Bones: Season 4

2008 · 26 episodes · ★ 7.8

What Season 4 of Bones

The fourth season brings anthropologist Temperance Brennan and Special Agent Seeley Booth back together for new murder cases. The season opens in London, where Scotland Yard asks them for help with an investigation involving a wealthy heiress. Brennan trusts what the bones say, while Booth relies on evidence and the testimony of the living, and their clashes remain the driving force behind every case. Around them, the Jeffersonian team lives its own personal stories, with breakups, new couples and tension in the lab. The relationship between the two leads remains present in every episode.

26episodes

Sep 3, 2008premiered

May 14, 2009latest episode

18.9 hrtotal runtime

Season 4 Episodes

4x01 Yanks in the U.K. (1)
Sep 3, 2008 · 44 min · ★ 8.0
Season four begins all the way in England, with Booth speaking at Scotland Yard and Brennan guest-lecturing at the prestigious Oxford University. Knowing of Booth and Brennan's expertise in their respective fields, local officials ask for their help with a high-profile murder investigation that involves a British heiress.
Directed by: Ian Toynton · Written by: Karine Rosenthal, Hart Hanson · Starring: Eugene Byrd, Andrew Buchan, Ty Glaser, Ben Righton
4x02 Yanks in the U.K. (2)
Sep 3, 2008 · 43 min · ★ 8.3
With the case of the murdered heiress solved, Booth and Brennan prepare to head back home, but are shocked to learn of another murder - and this time it's someone they know. Meanwhile, with Birimbau unexpectedly coming back into Angela's life, things get complicated between her and Hodgins.
Directing: Ian Toynton · Writers: Scott Williams, Stephen Nathan · Starring: Indira Varma, Tuppence Middleton, Ed Coleman, Michael Brandon
4x03 The Man in the Outhouse
Sep 10, 2008 · 44 min · ★ 7.7
The body of the host of a popular reality TV show is found partially decomposed in an outhouse, and Booth and Brennan must find out who the killer is. Meanwhile, Booth learns that Brennan is juggling two relationships.
Directed by: Steven DePaul · Written by: Carla Kettner · Starring: Carla Gallo, Michele Greene, Lisa Lackey, John DiMaggio
4x04 The Finger in the Nest
Sep 17, 2008 · 43 min · ★ 7.8
Parker, Booth's son, discovers a corpse's finger in a bird's nest, causing the team to launch an investigation to try to find the rest of the body. After finding the corpse, the team discovers that the death was caused by a dog, leading them to an illegal dog fighting ring and a search for the killer dog and its owner.
Directed by: Jeff Woolnough · Written by: Lyla Oliver · Starring: Dean Norris, Michael Badalucco, Heidi Swedberg, Devon Graye
4x05 The Perfect Pieces in the Purple Pond
Sep 24, 2008 · 43 min · ★ 8.2
The pieces of a dismembered body are found lying in a purple pool of water, except the head is missing. The team finds that the body belongs to Jared Addison, a science fiction writer who had several mental problems. With Sweets' help, several suspects are hunted down, however the team has trouble finding enough evidence with the victim's head still missing.
Directing: Jeannot Szwarc · Writer: Josh Berman · Starring: Eric Millegan, Michael Grant Terry, Jamie Renée Smith, Ronobir Lahiri
4x06 The Crank in the Shaft
Oct 1, 2008 · 44 min · ★ 8.0
The remains of a despised office manager are discovered in an elevator shaft, and Booth and Brennan must figure out which employee killed him. After some investigating, they find that the manager had more than a fair share of complaints on file. Meanwhile, Angela and Hodgins try to make peace in the lab after their break-up.
Directing: Steven DePaul · Writer: Elizabeth Benjamin · Starring: Joel David Moore, Ewan Chung, Katharine Leonard, Pete Gardner
4x07 The He in the She
Oct 8, 2008 · 42 min · ★ 8.2
Booth and Brennan go to investigate a body found in the Chesapeake Bay. After arriving, they find only the upper torso, giving the team little to work with other than remnants of the victim's breast implants. Brennan and Booth are led to a small church in Maryland, where they find that the victim was a pastor. When the team finds the lower half of the body, they learn that their initial assumptions may not been incorrect.
Directing: Craig Ross Jr. · Writer: Karina Csolty · Starring: David Gallagher, Bruce Thomas, Blake Shields, Nancy Youngblut
4x08 The Skull in the Sculpture
Nov 5, 2008 · 44 min · ★ 7.1
When the smashed remains of a well known artist are found in an impounded junkyard car, Booth and Brennan are on the case to find out if foul play is to blame for his death. With suspects ranging from the artist’s rival to his own assistant, the team must raceagainst the clock to find evidence of murder before the car is relinquished and put on exhibit as the sculptor’s ultimate display of self-sacrifice for the sake of his art.
Directing: Allan Kroeker · Writer: Janet Lin · Starring: Carla Gallo, Patricia Belcher, Vicki Lewis, Jonathan LaPaglia
4x09 The Con Man in the Meth Lab
Nov 12, 2008 · 44 min · ★ 7.1
Booth’s Brother Jared Booth and Brennan investigate the scene where a body was uncovered during a botched practice police raid. The team identifies the body as a struggling inventor’s father who had recently reunited with his son. But when a second body surfaces, the team is led on a trail of deception to find out who was the actual con-man in the inventor’s life. Clark Edison returns to the lab, and he and Hodgins work on piecing together blueprints from one of the inventor’s potentially valuable inventions.Meanwhile, Brennan likes Booth's brother and goes out on a date with him. She learns a thing or too about Booth's past while out on the date.
Directed by: Allison Liddi-Brown · Written by: Karine Rosenthal · Starring: Eugene Byrd, Brendan Fehr, Brian Howe, Joseph C. Phillips
4x10 The Passenger in the Oven
Nov 19, 2008 · 44 min · ★ 8.0
While en route to China to identify prehistoric anthropological remains, Booth and Brennan are called upon to solve a murder in midair when the flight attendant discovers a fully cooked human body in the plane's microwave.
Directed by: Steven DePaul · Written by: Carla Kettner · Starring: Ryan O'Neal, Patricia Belcher, Peggy Miley, Amy Farrington
4x11 The Bone That Blew Mid-Season Finale
Nov 26, 2008 · 43 min · ★ 8.0
Brennan's father Max lands a teaching position at the Jeffersonian. When he ends up helping out with the murder case at hand, Brennan is noticeably bothered by his sudden presence in her professional life.
Directed by: Jessica Landaw · Written by: Carla Kettner · Starring: Ryan O'Neal, Michael Grant Terry, Gina Torres, Molly Hagan
4x12 Double Trouble in the Panhandle
Jan 22, 2009 · 44 min · ★ 8.1
A shallow grave holds the remains of conjoined twins; Booth and Brennan infiltrate a circus community after they discover that the twins were jugglers there.
Directed by: Dwight H. Little · Written by: Lyla Oliver · Starring: Ed Gale, Lester Speight, Greg Romero Wilson, Bernard White
4x13 Fire in the Ice
Jan 22, 2009 · 44 min · ★ 7.7
When a volunteer fireman is murdered at an ice rink, Booth and Brennan begin the investigation, but Booth must excuse himself due to a conflict of interest. When details come to light, Booth becomes a suspect in the homicide.
Directing: Chad Lowe · Writing: Scott Williams · Starring: Patricia Belcher, Michael Grant Terry, Nathan West, Stephen Martines
4x14 The Hero in the Hold
Feb 5, 2009 · 44 min · ★ 7.9
While trapped and trying to escape from a ship in the middle of the ocean, Booth is haunted by strange hallucinations.
Directing: Ian Toynton · Writers: Karine Rosenthal, Janet Lin · Starring: Noel Fisher, Brendan Fehr, Richard V. Licata, Marisa Coughlan
4x15 The Princess and the Pear
Feb 19, 2009 · 44 min · ★ 7.8
The team investigates a sci-fi convention when a woman in a medieval princess dress is found murdered. With Booth's back injured, Agent Payton Perotta steps in once again to help
Directing: Steven DePaul · Writers: Matthew Donlan, Jeremy Martin · Starring: Joel David Moore, Eric Nenninger, Josh Sussman, David Greenman
4x16 The Bones That Foam
Mar 12, 2009 · 44 min · ★ 7.8
When newlyweds encounter a corpse while bungee-jumping off of a bridge, Brennan and Booth are sent to investigate. After determine the cause of death was not suicide, the team at the Jeffersonian discover an unknown substance coming from the body. This sends the lab into lockdown and have only 24 hours to uncover the murderer before the body disintegrates.
Directed by: David Boreanaz · Written by: Elizabeth Benjamin · Starring: Janet Varney, Christine Lakin, Sunkrish Bala, Zachary Knighton
4x17 The Salt in the Wounds
Mar 19, 2009 · 44 min · ★ 7.8
The body of a pregnant 16-year-old athlete found buried in a mound of salt in a city de-icing truck leads Booth and Brennan to the discovery that many of her teammates are pregnant or have babies after a pregnancy pact.
Directing: Steven DePaul · Writers: Josh Berman, Carla Kettner · Starring: Kayla Ewell, Amy Pietz, Brando Eaton, Monique Coleman
4x18 The Doctor in the Den
Apr 2, 2009 · 44 min · ★ 7.1
When the half-eaten body of Cam's former fiancee is found in the tiger cage at the zoo, Booth and Brennan uncover that his death was far from accidental. Now the team must put the pieces of the fiancee's final day back together, including hypnotizing a suspect in order to spark his memory.
Directed by: Ian Toynton · Written by: Karine Rosenthal, Janet Lin · Starring: Eugene Byrd, Dana Davis, Chad Lowe, Linda Purl
4x19 The Science in the Physicist
Apr 9, 2009 · 43 min · ★ 7.2
Booth and Brennan are sent to investigate when human remains are found during a photo shoot. When the team uncovers a meteorite in the victim's ear, they are led to the Collar Institute of Science in D.C.
Directed by: Brad Turner · Written by: Karina Csolty · Starring: John Pyper-Ferguson, Aimee Garcia, Arielle Vandenberg, Anil Raman
4x20 The Cinderella in the Cardboard
Apr 15, 2009 · 44 min · ★ 7.4
Booth and Brennan are called when an image of the Virgin Mary is found in a bale of compressed cardboard.
Directing: Steven DePaul · Writers: Josh Berman, Carla Kettner · Starring: Carla Gallo, Michael Grant Terry, Mayim Bialik, P.J. Byrne
4x21 Mayhem on a Cross
Apr 16, 2009 · 44 min · ★ 8.2
When it is discovered that a stage prop used by a Norwegian death metal band is in fact a real human skeleton, the remains are sent to the Jeffersonian when authorities determine the victim was an American citizen.
Directed by: Jeff Woolnough · Written by: Dean Lopata · Starring: Eugene Byrd, Tania Raymonde, A.J. Trauth, Michael William Freeman
4x22 The Double Death of the Dearly Departed
Apr 20, 2009 · 43 min · ★ 7.5
When a Jeffersonian coworker dies of heart failure, the entire team goes to the wake where, upon viewing the body, Brennan realizes the death was no accident.
Directing: Milan Cheylov · Writer: Craig Silverstein · Starring: Rick Scarry, Ryan Michelle Bathe, Dale Godboldo, Ellen Geer
4x23 The Girl in the Mask
Apr 23, 2009 · 43 min · ★ 7.9
Booth's detective friend from Tokyo, Ken Nakamura, calls him when his sister, Sachi, goes missing while in Washington, D.C. With Brennan, Booth investigates her disappearance.
Directing: Ian Toynton · Writer: Michael Peterson · Starring: Brian Tee, Yuji Okumoto, Bumper Robinson, Ally Maki
4x24 The Beaver in the Otter
Apr 30, 2009 · 43 min · ★ 7.5
When a human body is found inside the strung up Otter mascot uniform of a rival school, Brennan and Booth investigate whether the body inside the costume was dead beforehand, or killed during a Middlesex University bonfire event. The body is identified as Jimmy “Beaver” Bouvier, a fraternity brother at Middlesex University. When Brennan and Booth question his fraternity brothers, they learn that Beaver had a money-making operation on the side and was making a killing of his own. Meanwhile, Booth offers to help his brother Jared find a new job after being dishonorably discharged from the Navy.
Directing: Brad Turner · Writer: Scott Williams · Starring: Ryan Pinkston, Jaimie Alexander, Edwin Hodge, Jonathan Chesner
4x25 The Critic in the Cabernet
May 7, 2009 · 44 min · ★ 8.3
The team is on the case when human remains are found inside a barrel of wine during a wine tasting. When the victim turns out to be a wine critic whose scathing reviews were capable of sending a vineyard to its ruin, everyone from the winery's owner to the victim's own wife becomes a suspect.
Directed by: Kevin Hooks · Written by: Stephen Nathan · Starring: Joel David Moore, Ryan O'Neal, Chad Willett, Scottie Thompson
4x26 The End in the Beginning Season Finale
May 14, 2009 · 44 min · ★ 7.7
In the season finale, a dead body is found at a club called "The Lab." The team has to do some unexpected and unusual things that have to do with this club. Brennan and Booth may become a couple.
Directed by: Ian Toynton · Written by: Hart Hanson · Starring: Joel David Moore, Ryan O'Neal, Eric Millegan, Carla Gallo