Bones: How the Season Will Play Out

Ok, Bones fans. It’s official, at least for today… According to today’s press release, it looks like FOX will be giving us all 26 episodes this season, as long as they don’t do anything crazy and make changes after today, anyway. They just released some info about all the remaining episodes for season 4. Keep your fingers crossed that it all goes as planned.

I’ve put the episode numbers, along with the titles, air dates and a one paragraph synopsis for all the remaining eps in this post. We’ll get to see Hodgins and Angela deal with their relationship a bit, but according to all the word out there, they won’t get back together officially for a while. And check out the synopsis for episode 4.25, The Critic in the Cabernet!! That’s when Brennan is going to ask Booth to parent her child!!

And the best news of all is that we will get to have Zack back in the season finale, as promised. There are several other exciting guest stars coming up too. Stephen Fry (Dr. Gordon Wyatt), Brendan Fehr (Jared Booth), Mötley Crüe and Ryan O’Neal will all be guests in various episodes as well. Woo-hoo! I love it when a plan finally comes together! Follow the jump for all the info!

Episode 4.19: Science in the Physicist
Airdate: April 9, 2009

Spoiler:
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 discovers 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 (guest star Gibbons) comes to town to seek revenge on Hodgins, and Sweets attempts to mediate the situation. [Source: FOX]

Episode 4.20: Mayhem on a Cross
Airdate: April 16, 2009

Spoiler:
When a real human skeleton is found being used as a stage prop for a death metal band in Norway, authorities determine the victim 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 unfamiliar 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 new insight into Sweets’ past. Meanwhile, when Sweets asks Dr. Gordon Wyatt (guest star Stephen Fry) 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. [Source: FOX]

Episode 4.21: The Cinderella In The Cardboard
Airdate: April 15, 2009

Spoiler:
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 fiancé 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 the 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. [Source: FOX]

Episode 4.22: Double Death of the Dearly Departed
Airdate: April 20, 2009

Spoiler:
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. [Source: FOX]

Episode 4.23: The Girl in the Mask
Airdate: April 23, 2009

Spoiler:
When the sister of Booth’s (David Boreanaz) Tokyo-based detective friend Ken Nakamura (guest star Brian Tee), goes missing in DC, Booth and Brennan (Emily Deschanel) are on the case. But after they find her decapitated head in a canal, Ken joins Booth and Brennan to trace his sister’s secret life away from home. [Source: FOX]

Episode 4.24: The Beaver in the Otter
Airdate: April 30, 2009

Spoiler:
When the body of a fraternity brother nicknamed “Beaver” is found inside the mascot uniform of a rival school, Brennan and Booth discover that “Beaver” was making a killing of his own through a money-making operation on the side. Meanwhile, Booth offers to help his brother Jared (guest star Brendan Fehr) find a new job after his dishonorable discharge from the Navy. [Source: FOX]

Episode 4.25: The Critic in the Cabernet
Airdate: May 7, 2009

Spoiler:
Brennan decides she wants to have a baby and surprises Booth with a 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 (guest voice Seth MacFarlane), FAMILY GUY’s diabolically clever baby who offers advice in his inimitable style. [Source: FOX]

Episode 4.26: The End in the Beginning
Airdate: May 14, 2009

Spoiler – Season Finale:
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. Mötley Crüe, Ryan O’Neal, Brendan Fehr and Eric Millegan guest-star. [Source: FOX]