<P> Angela contemplates leaving the Jeffersonian at one point, under the assumption that her work does not contribute to cases in a meaningful way . She was also unsure of her ability to handle the graphic violence she was exposed to regularly at the lab . However, Dr. Goodman, the director of the Jeffersonian, spoke of the vital importance of her work in adding an element of humanity to the victims, returning their identity . This line of reasoning persuades her to remain at the lab . </P> <P> Season 1 Episode 17, "The Skull in the Desert", reveals that, for "three weeks out of the year, Angela has a boyfriend and a vacation ." Angela's first revealed steady boyfriend, Kirk, is a "pseudo-famous photographer" who lives in the desert of New Mexico . Their five - year relationship ends abruptly when Kirk goes off into the desert with his Indian guide and never returns . Angela is prompted to call Temperance for help when a skull is left on the porch of the local sheriff . Dr. Brennan is able to identify that the skull does belong to Kirk and the premise of the episode is discovering what happened to him out in the desert . According to Angela, he was the guy to whom she compared all other guys . </P> <P> Angela and Hodgins met when Angela was brought on to work at the Jeffersonian by Brennan . While initially on good terms, they grew closer throughout season one . At the beginning of season two, Hodgins became obviously interested in her, and pursued her more openly . After a few episodes of palpable sexual tension, Hodgins finally asked Angela on a date in the episode "The Girl with the Curl". While their date was quite successful, Angela broke it off fearing repercussions if things went badly . Later, after Hodgins was rescued from being buried alive, they kissed, and at the end of the episode they went home together . Angela later asked Hodgins if she could sleep at his place one night after being spooked by restored video footage, and soon they were openly involved . After refusing Hodgins' marriage proposal twice, she proposed to him . Their wedding was cut short in the season two finale when it was revealed that Angela was technically married to a man from Fiji, Grayson Barasa . Their relationship ended after a lengthy search for her husband, and issues regarding Jack's trust of Angela . </P> <P> Throughout seasons four and five, the two struggled with their relationship, eventually appearing to form a close, albeit awkward, friendship . After Hodgins declared he would support her during a pregnancy scare while she was dating Wendell Bray, their romantic tension was rekindled . While collecting evidence together for a murder investigation in Maryland, they were pulled over for a moving violation and subsequently jailed for a variety of minor infractions by a local sheriff . Their time spent together led them to re-examine their relationship, and why they broke up . When a judge arrived to post their bail, they were finally married in a civil ceremony with the sheriff as witness . They announced their marriage to their colleagues soon after . At the end of season five, they were planning to spend a year in Paris while Brennan and Booth were away, as neither of them wanted "to break in a new forensic anthropologist and FBI liaison ." </P>

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