Masterpiece Theater

Needy brother, flaky friend, shitty job.

Laurel didn't have a lot going for her, but she didn't have a reason to try for anything else. Sure, it wasn't much of a life, but it was better than the one she had in Chicago.

Meeting Synyster Gates wasn't part of the plan. She didn't have time for a relationship. She didn't have time for herself.

But she kept going back.

You couldn't fight electricity.

Brian "Synyster Gates" Haner couldn't get enough of Laurel. There was just something about her that kept gnawing at him. The still-there feeling of a static electric shock. He wanted to know her and he wanted to be with her. He was bound and determined to make things work, regardless of the obstacles that kept popping up.

If the rest of his friends could make a stable relationship work, why couldn't he?

He just had to prove to her he was worth choosing.
He had to prove that stepping out of the box wasn't a guaranteed electrocution.