How many episodes are in Bones Season 4?

Bones Season 4 has 26 episodes.

What is Bones Season 4 about?

The season opens with a family outing becoming a homicide investigation and then expands into a second murder abroad. Brennan and Booth establish the season's pattern of unusual remains and escalating uncertainty.

Bones Season 4 (2005) Episodes & Character Maps

Key story beats

Finger In The Nest — Parker Booth finds a severed human finger in a bird's nest while Seeley Booth is teaching him football.
Forensic Examination — Brennan examines the finger and uses its jagged damage and plant residue to help establish where it was found.
Second Murder Abroad — After the first murder case is solved, Brennan and Booth learn that another person they know has been murdered.
Outhouse Explosion — An explosion in an outhouse exposes a body that had been left in sewage.
Illegal Dog Fighting — The team links a death to a dog and follows the evidence to an illegal dog-fighting ring while searching for the dog and its owner.
Purple Pond Dismemberment — Dismembered remains are found in a purple pool, but the missing head prevents the team from immediately securing enough evidence.
Office Shaft Murder — The remains of a despised office manager are found in an elevator shaft, creating a large pool of workplace suspects.
Body On The Airplane — While traveling to China, Brennan and Booth discover a cooked body in the airplane's industrial microwave and coordinate with the laboratory remotely.
Family Disagreement — Brennan reacts negatively to the news that her father has taken a teaching position after his acquittal for murder.
Circus Twin Murder — The team investigates the death of conjoined twins working in a circus while Brennan and Booth work undercover as performers.
Frozen Lake Suspicion — A firefighter's body is found in a frozen lake, and Booth becomes a suspect because he had fought with the victim during a hockey game.
Booth Kidnapped — Booth is knocked out, drugged, and placed inside a small yellow submarine while the team works to find him.
Hospitalized Investigator — Booth is hospitalized with a bad back, forcing Brennan to investigate a promotional model's murder without him.
Foaming Bone Lockdown — An unknown substance begins oozing from the remains, forcing a laboratory lockdown while the team has only twenty-four hours before the bones disintegrate.
Salt-Buried Victim — Brennan and Booth investigate a petrified body buried in salt and discover that the victim was a pregnant sixteen-year-old volleyball player.

Character relationships in season 4

Seeley Booth — Father and son — Parker Booth: Their father-son relationship is shown through shared activities and Parker's involvement in a case.
Temperance 'Bones' Brennan — Coma-imagined spouses — Seeley Booth: Their imagined marriage functions as a symbolic version of their unresolved bond.
Temperance 'Bones' Brennan — Trusted family associate — Parker Booth: Brennan responds seriously to Parker's discovery and treats his observation as important evidence.
Clark Edison — Laboratory colleague — Temperance 'Bones' Brennan: Clark's return places him within the same professional laboratory environment as Brennan.
Caroline Julian — Investigative authority connection — Seeley Booth: The finale places Caroline and Booth within the episode's transformed law-enforcement setting.
Caroline Julian — Legal and forensic connection — Temperance 'Bones' Brennan: Their connection is limited to the finale's alternate professional reality.