7.5/101,382 votes#1 - Yanks in the U.K. (1)
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/3/2008
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
Writer: Hart Hanson, Karine Rosenthal
7.7/103 votes#2 - Yanks in the U.K. (2)
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/3/2008
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
Writer: Stephen Nathan, Scott Williams
7.3/101,074 votes#3 - The Man in the Outhouse
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 9/10/2008
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: N/A
7.6/101,112 votes#4 - The Finger in the Nest
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 9/17/2008
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
8.1/101,174 votes#5 - The Perfect Pieces in the Purple Pond
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 9/24/2008
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
7.3/101,047 votes#6 - The Crank in the Shaft
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/1/2008
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
7.6/101,186 votes#7 - The He in the She
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 10/8/2008
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
7.4/101,113 votes#8 - The Skull in the Sculpture
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/5/2008
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
7.7/101,110 votes#9 - The Con Man in the Meth Lab
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/12/2008
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
8.2/101,233 votes#10 - The Passenger in the Oven
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 11/19/2008
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
7.5/101,049 votes#11 - The Bone That Blew
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 11/26/2008
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
8.1/101,311 votes#12 - Double Trouble in the Panhandle
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 1/22/2009
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
7.6/101,158 votes#13 - Fire in the Ice
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 1/22/2009
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
8.6/101,558 votes#14 - The Hero in the Hold
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 2/5/2009
While trapped and trying to escape from a ship in the middle of the ocean, Booth is haunted by strange hallucinations.
Director: Ian Toynton
Writer: Karine Rosenthal, Janet Lin
7.6/101,110 votes#15 - The Princess and the Pear
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 2/19/2009
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
Writer: Matthew Donlan, Jeremy Martin
7.5/101,094 votes#16 - The Bones That Foam
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 3/12/2009
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
7.5/101,085 votes#17 - The Salt in the Wounds
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 3/19/2009
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
Writer: Josh Berman, Carla Kettner
7.7/101,091 votes#18 - The Doctor in the Den
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 4/2/2009
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
Writer: Karine Rosenthal, Janet Lin
7.7/101,085 votes#19 - The Science in the Physicist
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 4/9/2009
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
7.5/101,033 votes#20 - The Cinderella in the Cardboard
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 4/15/2009
Booth and Brennan are called when an image of the Virgin Mary is found in a bale of compressed cardboard.
Director: Steven DePaul
Writer: Josh Berman, Carla Kettner
8.0/101,319 votes#21 - Mayhem on a Cross
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 4/16/2009
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
8.5/101,435 votes#22 - The Double Death of the Dearly Departed
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 4/20/2009
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
7.6/101,163 votes#23 - The Girl in the Mask
Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 4/23/2009
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
7.3/101,035 votes#24 - The Beaver in the Otter
Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 4/30/2009
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
8.1/101,233 votes#25 - The Critic in the Cabernet
Season 4 Episode 25 - Aired 5/7/2009
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
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...
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Network:FOX
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 1382 votes. Directed by Ian Toynton and written by Hart Hanson, Karine Rosenthal, it aired on 9/3/2008. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Yanks in the U.K. (2)".