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The Best Episodes of Bones Season 4

Every episode of Bones Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Bones Season 4!

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Dr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab assist Special Agent Seeley Booth with murder investigations when the remains are so badly decomposed, burned or destroyed that the standard identification methods are useless.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Bones Season 4 Episode 1 - Yanks in the U.K. (1)
    7.5/10(1501 votes)

    #1 - Yanks in the U.K. (1)

    S4:E1

    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.

    Director:Ian Toynton
    Writers:Karine Rosenthal, Hart Hanson

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  2. Bones Season 4 Episode 2 - Yanks in the U.K. (2)
    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #2 - Yanks in the U.K. (2)

    S4:E2

    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.

    Director:Ian Toynton
    Writers:Scott Williams, Stephen Nathan

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  3. Bones Season 4 Episode 3 - The Man in the Outhouse
    7.4/10(1175 votes)

    #3 - The Man in the Outhouse

    S4:E3

    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.

    Director:Steven DePaul
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Bones Season 4 Episode 4 - The Finger in the Nest
    7.7/10(1219 votes)

    #4 - The Finger in the Nest

    S4:E4

    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.

    Director:Jeff Woolnough
    Writer:Lyla Oliver

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  5. Bones Season 4 Episode 5 - The Perfect Pieces in the Purple Pond
    8.1/10(1281 votes)

    #5 - The Perfect Pieces in the Purple Pond

    S4:E5

    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.

    Director:Jeannot Szwarc
    Writer:Josh Berman

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  6. Bones Season 4 Episode 6 - The Crank in the Shaft
    7.3/10(1147 votes)

    #6 - The Crank in the Shaft

    S4:E6

    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.

    Director:Steven DePaul
    Writer:Elizabeth Benjamin

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  7. Bones Season 4 Episode 7 - The He in the She
    7.6/10(1301 votes)

    #7 - The He in the She

    S4:E7

    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.

    Director:Craig Ross Jr.
    Writer:Karina Csolty

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  8. Bones Season 4 Episode 8 - The Skull in the Sculpture
    7.4/10(1217 votes)

    #8 - The Skull in the Sculpture

    S4:E8

    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 race against 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.

    Director:Allan Kroeker
    Writer:Janet Lin

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  9. Bones Season 4 Episode 9 - The Con Man in the Meth Lab
    7.7/10(1214 votes)

    #9 - The Con Man in the Meth Lab

    S4:E9

    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.

    Director:Allison Liddi-Brown
    Writer:Karine Rosenthal

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  10. Bones Season 4 Episode 10 - The Passenger in the Oven
    8.2/10(1344 votes)

    #10 - The Passenger in the Oven

    S4:E10

    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.

    Director:Steven DePaul
    Writer:Carla Kettner

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  11. Bones Season 4 Episode 11 - The Bone That Blew
    7.5/10(1144 votes)

    #11 - The Bone That Blew

    S4:E11

    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.

    Director:Jessica Landaw
    Writer:Carla Kettner

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  12. Bones Season 4 Episode 12 - Double Trouble in the Panhandle
    8.1/10(1428 votes)

    #12 - Double Trouble in the Panhandle

    S4:E12

    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.

    Director:Dwight H. Little
    Writer:Lyla Oliver

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  13. Bones Season 4 Episode 13 - Fire in the Ice
    7.6/10(1274 votes)

    #13 - Fire in the Ice

    S4:E13

    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.

    Director:Chad Lowe
    Writer:Scott Williams

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  14. Bones Season 4 Episode 14 - The Hero in the Hold
    8.7/10(1702 votes)

    #14 - The Hero in the Hold

    S4:E14

    While trapped and trying to escape from a ship in the middle of the ocean, Booth is haunted by strange hallucinations.

    Director:Ian Toynton
    Writers:Karine Rosenthal, Janet Lin

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  15. Bones Season 4 Episode 15 - The Princess and the Pear
    7.7/10(1215 votes)

    #15 - The Princess and the Pear

    S4:E15

    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

    Director:Steven DePaul
    Writers:Matthew Donlan, Jeremy Martin

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  16. Bones Season 4 Episode 16 - The Bones That Foam
    7.5/10(1197 votes)

    #16 - The Bones That Foam

    S4:E16

    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.

    Director:David Boreanaz
    Writer:Elizabeth Benjamin

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  17. Bones Season 4 Episode 17 - The Salt in the Wounds
    7.5/10(1189 votes)

    #17 - The Salt in the Wounds

    S4:E17

    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.

    Director:Steven DePaul
    Writers:Josh Berman, Carla Kettner

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  18. Bones Season 4 Episode 18 - The Doctor in the Den
    7.7/10(1198 votes)

    #18 - The Doctor in the Den

    S4:E18

    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.

    Director:Ian Toynton
    Writers:Karine Rosenthal, Janet Lin

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  19. Bones Season 4 Episode 19 - The Science in the Physicist
    7.7/10(1181 votes)

    #19 - The Science in the Physicist

    S4:E19

    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.

    Director:Brad Turner
    Writer:Karina Csolty

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  20. Bones Season 4 Episode 20 - The Cinderella in the Cardboard
    7.5/10(1133 votes)

    #20 - The Cinderella in the Cardboard

    S4:E20

    Booth and Brennan are called when an image of the Virgin Mary is found in a bale of compressed cardboard.

    Director:Steven DePaul
    Writers:Josh Berman, Carla Kettner

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  21. Bones Season 4 Episode 21 - Mayhem on a Cross
    8.0/10(1436 votes)

    #21 - Mayhem on a Cross

    S4:E21

    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.

    Director:Jeff Woolnough
    Writer:Dean Lopata

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  22. Bones Season 4 Episode 22 - The Double Death of the Dearly Departed
    8.5/10(1561 votes)

    #22 - The Double Death of the Dearly Departed

    S4:E22

    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.

    Director:Milan Cheylov
    Writer:Craig Silverstein

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  23. Bones Season 4 Episode 23 - The Girl in the Mask
    7.7/10(1268 votes)

    #23 - The Girl in the Mask

    S4:E23

    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.

    Director:Ian Toynton
    Writer:Michael Peterson

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  24. Bones Season 4 Episode 24 - The Beaver in the Otter
    7.3/10(1128 votes)

    #24 - The Beaver in the Otter

    S4:E24

    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.

    Director:Brad Turner
    Writer:Scott Williams

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  25. Bones Season 4 Episode 25 - The Critic in the Cabernet
    8.1/10(1339 votes)

    #25 - The Critic in the Cabernet

    S4:E25

    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.

    Director:Kevin Hooks
    Writer:Stephen Nathan

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"Yanks in the U.K. (1)" is the best rated episode of "Bones" season 4. It scored 7.5/10 based on 1501 votes. Directed by Ian Toynton and written by Karine Rosenthal, Hart Hanson, it aired on 9/3/2008. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Yanks in the U.K. (2)".