Baz Luhrmann </Td> <Td> Story by: Baz Luhrmann & Stephen Adly Guirgis Teleplay by: Baz Luhrmann & Stephen Adly Guirgis & Seth Zvi Rosenfeld </Td> <Td> August 12, 2016 (2016 - 08 - 12) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="5"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This episode's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed . Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise . (May 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> In the Bronx in 1977, Zeke is a teenage high school student in love with his friend Mylene . Mylene wishes to escape the Bronx and become a singer, so she and her friends attempt to impress a DJ that night at the Les Inferno club . Hoping to make his own impression on Mylene, Zeke obtains a rare record of her favorite song . However, a popular graffiti artist by the name of Shaolin Fantastic is instructed to acquire the same record by Grandmaster Flash, another DJ who has promised to mentor him if he can procure the record . After a chase Zeke ends up with the record, but then struggles to gain access to the club; Mylene, already inside, attracts the attention of Cadillac, a gangster and son of the club's owner, who asks Mylene to dance with him during the dance - off . When Shao sees Zeke outside the club, the two discuss why they both need the record . Impressed by Zeke's wordsmithing, Shao agrees to get Zeke into the club with the condition that Shao gets the record by the end of the night . As Zeke and Mylene dance and kiss, a gang shootout breaks out inside the club, killing the DJ and several others; Zeke, Mylene, and her friends barely escape . Zeke confesses his love for Mylene as he brings her home, but despite her feelings for him, she believes his reluctance to fulfill his life will stop her from leaving the Bronx if they were to fall in love . Zeke then hands over the record to Shao, who explains that he needs it for a DJing technique called "the get down". Shao takes the record with Zeke and his friends to a local club and gives it to Grandmaster Flash, who uses it to create a consistent, never - ending beat with a second record that's never been done before . Shao and Zeke then impress the entire club with Shao's dancing and Zeke's freestyle rapping abilities . Meanwhile, Mylene has run away after being beaten by her father; she goes to stay with her uncle, Papa Fuerte, a political figure hoping to improve the neighborhoods . At Shao's home, Zeke and Shao discuss their future, the two hoping to team up and use their music to take the city by storm . </Td> </Tr> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This episode's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed . Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise . (May 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table>

Who is the get down based off of