Angela and Hodgins became one of my favorite TV couples from the moment we saw the first hints of flirtation between them on Bones. So when Michaela Conlin braved the rainy New York City streets last week to pop into the EW.com offices (sans entourage!), I was thrilled to ask her all the character-related questions that have been plaguing my little fan brain since we saw the pair’s surprise wedding. The best part? She didn’t look at me like I was crazy. In fact, she was totally willing to geek out right along with me and speak about her character with thoughtfulness and excitement. Read on for her take on the couple’s surprise nuptials and what the future holds for our match made in squinty heaven.

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Did you like how Hodgins and Angela’s wedding played out?
MICHAELA CONLIN: I did like how it played out. I was very surprised by it. I thought for the longest time it’d be Sweets and Daisy getting married. That was a big shocker. I think I heard rumblings of it only one or two episodes prior to getting the script. So it was kept pretty under wraps for a while, which is good. Normally, we have more of an idea of what may or may not happen. But that was a true surprise, which I liked. It was really fun to shoot. My father called and told me, ‘Why didn’t you tell me that you were going to get married?’ And I was like ‘Well, I wanted you to be surprised.’ There are very few real surprises left in life so I figured [shrugs]. I’m really excited about it and to see what they’re going to do with us next season. Angela isn’t really one to settle down. But I know Hart [Hanson, creator of Bones] has a lot in store for that challenge being that they’re so different. Hopefully Angela won’t feel like he’s a ball and chain. [Laughs] No, I’m just kidding. I think she’s always been just so in love with him. I think it’s going to be a fun season.

I don’t think she would have said ‘yes’ if she didn’t. She’s not the type.
No. I know. She’s had enough time to think about it.

Did you like the ceremony? Did you think it matched who they are as a couple?
Yea. That’s a good question. I hadn’t thought about that, but yea I do. I think underneath all the ex-husbands, ex-girlfriends, engagements, separations, they really just like being around each other and really get each other. I think that was enough for her.

Did you feel cheated at all because you didn’t get to wear a big wedding dress again?
No, I didn’t. Actually, I’m glad we did that because I already did that. She already walked down the aisle at the end of season 2. I was glad that we didn’t try to top that and make it something else. I was glad they did it the way that they did.

So what can we expect from them now?
I don’t think it will be too typical with them. I know that. I think it will be a challenge, definitely, but also happy…hopefully. [Laughs] But I do think it’s going to have its ups and downs. I know she loves him, but I don’t know. We’ll see how they fare. I have faith in them. I think they’re going to do fine.

Hart referred to Angela and Hodgins’ relationship as the show’s “steam valve” recently, the thing that releases a little bit of that tension created by the Bones/Booth relationship. Do you think it’s good to have something to satisfy the fans’ need for a happy ending?
I do. Hodgins and Angela have been together for a while now; I think it’s important for the series. I think it’s important to see a couple that’s functional and is really releasing some steam — if you want to put it that way. But I think the Brennan and Booth relationship had a big release in the 100th episode. I think they played that out well, showing the two of them being together prior to the series. So we’ll see what happens. But yes, I enjoy being the steam valve.

Do we find out in the last episode whether or not Brennan has told Angela about what happened in episode 100?
No. That’s a good question. We don’t address any of that…I think. Not that you’ve seen, I should say. From up to the point that you’ve seen, no. But they will. They will be soon. They tell each other everything. I think they always know what’s going on with the other. And I think Angela knows on some level, too.

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Could I get some Bones scoop please? — Chris
ADAM: Be on the lookout for Angela and Hodgins to run into a little trouble with the law. What lands them in handcuffs? “We were doing what we did on page 187 in public and unfortunately that got us [busted],” TJ Thyne jokes, referencing the mysterious sex act described in Bones’ new novel. In truth, it’s something much more innocent that gets them into trouble, but Michaela Conlin says time in jail will bring the couple much closer together.

I am still updating this website so it might be a few days until it is complete again, plus including new screen captures of all TV shows and movies that Michaela has appeared in, it is quite difficult to get hold of.

I have added a new category Talk shows and interviews which I am now currently screen captured.

269 Screen Captures Hollywood 411 – 8th Oct 2008

I’ve never been a fan of procedural dramas like “CSI” or “Law & Order.” But I’m completely hooked on Fox’s “Bones,” which moves next week from Wednesday night to the network’s prime Thursday lineup with a new episode at 8 p.m.

I’d like to say I’m drawn to the show because it’s different from the typical forensics-mystery formula thanks to solid character development and a heavy dash of dark humor.

What made me watch “Bones,” however, was a borderline unhealthy crush on lead actor David Boreanaz.I absolutely loved Boreanaz’s moody vampire character on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and its spinoff, “Angel.” I approached “Bones” warily, imagining it impossible to view the actor as anyone except a reanimated, but gorgeous, corpse. And since it was hard enough watching “Angel” with minimal appearances by Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar), could I adjust to a fully Buffy-less world?Happily, I did. From just the first few minutes of ever watching “Bones” last year, I learned Boreanaz is an incredibly versatile actor.

All traces of brooding Angel dissolve when he plays FBI agent Seeley Booth. The characters are as different as night and day (no pun intended). Plus, Booth, a sarcastic, sports-loving ex-Army Ranger is funny, likable, authentic and surprisingly sensitive. And, like George Clooney, Boreanaz uncannily gets better looking with age. Perhaps he is a forever-young vampire after all.The will-they-or-won’t-they chemistry between Boreanaz and co-star Emily Deschanel is electric.

Deschanel plays Dr. Temperance Brennan, or “Bones” as Boreanaz calls her. Brennan is a genius forensic anthropologist who works at a Smithsonian-esque “Jeffersonian Institute” in Washington, D.C. The socially clueless Brennan becomes partners with the self-assured everyman Booth when the FBI needs help identifying human remains that are too difficult for standard investigators.Most episodes feature self-contained plots, but there are season-long story arcs.

To appreciate the characters’ quirks, it’s best to watch them in order. Each show opens with discovered skeletal bits Brennan and Booth, along with the lab coats at the Jeffersonian, work to find the perpetrator.While the who-dun-it aspects are often compelling ? and thankfully, not always overly gory if you find decomposed body parts more palatable than blood and guts ? the best thing is the back-and-forth between Brennan and Booth. A crime-mystery writer on the side, Brennan is impossibly lonely and has trouble maintaining relationships due to her blunt, literal nature. (The series is very loosely based on the novel series by real-life forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs, who is a producer.)

Brennan is unconventionally beautiful with a square face, pale blue eyes and habit of dressing modestly. Her bookish ways are so pronounced it’s understandable why most men find her intimidating. Though she and Booth are both ambitious and competitive, he is the kind of guy who, when in danger, shoots first and asks questions later.Booth has little time for the technical jargon Brennan and colleagues toss about and little stomach for the dissections.

The relationship between the disparate characters is volatile at first, but over time, works as they bond ? and develop a solid track record of cracking crimes. It’s the age-old opposites-attract tension that brings Sam and Diane from “Cheers” to mind. So far, it works because the characters are so complicated and romantically dysfunctional, they have yet to get together. I’m rooting for a relationship, but worry it could ruin the dynamic.”Bones” premiered in 2005 and is now in its fourth season.

The rest of the characters from the Jeffersonian are fine, but I could take or leave Hodgins (T.J. Thyne) and Angela (Michaela Conlin). I do get a huge kick out of a newer addition, Dr. Lance Sweets (John Francis Daley), a Doogie Howser-ish psychologist who provides partners therapy to Booth and Brennan after something bad happens in the field.Their shared skepticism and initial disdain for psychoanalysis creates an affinity between Brennan and Booth, the latter of whom dismisses Sweets’ field as “Jedi mind tricks.” Sweets’ role as a comic foil ? and as an opportunity for interruption-free scenes with our lead characters ? is always a welcome digression from the skulls and dismembered limbs.Sometimes the plots are highly unbelievable, but Brennan and Booth’s dialogues and parts are so smartly written, it’s worth giving a shot if you haven’t already.