8.3/10284 votes#1 - Blood of the Father, Heart of Steel
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 10/18/2009
Henchman 21 copes with life without 24. Brock and the Venture family are forced to part ways. Discover the final fate of H.E.L.P.eR. And Dean must kill Hitler.
Director: Christopher McCulloch
Writer: Doc Hammer, Christopher McCulloch
8.5/10291 votes#2 - Handsome Ransom
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/25/2009
The Monarch decides to settle for cash as the best revenge on Dr. Venture and takes Hank and Dean hostage. However, Hank is rescued by Captain Sunshine, who wants a new boy sidekick to replace his fallen comrade Wonder Boy.
Director: Christopher McCulloch
Writer: Christopher McCulloch
7.9/10272 votes#3 - Perchance to Dean
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 11/1/2009
Rusty begins to indoctrinate Dean into his career as a super scientist, not knowing that a deformed and believed aborted Dean clone stalks the compound. The deformed clone's attempt to kill Dean leads to a mix up with Hank thinking that he's killed his brother, while local police prepare to raid the Compound after a UPS delivery man suspects illegal activities going on.
Director: Christopher McCulloch
Writer: Christopher McCulloch
8.1/10259 votes#4 - Return to Malice
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 11/8/2009
Henchman 21 kidnaps the Venture brothers without The Monarch's knowledge or consent, resulting in Sgt. Hatred having to storm his former hometown of Malice to rescue his charges. We also learn of the recent activities of 21 since the death of 24.
Director: Christopher McCulloch
Writer: Doc Hammer
8.0/10258 votes#5 - The Revenge Society
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 11/15/2009
The Guild of Calamitous Intent comes under attack by an insane Phantom Limb, who now goes by the name "Revenge". Meanwhile, Hank and Sergeant Hatred must protect the compound from the Guild's agents. We also learn something very interesting about Dean's birthright.
Director: Christopher McCulloch
Writer: Doc Hammer
8.2/10288 votes#6 - Self-Medication
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 11/22/2009
While Dr. Venture goes into therapy with other boy adventurers, Sgt. Hatred takes Dean and Hank to the movies, only to have a relapse.
Director: Christopher McCulloch
Writer: Christopher McCulloch
8.1/10242 votes#7 - The Better Man
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 12/6/2009
After seeing the OutRider, the man who stole his wife, pass through the Second World, Dr. Orpheus is determined to do the same. Meanwhile, Hank takes Dean to the mall to teach him how to talk to girls, and Triana has a life-altering discussion with The Master.
Director: Christopher McCulloch
Writer: Doc Hammer
8.2/10250 votes#8 - Pinstripes & Poltergeists
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 12/13/2009
While the Monarch schemes to dispose of Dr. Venture once and for all, Henchman 21 seeks revenge on Brock for the death of 24.
Director: Christopher McCulloch
Writer: Doc Hammer
8.4/10253 votes#9 - The Diving Bell vs. The Butterglider
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 9/12/2010
Brock, Hank, and Dean must go on a fantastic voyage into Rusty's brain to find out why he's in a coma. Meanwhile, Henchman 21 demands new henchsuits, but the Monarch is too busy obsessing with his latest purchase, a butter-glider.
Director: Christopher McCulloch
Writer: Christopher McCulloch
7.7/10239 votes#10 - Pomp & Circuitry
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 9/19/2010
Hank and Dean graduate from their education beds, and look into college. Hank rebels and tries to join Sphinx. Meanwhile, Phantom Limb breaks out of the Guild's dungeons and seeks revenge once more.
Director: Christopher McCulloch
Writer: Christopher McCulloch
7.9/10244 votes#11 - Any Which Way But Zeus
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 9/26/2010
Someone is capturing heroes and villains and taking them to a super death camp. The forces of good and evil must join forces to stop their mysterious captor.
Director: Christopher McCulloch
Writer: Doc Hammer
8.8/10295 votes#12 - Everybody Comes to Hank's
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 10/3/2010
Hank opens a detective agency and enters a dark world of sinister crime and shady women.
Director: Christopher McCulloch
Writer: Doc Hammer
8.3/10264 votes#13 - Bright Lights, Dean City
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 10/10/2010
Dean ends up interning with Professor Impossible, and discovers that his new employer is a member of the Revenge Society.
Director: Christopher McCulloch
Writer: Christopher McCulloch
8.1/10236 votes#14 - Assisted Suicide
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 10/17/2010
Dr. Venture is possessed by an entity that attempts to make him commit suicide, and Dr. Orpheus tries to save him.
Director: Christopher McCulloch
Writer: Doc Hammer
8.0/10233 votes#15 - The Silent Partners
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 10/24/2010
Conjectural Technologies' newfound success hits a snag when Billy is kidnapped by the same mysterious benefactors who invested in their company, and SPHINX launches an investigation aimed at determining who is behind these dubious financiers.
Director: Christopher McCulloch
Writer: Doc Hammer
9.3/10411 votes#16 - Operation: P.R.O.M.
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 11/21/2010
Team Venture, Conjectural Technologies and the Order of the Triad come together as Dean and Hank prepare to face an obstacle that is more intimidating then anything they have confronted before: a prom to celebrate their "graduating" high school, while Dr. Venture throws out all the stops to bring the twins the best dance $500 can buy. But when things go awry, the greatest battle in Venture history looms as two old enemies - the OSI and SPHINX - clash once again.
Director: Christopher McCulloch
Writer: Doc Hammer, Christopher McCulloch
The Best Episodes of The Venture Bros. Season 4
Every episode of The Venture Bros. Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Venture Bros. Season 4!
Hank and Dean Venture, with their father Doctor Venture and faithful bodyguard Brock Samson, go on wild adventures facing megalomaniacs, zombies, and suspicious ninjas, all...
Genres:AnimationComedyAction & AdventureSci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:Adult Swim
Season 4 Ratings Summary
"Blood of the Father, Heart of Steel" is the best rated episode of "The Venture Bros." season 4. It scored 8.3/10 based on 284 votes. Directed by Christopher McCulloch and written by Doc Hammer, Christopher McCulloch, it aired on 10/18/2009. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Handsome Ransom".