Season Four

Episode 3.16: The Yanks in the U.K., (I) (Season premiere)

Orig. aired September 3, 2008 at 8 p.m.

Synopsis: Brennan and Booth travel from D.C. to London for Brennan to guest-lecture at Oxford University and for Booth to speak at Scotland Yard. They are asked by local officials to lend their expertise to a high-profile murder investigation involving a young British heiress and are paired up with their respective British counterparts, Dr. Ian Wexler and Inspector Cate Pritchard. The duos venture through London to investigate the puzzling murder of the young and glamorous heiress, whose father is a wealthy American businessman.

Meanwhile, back in D.C., the Jeffersonian team lends its expertise to the Brits’ case, but they are thrown for a loop by the unexpected return of Angela’s long-estranged husband who must consent to a divorce before she can marry Hodgins. When a member of the U.K.’s own investigative team is murdered, Brennan and Booth’s personal connection to the case strengthens their resolve to help solve the mystery surrounding the death as they search for the London killer.

Cast: (Emily Deschanel) Dr. Temperance Brennan, (David Boreanaz) FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth, (TJ Thyne) Dr. Jack Hodgins, (Michaela Conlin) Angela Montenegro, (Tamara Taylor) Dr. Camille “Cam” Saroyan, (John Francis Daly) Dr. Lance Sweets

Guest Cast: (Eugene Byrd) Clark Edison; (Indira Varma) Cate Pritchard; (Sean Blakemore) Birimbau; (Michael Brandon) Roger Frampton; (Tuppence Middleton) Vera Waterhouse; (Ed Coleman) Cyril Bibby; (Ty Glaser) Heather Miller; (Andrew Buchan) Ian Wexler; (David Yelland) Gerard Bonham; (Jane How) Anne Bonham; (Sheila Reid) Paige Bonham; (Ben Righton) Harry; (Nick Ellsworth) Jamison; (Ben Loyd Holmes) Jasper Ferry; (Jonathan Wrather) Emerson; (Rocky Marshall) Lake; (David Fahm) Palmer; (Simon Dutton) William Curry rating: 6.6/10= 9.96 viewers

Fox led the Wednesday troops-* in the overnights, with the two-hour season-premiere of underrated Bones at a dominant 6.6 rating/10 share from 8-10 p.m. Compared to it's year-ago season opener (5.6/ 9 on Sept. 25, 2007), that was an increase of 18 percent. Take a look at the half-hour breakdown:

Bones (Fox)
8:00 p.m. 6.1/10 (#1)
8:30 p.m. 6.6/10 (#1)
9:00 p.m. 6.8/10 (#1)
9:30 p.m. 6.7/10 (#1)

Writer: Hart Hanson, Karine Rosenthal
Director: Ian Toynton

3.17 Yanks in the UK (II)
Orig. aired September 3, 2008 9 pm

Synopsis: Brennan and Booth travel from D.C. to London for Brennan to guest-lecture at Oxford University and for Booth to speak at Scotland Yard. They are asked by local officials to lend their expertise to a high-profile murder investigation involving a young British heiress and are paired up with their respective British counterparts, Dr. Ian Wexler and Inspector Cate Pritchard. The duos venture through London to investigate the puzzling murder of the young and glamorous heiress, whose father is a wealthy American businessman.

Meanwhile,back in D.C., the Jeffersonian team lends its expertise to the Brits’ case, but they are thrown for a loop by the unexpected return of Angela’s long-estranged husband who must consent to a divorce before she can marry Hodgins. When a member of the U.K.’s own investigative team is murdered, Brennan and Booth’s personal connection to the case strengthens their resolve to help solve the mystery surrounding the death as they search for the London killer.

Cast: (Emily Deschanel) Dr. Temperance Brennan; (David Boreanaz) FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth; (TJ Thyne) Dr. Jack Hodgins; (Michaela Conlin) Angela Montenegro; (Tamara Taylor) Dr. Camille “Cam” Saroyan; (John Francis Daly) Dr. Lance Sweets.

Guest Cast: (Eugene Byrd) Clark Edison; (Indira Varma) Cate Pritchard; (Sean Blakemore) Birimbau; (Michael Brandon) as Roger Frampton; (Tuppence Middleton) Vera Waterhouse; (Ed Coleman) Cyril Bibby; (Ty Glaser) as Heather Miller; (Andrew Buchan) Ian Wexler; (David Yelland) Gerard Bonham; (Jane How) Anne Bonham; (Sheila Reid) Paige Bonham; (Ben Righton) Harry; (Nick Ellsworth) Jamison; (Ben Loyd Holmes) Jasper Ferry; (Jonathan Wrather) Emerson; (Rocky Marshall) Lake; (David Fahm) Palmer; (Simon Dutton) William Curry rating: 6.6 /10= 9.96 viewers [last year 5.6/09 rating]

Writer: Stephen Nathan, Scott Williams
Director: Ian Toynton

Fox led the Wednesday troops in the overnights, with the two-hour season-premiere of underrated Bones at a dominant 6.6 rating/10 share from 8-10 p.m. Compared to it's year-ago season opener (5.6/ 9 on Sept. 25, 2007), that was an increase of 18 percent. Take a look at the half-hour breakdown:
Bones (Fox)
8:00 p.m. 6.1/10 (#1)
8:30 p.m. 6.6/10 (#1)
9:00 p.m. 6.8/10 (#1)
9:30 p.m. 6.7/10 (#1)

3.18 The Man in the Outhouse
Orig. aired September 10th 2008

Synopsis: When a partially decomposed body is found in an outhouse and identified as the host of a popular reality television show, “Busted by Bill,” which catches infidelity in the act, Brennan and Booth must identify the killer from of a large pool of suspects, including many who were humiliated on the victim’s show. As the team searches for key forensic evidence with the help of Brennan’s overachieving grad student, Sweets and Bones watch episodes of “Busted by Bill” to search for suspects who fit a revenge killer’s profile.

Meanwhile, Booth tries to understand Brennan’s romantic life when he learns she is juggling two relationships.

Guest Cast: (Carla Gallo) Daisy Wick; (Michele Greene) Amanda O’Rourke; (Dan Sachoff) Bill O’Rourke; (Teddy Mehous) Dwight; (Jill Wagner) Holly Markwell; (Dave Shalansky) Joe; (Amanda Anka) Joe’s Wife; (Brennan Elliott) Mark Gaffney; (Tim Griffin) Pete Steckel; (Lisa Lackey) Veronica Landau; (Richard Gant) Arthur Lang; (Tina Battaglia) Jim’s Wife; (John DiMaggio) Jim Dodd; (Rob Boltin) Jason DeFry; (Bradford Tatum) Chris Gutman; (Scoot McNairy) Noel Liftin; (Dee Freeman) Sgt. Francis Diamond
ratings 6.2/10= 9.15 million

Writer: Carla Kettner, Mark Lisson
Director: Ian Toynton

Fox's underrated Bones remains a solid option, with a second-place 6.2/10 in the overnights from 8-9 p.m. (and an expected first-place finish among adults 18-49 once the fast affiliate results are released).

Bones (Fox) - Wednesday 8 p.m. Viewers: 9.15 million (#2), A18-49: 3.0/ 9 (#1)
Bones remains a true unsung here in prime-time.

3.19 The Finger in the Nest
Orig. aired September 17th 2008

Cesar Millan (“The Dog Whisperer”) and Michael Badalucco Guest-Star

Synopsis: When Booth’s son Parker finds a severed corpse finger in a bird’s nest while playing with Booth, the team launches an investigation to find the rest of the body. They locate the corpse in Jefferson Memorial Park, and it soon becomes clear that the death was no accident. With the help of a new middle-aged grad student in the lab (guest star Michael Badalucco), the team identifies the victim as a local veterinarian whose penchant for gambling brings a number of suspects into the picture. When the victim’s fatal injuries are found to be from a dog, the team uncovers an illegal dog fighting ring and enlists the help of Cesar Millan to help them connect the forensic canine evidence with the killer dog and its owner.

Meanwhile, Booth asks Sweets to psychoanalyze his son who he thinks has been traumatized from finding the finger, and Sweets confronts Hodgins about his attitude in the lab.

Guest Cast: (Michael Badalucco) Scott Starret; (Dean Norris) Don Timmons; (Devon Graye) Robbie Timmons; (Cesar Millan) Himself; (Ty Panitz) Parker Booth; (Adam Rose) Andrew Hopp; (Susan Chuang) Karen Landrew; (Heidi Swedberg) Alice Elliot; (Demetrius Grosse) Tucker Payne; (Steve Spellman) FBI Search Team Member Dave; (David Greenman) FBI Forensic Tech Marcus Geier

Writer: Lyla Oliver
Director: Jeff Woolnough

3.20 The Perfect Pieces In the Purple Pond
Orig. aired September 24, 2008

Synopsis: When a shocked teenager finds a dismembered body laying in pieces in a strange purple pool of water, Brennan and Booth come to the scene only to find the victim's head is missing. With help from Brennan's newest grad student, Wendell, the team discovers the body is that of Jared Addison, a 25-year-old science fiction writer who suffers from OCD and a crippling fear of germs. With Sweets' psychological insight into Jared's perfectly regimented world, Booth and Brennan track down a number of suspects including Jared's psychologist, his much older girlfriend and his science-fiction book publisher, all of whom have good reason to want Jared out of their lives. However, without the victim's head, the team struggles to find enough evidence to locate a killer – that is, until they receive insight from Zack, who studies the case from afar at his psychiatric facility with case information provided to him by Hodgins.

Meanwhile, Brennan scolds Booth for not letting her ever fend for herself.

Cast: (Emily Deschanel) Dr. Temperance Brennan; (David Boreanaz) FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth; (TJ Thyne) Dr. Jack Hodgins; (Michaela Conlin) Angela Montenegro; (Tamara Taylor) Dr. Camille “Cam” Saroyan; (John Francis Daly) Dr. Lance Sweets.

Guest Cast:

(Eric Millegan) Zack Addy; (Michael Grant Terry) Wendell Bray; (Dean Cudworth) Jim Amerian; (Matt Doherty) Gary Tushman; (Debra Christofferson) Kelly Sutton; (Todd Robert Anderson) David Sutton; (Lisa Kamnir) Tilda Addison; (Ryan Alvarez) Ralph; (Ronobir Lahiri) Barista; (Ransford Doherty) Detective Paynter; (Gregory Hinton) Orderly; (Jamie Renee Smith) Karen; (Brian David Miller) Todd

Writer: Josh Berman
Director: Jeannot Szwarc

3.21 The Crank in the Shaft
Orig. aired October 1st, 2008

Synopsis: When the remains of a much-disliked company office manager are found in a building elevator shaft, Booth and Brennan must find out which one of the employees had reason to murder the victim. From a recently-fired employee to the victim’s own boss, the team realizes this office manager had more than their share of complaints to file.

Meanwhile, Brennan’s bleak and morbidly realistic grad student lends his insight to the case, and
Hodgins and Angela try to navigate their post break-up relationship.

Guest Cast: (Katharine Leonard) Christine Gertin; (Ewan Chung) Chip Yap; (Devin McGinn) Ted Russo; (Pete Gardner) Gary Flannery; (Omi Vaidya) Hamid Hirani; (Edward James Gage) Stan Nokes; (Joel David Moore) Colin Fisher; (David Greenman) FBI Forensic Tech Marcus Geier; (Kim Robillard) Dave Farfield

Writer:Elizabeth Benjamin
Director:Steven DePaul

4.01 The He in the She
Orig. aired October 8, 2008

Synopsis: 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.

When the victim’s lower half is discovered, the team realizes their initial assumptions about the victim may not be correct. As Sweets lends insight to the victim’s psychological state and Brennan’s latest grad student adds his own offbeat observations, the team must decipher who would have wanted her dead. From possible love interests to her family to the parishioners at the church where she was a pastor, the anatomy of the case is very misleading.

Cast: (Emily Deschanel) Dr. Temperance Brennan; (David Boreanaz) FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth; (TJ Thyne) Dr. Jack Hodgins; (Michaela Conlin) Angela Montenegro; (Tamara Taylor) Dr. Camille “Cam” Saroyan; (John Francis Daly) Dr. Lance Sweets.

Guest Cast: (Ryan Cartwright) Vincent Nigel-Murray; (David Gallagher) Ryan Stephenson; (Nancy Youngblut) Cecilia Stephenson; (Blake Shields) Chuck Kennedy; (John Livingston) Wade Schmidt; (Bruce Thomas) JP Gratton; (Sylva Kelegian) Rita Gratton; (Mark Doerr) Patrick Stephenson; (Dustin Hess) Hippie #1; (Brett Gilbert) Hippie #2

Writer: Hart Hanson and Kathy Reichs
Director: Craig Ross, Jr.

4.02 The Skull in the Sculpture
Orig. aired November 5, 2008

Synopsis: 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.

Meanwhile, Angela’s ex-girlfriend Roxie, who worked with the artist, becomes a suspect in the case, and Angela and the team must find out who delivered the final stroke in his artfully crafted death.

Guest Cast:

(Patricia Belcher) Ausa Caroline Julian; (Carla Gallo) Daisy Wick; (Nicole Hiltz) Roxie Lyon; (Bill Parks) Chunky; (Todd Bosley) Duane; (Jonathan Lapaglia) Anton Deluca; (Vicki Lewis) Helen Bridenbecker; (David Greenman) FBI Tech Marcus Geier

Writer: Janet Lin
Director: Allan Kroeker

4.03 The Con Man in the Meth Lab
Orig. aired November 12, 2008

Synopsis: Brendan Fehr (“Roswell”) Guest-Stars as 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, Booth’s younger brother Jared 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. (BON-404)

Guest Cast: (Eugene Byrd) Clark Edison; (Brendan Fehr) Jared Booth; (Mandy Freund) Lily Stegman; (Eric Ladin) Paul Stegman; (Jon Wellner) Mike Campbell; (Joseph C. Phillips) Colonel Ryan Wolchuck; (Brian Howe) Sheriff Leonard Wilkinson; (Christopher Goodman) State Police Instructor; (Daniel Lue) Cadet Williams; (Eric Lange) Steve Jackson; (Maxwell Huckabee) Child Stegman

Writer: Karine Rosenthal
Director:Allison Liddi Brown

4.04 The Passenger in the Oven
Orig. aired November 19, 2008

Synopsis: 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. Their restful flight is disrupted when a flight attendant discovers a fully cooked human body in the plane's industrial microwave. Booth and Brennan connect online with the team back in the U.S. using Brennan's high-tech equipment, as well as odds-and-ends gadgets 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 race against the clock to 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.

Cast: (Emily Deschanel) Dr. Temperance Brennan; (David Boreanaz) FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth; (TJ Thyne) Dr. Jack Hodgins; (Michaela Conlin) Angela Montenegro; (Tamara Taylor) Dr. Camille "Cam" Saroyan; (John Francis Daley) Dr. Lance Sweets

Guest Cast: (Patricia Belcher) Caroline Julian; (Nichole Hiltz) Roxie Lyon; (Peggy Miley) Charlotte Hanover; (Dona Hardy) Nadine Spring; (William R. Moses) Arthur Bilbrey; (Fawn Irish) Ann Bilbrey; (Dylan Christopher) Eli Bilbrey; (Ann Farrington) Kate McNutt; (Lydia Look) Theresa Ming; (Charles Parnell) Captain Blake; (Judson Mills) Nick Devito; (Keith Diamond) Howard Kendell; (Charles Champion) Drowsy Businessman; (Donald Elson) Old Man

Writer: Carla Kettner
Director: Steven DePaul

4.05 The Bone that Blew
Orig. aired November 26, 2008

Synopsis: 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 estranged father’s new position as a teacher, a prospect she is less than happy to learn about considering 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 “manny.” As the investigation continues, the team finds Brennan’s father to be an unlikely asset to the case, but Brennan has mixed feelings about her father’s involvement. Brennan and Booth’s investigation delves deep into the world of lies and deception of the ultra privileged families. (BON-402)

Guest Cast: (Michael Grant Terry) Wendell Bray; (Ryan O’Neal) Max Keenan; (John Griffin) Poacher #1; (Ryan Mathew) Poacher #2; (Robin Thomas) Richard King;(Gina Torres) Dr. Toni Ezralow; (Hannah Legih Dworkin) Alexa King; (Sterling Beaumon) Royce King; (Molly Hagan) Elsbeth King;(John Lafayette) Headmaster Donnegan; (Aisha Hinds) Officer Norma Randall; (Jake Johnson) Kid #1; (Malik Elijah Kirkwood) Kid #2; (Ty Panitz) Parker Booth

Writer: Carla Kettner
Director: Jessica Landaw

4.06 The Double Trouble in the Panhandle (8 pm est)
Orig. aired January 22, 2009

Synopsis: Booth and Brennan investigate the remains of conjoined twins found in a shallow grave in a remote desert area on the Texas-Oklahoma border. Back at the lab, the team determines the skeletal remains to be those of Jenny and Julie, who were jugglers in a traveling circus. Knowing there is no way the circus folk will talk to anyone outside their tight-knit clan, Brennan and Booth must infiltrate the circus community in order to find out more information about the twins’ deaths. Honing Booth’s Ranger knife-throwing skills, the duo goes undercover as knife-throwing act “Buck and Wanda Moosejaw.” As they encounter a variety of suspects among the colorful circus crowd, including ringmaster Henry Simon (guest star Andy Richter), a rather raucous clan of clowns and a tempestuous strong man who may have been romantically involved with one of the twins, Booth and Brennan find the circus experience to be quite the spectacle.

Cast: (Emily Deschanel) Dr. Temperance Brennan; (David Boreanaz) FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth; (TJ Thyne) Dr. Jack Hodgins; (Michaela Conlin) Angela Montenegro; (Tamara Taylor) Dr. Camille “Cam” Saroyan; (John Francis Daley) Dr. Lance Sweets

Guest Stars: (Andy Richter) Henry Simon; (Ryan Cartwright) Vincent Nigel-Murray;(Stephen Lee) Texas Ranger; (Michael Patrick McGill) Oklahoma Officer; (Maggie Baird) Sandra Hicks; (Michael Monks) Dell Hicks;

(Bernard White) Dr. Albert Muir; (Ed Gale) Lavalle; (Gregory D. Wilson) Tumbles; (Jason Richter) Clown #2;

(Lester “Rasta” Speight) Magnum; (Mageina Tovah) Madame Nina; (Alix and Kris Angelis) Juggling Twins.

Writer: Lyla Oliver
Director: Dwight Little

4.07 Fire in the Ice (9 pm est)
Orig. aired January 22, 2009

Synopsis: 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 will try figure skating.

Cast: (Emily Deschanel) Dr. Temperance Brennan; (David Boreanaz) FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth; (TJ Thyne) Dr. Jack Hodgins; (Michaela Conlin) Angela Montenegro; (Tamara Taylor) Dr. Camille “Cam” Saroyan; (John Francis Daley) Dr. Lance Sweets

Guest Stars: (Luc Robitaille) Himself, (Marisa Coughlin) Agent Payton Perotta, (Patricia Belcher) Caroline Julian,(Michael Terry Grant) Wendell Bray, (Stephen Desjardins) Pete Carlson,(Stephen Martines) Alex Pina, (Nick Warnock) Dave Simms, (Nathan West) Ed Fralic, (Thomas Lumberg) Lou Herrin, (Julie Dretzin) Connie Withers, (Bianca Lawson) Albie, (Jhemma Ziegler) Chloe Bratton, (Michel Voyer) Referee, (James Dumont) Len, (Josh Blaylock) Leo.

Writer: Scott Williams
Director: Chad Lowe

4.08 The Hero in the Hold
Orig. aired February 5, 2009

Synopsis: When Brennan, Hodgins and author Thomas Vega are summoned by a Federal Judge along with the United States Attorney regarding the ongoing investigation of the Grave Digger, they learn that evidence from the case has recently gone missing. With Brennan and Hodgins having been victums of the Grave digger and thomas Vega currently writing a book about it, they become prime suspects in the missing evidence case.

However, when Brennan and the team receive a phone call from the Grave Digger informing them that Booth has been buried alive with only 24 hours worth of oxygen, the Grave Digger threatens to leave him to die unless Brennan brings the missing evidence. The team immediately goes to Booth's apartment to assess the crime scene, knowing from Sweets' psychological assessment of the Grave Digger will retaliate against Booth. As Booth struggles to free himself from confinement, the team joins forces to locate him with precious time ticking away.

Cast: (Emily Deschanel) Dr. Temperance Brennan; (David Boreanaz) FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth; (TJ Thyne) Dr. Jack Hodgins; (Michaela Conlin) Angela Montenegro; (Tamara Taylor) Dr. Camille “Cam” Saroyan; (John Francis Daley) Dr. Lance Sweets

Guest Cast: (Brendan Fehr) Jared Booth, (Marisa Coughlin) Agent Payton Perotta; (Deirdre Lovejoy) AUSA Heather Taffet; (Noel Fisher) Teddy Parker; (Richard Licata) Judge Williams; (Marco Sanchez) Thomas Vega; (Sarah Allan) Claire.

Writer: Janet Lin & Karine Rosenthal
Director: Ian Toynton

4.09 The Princess and the Pear
Orig. aired February 19, 2009

When a group of eighth-graders find the decomposed body of a woman wearing a medieval princess dress, the team is on the scene to investigate. With Booth incapacitated due to a back injury, Agent Payton Perotta steps in to help with the investigation. With insight from "squint" Colin Fisher, a self-professed geek and expert in the language of scifi, the team identifies the woman as a promotional model from ImagiCon, a convention for fans of comic books, video games and other scifi genre entertainment. Brennan and the team must navigate through the outlandish landscape of highly valuable piece of scifi memorabilia that many would kill to possess.

Cast: (Emily Deschanel) Dr. Temperance Brennan, (David Boreanaz) FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth; (TJ Thyne) Dr. Jack Hodgins; (Michaela Conlin) Angela Montenegro; (Tamara Taylor) Dr. Camille "Cam" Saroyan; (John Francis Daley) Dr. Lance Sweets.

Guest Stars: (Marisa Coughlin) Agent Payton Perotta, (Joel David Moore) Colin Fisher, (Devin Smith) Chip Derf; (Tara Buck) Valerie Daniels; (Betsy Rue) Shiny Kopinsky; (Oliver Muirhead) Badgley Mormont; (Eric Nenninger) Peter Kroon; (Charles Rahi Chun) Bruce Kim; (David Greenman) FBI Tech Marcus Geier; (Josh Sussman) Afro Geef; (Jon Collins) Geek On-Looker; (Charles Stewart) Trev the Mage; (Austin Rogers) Warrior; and (Carlon Jeffery) Ezra the Elf.

Writers: Jeremy Martin and Matthew Donlan
Director: Steven DePaul

4.10 The Bones that Foam
Orig. aired March 12, 2009

Synopsis: A bungee-jumping couple plunges off a bridge on their wedding day only to come face-to-face with a corpse lying at the bottom of a gorge.With the horrified couple's wedding day ruined, Booth and Brennan hike down the rocky creek bed to examine the corpse and determine that the victim was already dead before he was thrown off the bridge, thus ruiling out suicide. Back at the lab, they notice an unknown substance oozing from the body, throwing the lab into immediate lockdown. As the victim's bones continue to foam, the team realizes they have only 24 hours to determine the cause of death before the bones disintergrate completely.

Meanwhile, Booth and Brennan identify the victim as a car salesman whose wheeling and dealing may have brought him many an unsatisfied customer.

Cast: (Emily Deschanel) Dr. Temperance Brennan; (David Boreanaz) FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth; (TJ Thyne) Dr. Jack Hodgins; (Michaela Conlin) Angela Montenegro; (Tamara Taylor) Dr. Camille "Cam" Saroyan; (John Francis Daley) Dr. Lance Sweets.

Guest Stars: (Ryan Cartwright) Vincent Nigel-Murray; (Janet Varney) Maureen Perot; (Stoney Westmoreland) Jungle Jim Delroy; (Sunkrishi Bala) Buddy Shirazi; (Zachary Knighton) Chet Newcomb; (Rich Hutchman) Kevin Howard; (Omid Abtahi) Hal Shirazi; (Christine Lakin) Vanessa Newcomb; (Nicole Malgarini) Strawberry Lust; (Michael Adler) Pastor Rick; (Ren Casey) Young Deputy; (Jerry Shea) FBI Forensic Tech.

Writer: Elizabeth Benjamin
Director: David Boreanaz

4.11 The Salt in the Wounds
Orig. aired March 19, 2009

Synopsis: 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 vollyball player, and are shocked to find that nearly half of her teammates are either pregnant or already have babies as part of a "pregnancy pact".

Cast: (Emily Deschanel), Dr. Temperance Brennan; (David Boreanaz) FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth; (TJ Thyne) Dr. Jack Hodgins; (Michaela Conlin) Angela Montenegro; (Tamara Taylor) Dr. Camille "Cam" Saroyan"; (John Francis Daley) Dr. Lance Sweets.

Guest Stars: (Pej Vehdat) Arastoo Vaziri; (Nichole Hiltz) Roxie Lyon; (Monique Coleman) Becca Hedgepeth; (Kayla Ewell) Alyssa Howland; (Andrew Borba) Bob Clark;(Amy Pietz) Ellen Clark; (Ramon De Ocampo) Dr. Sean Fitts; (Brando Eaton) Rory Davis; (Spencer Breslin) Clinton Gilmour; (Matt Bushell) Coach Adam Hawthorne; (Heidi Sulzman) Darlene; (Earnestine Phillips) Tess; (Lu Parker) News Reporter.

Writer: Carla Kettner and Josh Berman
Director: Steven DePaul

4.12 The Doctor in the Den
Orig. aired April 2, 2009

Synopsis: The half-eaten body of a doctor is found in the tiger cage at the zoo following a hospital charity event, and Booth and Brennan determine the death was no accident. The team soon identifies the victim as Dr. Andrew Welton, and Cam reveals that she was engaged to Welton and lived with him 10 years ago. Though she is devastated by the loss, she nonetheless joins in the investigation to help find Dr. Welton's killer for the sake of his 16 year old daughter who Cam once helped raised, potentially creating a life-changing situation for Cam. The team pieces together Dr. Welton's final evening as they question the suspects, including Brandon Casey, whom Sweets and Angela must hypnotize in order to jog his memory about what he saw the night of the gala.

Meanwhile, lust is in the air at the Jeffersonian and Angela is obsessed by sexual thoughts as she tries to maintain her self-imposed celibacy.

Cast: (Emily Deschanel) Dr. Temperance Brennan; (David Boreanaz) FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth; (TJ Thyne) Dr. Jack Hodgins; (Michaela Conlin) Angela Montenegro; (Tamara Taylor) Dr. Camille "Cam Saroyan"; (John Francis Daley) Dr. Lance Sweets.

Guest Stars: (Chad Lowe) Brandon Casey; (Eugene Byrd) Clark Edison; (Dana David) Michelle Weston; (Rebecca Wisoky) Dr.Maura Bailey; (Dru Mouser) Nancy Lauder; (Linda Purl) Mrs. Diana Annenburg; (Joey Adams) Rick Annenburg; (Audrey Wasilewski) Trysta; (Marston Fobbs) Bill; (Candice Coke) Dr. Dora Oldhouse; (Christopher Neiman) Langston; (Pamela Dunlap) Mrs. Jenkins; (Kim Topper) Gretchen Kujawa; (Tangelia Rouse) Lauren Dobbs.

Writer: Janet Lin & Karine Rosenthal
Director: Ian Toynton

4.13 The Science in the Physicists
Orig. Aired: April 09, 2009

Synopsis: Booth and Brennan are on the case when shattered, pulverized human remains are found in a garbage bag at on location at a photo shoot. When the team discover a meteorite shard lodged in the victim's ear, they are led to the Collar Institute of Science, a famous center for physics research in D.C. After questioning scientists at the institute, they discover the remains are those of Dr. Diane Sidman, a leading scientist and editor-in-chief of the Journal of the Collar Institute, who was also engaged to the Collar's founder. When they discover Dr. Sidman had been working on an extremely controversial project, Brennan and Booth investigate a multitude of death threats directed at her. As the team tries to decipher the cause of her death, Booth and Brennan are on the search for the killer, but their scientific method leads them into a dangerous situation.
Meanwhile, Angela's father comes to town to seek revenge on Hodgins, and Sweets attempts to mediate the situation.

Cast: (Emily Deschanel) Dr.Temperance Brennan; (David Boreanaz) FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth, (TJ Thyne) Dr. Jack Hodgins, (Michaela Conlin) Angela Montenegro, (Tamara Taylor) Dr. Camille "Cam Saroyan", (John Francis Daley) Dr. Lance Sweets.

Guest Stars: (Ryan Cartwright) Vincent Nigel-Murray; (Billy F. Gibbons) Billy F. Gibbons; (Jason Rogel) Broderick Mullins; (John Pyper-Ferguson) Landis Collar; (Anil Raman) Dr. Christopher Beaudette; (Aimee Garcia) Jennifer Keating; (August Emerson) Milton Alvaredo; (Sterling Sulieman) Nest Tech; (Arielle Vandenberg) Model; (Shawn Carter Peterson) Photographer.

Writer(s): Karina Csolty
Director: Brad Turner

4.14 The Cinderella in the Cardboard
Orig. Aired: April 15, 2009 (double your Bones week with the 1st of 2) Wednesday

Synopsis:
When the image of the Virgin Mary is spotted on a bale of compressed cardboard at a recycling plant, Booth and Brennan are on the scene. They discover the image is no miracle, but rather an outline of dried human blood. Upon closer inspection, they find a flattened body inside the compressed cardboard, and must find out who the victim is and who may have wanted her dead. When they discover the victim had been planning the perfect wedding for years - even before she even had a boyfriend - and was finally engaged to be married, they trace her last steps and find that her fiance' was not the only man in her life. With a trail of men from a cell-phone dating service in tow, Booth and Brennan try to understand duplicitous woman's dealings.
Meanwhile, the pair grow suspicious when they spot Sweets' girlfriend Daisy trying on a wedding dress with another man, and Hodgins and Angela come to terms with the status of their relationship.

Cast: (Emily Deschanel) Dr. Temperance Booth, (David Boreanaz) FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth, (TJ Thyne) Dr. Jack Hodgins, (Michaela Conlin) Angela Montenegro, (Tamara Taylor) Dr. Camille "Cam" Saroyan, (John Francis Daley) Dr. Lance Sweets.

Guest Stars: (Carla Gallo) Daisy Wick; (Michael Grant Terry) Wendell Bray; (Matthew Yang King) Dr. Marcus Scheer; (Eric Matheny) Bob Caverly; (Mayim Bialik) Genie Gormon; (Linda Hart) Mrs. Lucia Bertolino;(Pat Lentz) Anya Pertel; (Brandon Scott) Bartender; (Kevin Christy) Kurtis Rossi; (PJ Byrne) Joe Fillion; (Rene' L. Moreno) Barney; (Jerry Zatarain,Jr.)Juan.

Writer(s): Carla Kettner, Josh Berman
Director: Steven DePaul

4.15 Mayhem on a Cross
Orig. Aired: April 16, 2009 (double your Bones week with the 2nd) Thursday

Synopsis: When a real human skeleton is found being used as a stage prop for a death metal band in Norway, authorities determine the vistim was an American citizen. The Jeffersonian team tracks the skeletal remains to an underground U.S. death metal band and identifies the victim as a bassist named Mayhem from a band called Spew. As Booth and Brennan venture into the unfamilar world of death metal music to search for the killer and a motive, they learn about their own team's surprising musical preferences and gain a new insight into Sweets' past.

Meanwhile,when Sweets asks Dr. Gordon Wyatt for input on the book he's writing about Booth and Brennan, Dr. Wyatt lends Sweets an interesting perspective on the pair's unique relationship.

Cast: (Emily Deschanel) Dr. Temperance Booth, (David Boreanaz) FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth, (TJ Thyne) Dr. Jack Hodgins, (Michaela Conlin) Dr. Angela Montenegro, (Tamara Taylor) Dr. Camille "Cam Saroyan", (John Francis Daley) Dr. Lance Sweets.

Guest Stars: (Stephen Fry) Dr. Gordon Wyatt; (Eugene Byrd) Clark Edison; (Greg Roman) Murderbreath; (Frank Pacheco) Mayhem; (John Thomas) Wrath; (Michael William Freeman) Grinder; (AJ Trauth) Pinworm; (Tania Raymonde) Lexi; (Frida Farrell) Dr. Solberg; (Thor Knai) Delta Unit Commander.

Writer: Dean Lopata
Director: Jeff Woolnough

4.16 Double Death of the Dearly Departed
Orig. Aired: April 20, 2009 (Double your Bones Week) Monday

Synopsis: When a Jeffersonian coworker from the Egyptology department dies of heart failure, the whole team attends the wake. However, upon viewing the corpse, Brennan insists the death was no accident, and enlists Booth to help her steal the body so she and Cam can get a closer look. A bizarre mystery develops surrounding the victim's cause of death, and the suspects are as cryptic as the baffling death itself.
Meanwhile, Cam gets a lesson in parenting when she tries to get her newly adopted teenage daughter Michelle to stop smoking.

Cast: (Emily Deschanel) Dr. Temperance Booth; (David Boreanaz) FBI Special Agent Seely Booth; (TJ Tyne) Dr. Jack Hodgins; (Michaela Conlin) Dr. Angela Montenegro; (Tamara Taylor) Dr. Camille "Cam" Saroyan; (John Francis Daley) Dr. Lance Sweets.

Guest Stars: (Ellen Geer) Annie Reilly; (Matt Malloy) Barney Reilly; (Kathryn Meisle) Helen Reilly; (Kelvin Yu) Franklin Tung; (Mandy Siegfried) Amy Valeska; (Ryan Michelle Bathe) Erin Miller; (Charles Doughtery) Hank Reilly; (Dale Godboldo) Dr. Jonah Amayo; (Kazumi Aihara) Traci Nishimura; (Rick Scarry) Priest.

Writer: Craig Silverstein
Director: Milan Cheylov

4.17 The Girl in the Mask

Orig. Aired: April 23, 2009 (Double your Bones week)

Synopsis: Booth's detective friend, Ken Nakamura, calls him from Tokyo in a panic when his sister Sachi goes missing in Washington. Booth and Brennan are on the case, and their investigation leads them to a canal where they find Sachi's decapitated head.
Booth and Brennan meet up with Ken and trace his sister's life away from home, and their investigation leads them to an elite escort service. When they discover that her roommate is also missing, they must race against the clock to find Sachi's killer.

Cast:(Emily Deschanel) Dr. Temperance Booth; (David Boreanaz) FBI Special Agent Seely Booth; (TJ Tyne) Dr. Jack Hodgins; (Michaela Conlin) Dr. Angela Montenegro; (Tamara Taylor) Dr. Camille "Cam" Saroyan; (John Francis Daley) Dr. Lance Sweets.

Guest Stars: (Brian Tee) Ken Nakamura; (Ally Maki) Dr. Haru Tanaka; (Robert Wu) James Sok; (Bummper Robinson) Micah Strutt; (Yuji Okumoto) Bruce Takedo; (Jing Song) Masseuse; (Larry Clarke) Paul Vogler; (Katherine Kamhi) Officer Lisa Kopek; (Jane Park Smith) Nozomi Sato.

Writer: Michael Peterson

Director: Ian Toynton

4.18 The Beaver in the Otter
Orig. Aired: April 30, 2009

Synopsis: When a 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 faternity 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.

Cast: (Emily Deschanel) Dr. Temperance Brennan; (David Boreanaz) FBI Special Agent Seely Booth; (TJ Tyne) Jack Hodgins; (Michaela Conlin) Dr. Angela Montenegro; (Tamara Taylor) Dr. Camile "Cam" Saroyan; (John Francis Daley) Dr. Lance Sweets.

Guest Stars: (Brendan Fehr) Jared Booth; (Pej Vahdat) Arastoo Vaziri; (Nick Ballard) Greg Harmalard; (Jaimie Alexander) Molly Briggs; (Jonathan Chesner) Gary Bacon; (Rick Peters) Dean Vernon Warner; (Edwin Hodge) Robert Hooper; (Ryan Pinkston) Eli Rounder; (Lorna Raver) Professor Marlene Twardosh; (Michael Hyatt) Sheriff Tina Mullins.

Writer(s): Scott Williams
Director: Brad Turner

4.19 Critic in the Cabernet'
Orig. Aired: May 07, 2009

Synopsis: Bones meets Family Guy.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 it's ruin, everyone from the winery's owner to the victim's own wife becomes a suspect.

Meanwhile, Brennan decides she wants to have a baby and suprises Booth with the request to father her child. The unexpected request dredges up a host of unspoken feelings and unresolved issues between the two, and Booth becomes consumed by the prospect of having another child. The stress of the situation, coupled with Booth's undiagnosed health issue, paves the way for a surprise visit from Stewie Griffin, Family Guy's diabolically clever baby who offers advice in his inimitable way.

Cast: (Emily Deschanel) Dr. Temperance Brennan; (David Boreanaz) FBI Special Agent Seely Booth; (TJ Tyne) Jack Hodgins; (Michaela Conlin) Dr. Angela Montenegro; (Tamara Taylor) Dr. Camile "Cam" Saroyan; (John Francis Daley) Dr. Lance Sweets.

Guest Stars: (Seth MacFarlane) voice of Stewie Griffin; (Joel David Moore) Colin Fisher; (Jeff Yagher) Sean Mortenson; (Scottie Thompson) Kim Mortenson; (Scott Alan Smith) Bruce Hanover; (Latarsha Rose) Jenny Holt; (David Greenman) FBI Forensic Tech Marcus Geier; (Chad Willett) Charlie Dunwood; (Steven Meek) Dr. Les Granger; (Kelly Noonan) Rachel Granger; (Deborah Lacey) Nurse.

Writers: Stephen Nathan
Director: Kevin Hooks

4.20 The End in the Beginning
Orig Aired: May 14, 2009 season finale

Synopsis: In the season finale episode, a body is found murdered at "The Lab", a popular nightclub, and everyone is a suspect. In an unusual twist of storytelling, Brennan, Booth and the Jeffersonian team take on various roles outside their normal duties , including serving as the nightclub staff as well as local law enforcement.

Cast: (Emily Deschanel) Dr. Temperance Brennan; (David Boreanaz) FBI Special Agent Seely Booth; (TJ Tyne) Jack Hodgins; (Michaela Conlin) Dr. Angela Montenegro; (Tamara Taylor) Dr. Camile "Cam" Saroyan; (John Francis Daley) Dr. Lance Sweets.

Guest Stars: (Motley Crue); Tommy Lee, Mick Mars, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx; (Ryan O'Neal) Max Keenan; (Brendan Fehr) Jared Booth; (Eric Millegan) Zach; (Patricia Belcher) Caroline Julian; (Sean Blakemore) Grayson Barasa; (Eugene Byrd) Clark Edison; (Ryan Cartwright) Vincent Nigel-Murray; (Carla Gallo) Daisy Wick; (Joel David Moore) Colin Fisher; (Michael Grant Terry) Wendell Bray; (Pej Vahdat) Arastoo Vaziri.

Writer(s): Hart Hanson
Director: Ian Toynton
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