Ria and Eli Get Awkwardly Romantic on 'Lie to Me' (VIDEO)

Office romances! They're always a bad idea. But thank God, no office-related fooling around takes place on 'Lie to Me' (Mon., 9PM ET on Fox). What a relief.

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Thus far, Ria (Monica Raymund) and Eli (Brendan Hines) have wisely refrained from engaging in a workplace romance. This shows considerable restraint on their part: especially since Eli has been flirting with Ria since their first meeting, some three seasons ago. On tonight's episode, the pair still avoid fooling around in the office ... they just wait until they're drunk in a bar after work. And then they start passionately -- and randomly -- making out. See, that totally solves the problem. No worries!

Of course, it doesn't solve the problem at all -- since the fatal flaw of this plan is that the new lovers still have to work together. And sure enough, as soon as they get to the office the next morning, Ria and Eli have a horrible awkward interaction the break-room. They're both trying to deal with the fact that they "hooked up," while simultaneously trying to hide this fact from their fellow employees.

But they fail miserably. Within 0.5 seconds, their female co-worker realizes that Ria and Eli have messed around. And the pair haven't even had to deal with Dr. Lightman (Tim Roth) -- the international expert in human behavior and in uncovering lies. We bet Lightman will be able to figure things out even more quickly.