Part 1

The year is 1928, the era of Prohibition, the height of the Roaring 20s. Hope Mikaelson has been sent to live with family friend Uncle Ric Saltzman after being caught out drinking with a beau. Upon arrival, she is given the 'temperance treatment', until she quickly finds herself beneath Alaric's appliance store at a speakeasy called The Ice Box. There she meets all kinds of strange and interesting people, including the lounge speaker and Alaric's daughter, Josie.