Bones season 4

Bones Season 4
Season 4
Season 4 DVD cover art
No. of episodes	26
Release
Original network	Fox
Original release	September 3, 2008 (2008-09-03) – May 14, 2009 (2009-05-14)
Season chronology

The fourth season of the American television series Bones premiered on September 3, 2008 with a two-hour episode and concluded on May 14, 2009 on the Fox Network. The show changed time slots again, airing on Wednesdays at 8:00 pm ET before moving to Thursdays at 8:00 pm ET in 2009. The fourth season consisted of 26 episodes and averaged 10.8 million viewers.

In the UK, the season premiered on September 25, 2008 and concluded on May 28, 2009 on Sky1, and averaged 827,000 viewers.

Cast and characters

See also: List of Bones characters

Main cast

The fourth season features six actors who receive star billing. Emily Deschanel portrays Forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan; David Boreanaz portrays FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth, who is the Official FBI Liason with the Jeffersonian; Michaela Conlin portrays Forensic artist Angela Montenegro; T. J. Thyne portrays Entomologist Dr. Jack Hodgins; Tamara Taylor portrays Forensic pathologist and the head of the Forensic Division Dr. Camille Saroyan; and John Francis Daley portrays Dr. Lance Sweets, a Psychologist who studies the relationship between Dr. Brennan and Seeley Both.

Recurring cast

Recurring characters in the fourth season include former series regular Eric Millegan as Dr. Zack Addy, who is now institutionalized; Patricia Belcher as prosecutor Caroline Julian; Ryan O'Neal as Max Brennan, the father of Temperance and Russ, who is now a free man; Loren Dean as Russ Brennan, Temperance's older brother, who is on probation; Ty Panitz as Parker Booth, Seeley Booth's son; Brendan Fehr as Jared Booth, Seeley's younger brother; Marisa Coughlan as FBI Special Agent Payton Perotta, who fills in for Agent Booth when he was unavailable. This season also introduces several new interns who fill Zack's position with each new case. The interns include the returning Dr. Clark Edison portrayed by Eugene Byrd, as well as Daisy Wick portrayed by Carla Gallo, Vincent Nigel-Murray portrayed by Ryan Cartwright, Wendell Bray portrayed by Michael Grant Terry, Colin Fisher portrayed by Joel Moore, and Arastoo Vaziri portayed by Pej Vahdat. Michael Badalucco appears as intern Scott Starret in one episode. Stephen Fry returns as Dr. Gordon Wyatt for one episode as well.

Episodes

Series #	Season #	Title	Directed by	Written by	Viewers (millions)	Original air date	Production code
59–60	1–2	"Yanks in the U.K."	Ian Toynton	Hart Hanson & Karine Rosenthal (Part 1) Stephen Nathan & Scott Williams (Part 2)	9.96 (US) 0.85 (UK)	September 3, 2008 (2008-09-03)	3AKY19/3AKY20
This two-hour season premiere, begins when Booth and Brennan in London, England, for a conference. They are then called upon to help solve a case. Meanwhile, Angela's husband, Grayson Barasa, is finally found, but he refuses to sign the divorce papers, much to the dismay of Hodgins and Angela.
61	3	"Man in the Outhouse"	Steven DePaul	Carla Kettner & Mark Lisson	9.15 (US) 0.89 (UK)	September 10, 2008 (2008-09-10)	3AKY16
After an explosion in an outhouse, a body is discovered to have been left in the sewage. The body turns out to be a reality TV host with a long list of people that might want him dead and Booth and Brennan are left to narrow down the suspects.
62	4	"The Finger in the Nest"	Jeff Woolnough	Lyla Oliver	9.84 (US) 0.81 (UK)	September 17, 2008 (2008-09-17)	3AKY17
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. Cesar Millan makes a guest appearance.
63	5	"The Perfect Pieces in the Purple Pond"	Jeannot Szwarc	Josh Berman	9.73 (US) 0.82 (UK)	September 24, 2008 (2008-09-24)	4AKY01
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... that is until they turn to Zack for help.
64	6	"The Crank in the Shaft"	Steven DePaul	Elizabeth Benjamin	10.03 (US) 0.80 (UK)	October 1, 2008 (2008-10-01)	3AKY18
The remains of a despised office manager are discovered in an elevator shaft, and Booth and Brennan must figure out which employee killed her. 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.
65	7	"The He in the She"	Craig Ross, Jr.	Karina Csolty	10.56 (US) 0.80 (UK)	October 8, 2008 (2008-10-08)	3AKY15
When skeletal remains are found in the Chesapeake Bay, Brennan and Booth are on the case to investigate. With only the upper torso of the victim intact, the team has little to work from besides the remnants of the victim’s breast implants. Brennan and Booth are led to a small church community in Maryland where the victim was a pastor, but they have no record of her existence prior to moving to the small town five years prior.
66	8	"The Skull in the Sculpture"	Allan Kroeker	Janet Lin	10.17 (US) 0.73 (UK)	November 5, 2008 (2008-11-05)	4AKY03
A corpse is found inside a crushed car like those used in car sculptures made by an artist named Geoffrey Thorne. Evidence leads to the art gallery where Thorne displays his work. Roxie Lyon arrives on the scene and presents herself as Thorne’s assistant. Roxie states that Geoffrey has been depressed and that he’s been talking about being part of his exhibit. She is one of Angela’s old friends. When Booth interrogates Roxie, he asks her if she slept with Geoffrey. Roxie claims that she didn't, since she’s a lesbian, and to ask Angela if he doesn’t believe her. Later, Roxie tells Angela that she was her muse and that when they broke up, Roxie lost her inspiration. Daisy Wick returns as the intern of the week.
67	9	"The Con Man in the Meth Lab"	Allison Liddi Brown	Karine Rosenthal	10.87 (US) 1.1 (UK)	November 12, 2008 (2008-11-12)	4AKY04
Booth and Brennan investigate the scene where a body was uncovered during a police training exercise. 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, Booth’s younger brother Jared (guest star Brendan Fehr) moves to D.C. to take a job at the Pentagon, and Brennan, smitten with Jared, agrees to go on a date with him to a White House function. Her date with Jared leads her to learn information about Booth’s past and give her a far greater understanding into her partner’s motives.
68	10	"The Passenger in the Oven"	Steven DePaul	Carla Kettner	10.82 (US) 0.95 (UK)	November 19, 2008 (2008-11-19)	4AKY05
Booth and Brennan are en-route to China where Brennan has been summoned to help identify pre-historic anthropological remains with Booth in tow to watch over her highly-sensitive equipment. However, their flight is disrupted when a flight attendant discovers a fully-cooked human body in the plane’s industrial microwave. Booth and Brennan connect with the team back in the U.S. via internet connection and they use Brennan’s high-tech equipment, as well as odds and ends from the airline passengers, to send evidence back to the Jeffersonian for processing. When they identify the victim as a travel writer working on a controversial story about airline pilots, Booth and Brennan must race against the clock and solve the murder before the plane lands in China and they lose their jurisdiction over the case. Meanwhile, back in the states, Angela and Roxie’s relationship progresses as Hodgins tries to move on.
69	11	"The Bone That Blew"	Jessica Landaw	Carla Kettner	9.87 (US) 0.96 (UK)	November 26, 2008 (2008-11-26)	4AKY02
When a skull and various skeletal remains are found in a tree in a nationally protected wooded preserve, Brennan and Booth are on the case to investigate. Back at the Jeffersonian, Brennan learns of her father’s new position as a teacher, a prospect she is less than happy to learn about, allegedly because of his recent acquittal for murder. In a lucky break, the victim’s bones are identified in a government database as those of an ex-Marine who has been off-the grid for nearly three years. With no records of his whereabouts from the past three years, the team turns to the internet for answers. The investigation eventually leads Brennan and Booth to an ultra-elite private school and a group of rich and powerful families, one of whom the ex-Marine had worked for as a “nanny”. As the investigation continues, the team finds Brennan’s father to be an unlikely asset to the case, but Brennan is opposed to her father’s involvement.
70	12	"Double Trouble in the Panhandle"	Dwight H. Little	Lyla Oliver	9.98 (US) 0.80 (UK)	January 22, 2009 (2009-01-22)	4AKY06
The team investigates the death of female conjoined twins who were in the process of deciding to get separated or not. The twins were working in a circus, which means that Booth will come face to face with a clown during the investigation. Brennan and Booth go undercover as Wanda and Buck Moosejaw, Canadian performers in a knife-throwing act. Sweets helps Brennan and Booth understand Circus lingo.
71	13	"Fire in the Ice"	Chad Lowe	Scott Williams	7.55 (US) 0.80 (UK)	January 22, 2009 (2009-01-22)	4AKY07
The body of a fireman is discovered in a lake and Booth is one of the suspects. The victim and Booth played hockey together. The investigation is conducted by FBI Agent Payton Perotta. During interrogation, sparks fly between Perotta and Booth. Brennan tries figure skating. Cam, Hodgins, Wendell and Sweets also appear. NHL legend Luc Robitaille guest stars.
72	14	"The Hero in the Hold"	Ian Toynton	Janet Lin & Karine Rosenthal	10.86 (US) 0.87 (UK)	February 5, 2009 (2009-02-05)	4AKY08
The evidence from the Gravedigger case has gone missing, and Brennan and Hodgins, who has not fully recovered from being buried alive, are suspected of taking it. On the night of a ceremony recognizing Brennan, Booth was knocked out, tasered, pumped full of drugs, and stuffed in a toy-like yellow submarine. When he gets out of the tiny submarine, Booth finds himself face to face with someone from his military past. The team works on locating Booth and finding who is behind the kidnapping, with the help of Booth's brother Jared. Agent Perrota also appears.
73	15	"The Princess and the Pear"	Steven DePaul	Matthew Donlan & Jeremy Martin	9.51 (US) 0.84 (UK)	February 19, 2009 (2009-02-19)	4AKY09
Bones and Agent Payton Perrota investigate the murder of a promotional model for ImagiCon (a parody of the comic book convention Comic-Con). Their investigation leads them to discover that the murder of the woman might be linked to the possession of an age-old prop of an Excalibur from a famous French movie, La Mort d'Arthur.
74	16	"The Bones That Foam"	David Boreanaz	Elizabeth Benjamin	9.67 (US) 0.98 (UK)	March 12, 2009 (2009-03-12)	4AKY10
A bungee-jumping couple plunged off of a hot-air balloon after getting married only to come face-to-face with a corpse lying at the bottom of the gorge. After ruling out suicide, Brennan, Booth and the Jeffersonian team try to determine the cause of death. When they notice an unknown substance oozing from the body, the lab is thrown into immediate lock down, and they realize they have only 24 hours to unravel the mystery before the bones disintegrate.
75	17	"The Salt in the Wounds"	Steven DePaul	Carla Kettner & Josh Berman	10.52 (US) 0.82 (UK)	March 19, 2009 (2009-03-19)	4AKY11
Booth and Brennan investigate a petrified human body found buried in a mound of salt in a city de-icing truck. They discover that the victim was a pregnant 16-year-old high school volleyball player, and are shocked to find that nearly half of her teammates are either pregnant or already have had babies from the same father. Meanwhile, Roxie breaks up with Angela, who, seeking solace, has a one-night stand with Hodgins.
76	18	"The Doctor in the Den"	Ian Toynton	Janet Lin & Karine Rosenthal	9.25 (US) 0.80 (UK)	April 2, 2009 (2009-04-02)	4AKY12
The half-eaten body of Cam’s former fiancé is found in the tiger enclosure at the wild-life park, and Booth and Brennan determine the death was no accident. The team pieces together the fiancé’s final evening and questions suspects, including Brandon Casey whom Sweets and Angela hypnotize to help jog his memory. Angela takes a vow of celibacy and we learn that Clark is romantically involved. In the end, Cam offers to adopt the doctor's daughter.
77	19	"The Science in the Physicist"	Brad Turner	Karina Csolty	9.01 (US) 0.88 (UK)	April 9, 2009 (2009-04-09)	4AKY13
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. There they learn the victim had been a part of a controversial project, Brennan and Booth must investigate the several death threats she had received. Meanwhile, Angela's father arrives in town to confront Hodgins.
78	20	"Cinderella in the Cardboard"	Steven DePaul	Carla Kettner & Josh Berman	10.76 (US) 0.87 (UK)	April 15, 2009 (2009-04-15)	4AKY14
When an image of the Virgin Mary turns out to be a bloodstain at a cardboard recycling plant Booth and Bones find a flattened body inside a compressed bale of cardboard. The line of suspects grows longer when the team discovers that the marriage-obsessed young woman had a fiancé as well as numerous boyfriends from a cell-phone dating service. Booth and Bones must break the news to Sweets when they see his girlfriend Daisy trying on a wedding dress with another man, and Angela and Hodgins come to terms with their relationship.
79	21	"Mayhem on a Cross"	Jeff Woolnough	Dean Lopata	8.72 (US) 0.94 (UK)	April 16, 2009 (2009-04-16)	4AKY15
When a skeleton is found being used as a stage prop for a Black metal band in Norway, authorities call the FBI upon discovering that the man, a bassist with the stage name Mayhem, is a US citizen. The investigation into underground extreme metal bands brings to light the teams' own surprising musical preferences and new information about Sweets' past. Meanwhile, Dr. Gordon Wyatt is back, helping Sweets write his book on Booth and Brennan by giving him a perspective on their relationship.
80	22	"The Double Death of the Dearly Departed"	Milan Cheylov	Craig Silverstein	8.38 (US) 0.92 (UK)	April 20, 2009 (2009-04-20)	4AKY16
When a colleague from the Egyptology department dies of heart failure, Brennan realizes at the wake that the death was not an accident. Brennan convinces Booth to steal the body so she and Cam can investigate. The true cause of death is baffling, and the suspects are as confusing as the death itself. Cam runs into trouble when she attempts to get Michelle, her newly adopted teenager, to stop smoking.
81	23	"The Girl in the Mask"	Ian Toynton	Michael Peterson	8.22 (US) 0.69 (UK)	April 23, 2009 (2009-04-23)	4AKY17
When the head of Sachi Nakamura, the sister of Booth's friend, is discovered in Washington, D.C., her brother Ken, a detective from Tokyo, flies in to aid the search for his sister's killer. The investigation leads to an elite escort service, and the team must race against the clock when Sachi's roommate is missing as well.
82	24	"The Beaver in the Otter"	Brad Turner	Scott Williams	8.83 (US) 0.95 (UK)	April 30, 2009 (2009-04-30)	4AKY18
Jimmy 'Beaver' Bouvier is found strung up in the costume of his college mascot, an Otter. Booth and Bones must investigate whether he was dead beforehand or killed during a Middlesex University bonfire event.
83	25	"The Critic in the Cabernet"	Kevin Hooks	Stephen Nathan	8.62 (US) 0.91 (UK)	May 7, 2009 (2009-05-07)	4AKY19
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. Meanwhile, Brennan decides to have a baby and asks Booth to be the father; when Booth begins to doubt himself, he finds himself talking to Stewie Griffin from Family Guy.
84	26	"The End in the Beginning"	Ian Toynton	Hart Hanson	9.74 (US) 0.74 (UK)	May 14, 2009 (2009-05-14)	4AKY20
All of the regular characters are seen living different lives. Booth and Brennan are married and own a nightclub called "The Lab", but when a body is found at the club, Detectives Cam Saroyan and Jared Booth are called to investigate. However, not everything is as it seems. Mötley Crüe guest stars in this episode as themselves.

DVD release

Bones: Season 4 (Body Bag Edition)
Set details: Region 1: 22 Episodes of Season 4, 6-disc DVD set (does not include the 4 episodes from Season 4 released on the Season 3 DVD set) 26 Episodes of Season 4, 5-disc Blu-ray set (includes the 4 episodes from Season 4 released on the Season 3 DVD set) Region 2 – 26 Episodes of Season 4, 7-disc DVD set Region 4 – 26 Episodes of Season 4, 7-disc DVD set Features Anamorphic widescreen (1.78:1 aspect ratio) Dolby Digital 5.1 English audio Subtitles vary depending on region		Bonus features: Extended episodes "The Perfect Pieces in the Purple Pond" "The Doctor in the Den" "The Girl in the Mask" Androgeny: Playing Haru Tanaka Squints in Training Deleted Scenes Gag Reel
Release dates:	Region 1	Region 2	Region 4
	October 6, 2009	October 26, 2009	October 27, 2009

References

General references

• "Bones Season 4 episodes". TV Guide. Retrieved April 4, 2010.
• "Shows A-Z - bones on fox". the Futon Critic. Retrieved April 4, 2010.
• "Bones - Episode Recaps". Fox. Retrieved April 4, 2010.

External links

• Official website
• Bones at IMDb
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