Bones

Episode 4.01: The Yanks in the U.K., Part One (Season premiere)
Airdate: September 3, 2008 at 8 p.m.

07/12 - The premiere, which has filmed in locations at Wrotham Park, Greenwich, Canary Wharf and the Guildhall, will see Brennan and Booth attempt to solve the murder of an American girl. [Hart] Hanson explained: "It has a slight Upstairs, Downstairs aspect to it, with servants and royalty and the class system. An heiress with an American father is yanked from the Thames in her Range Rover. Brennan and Booth are here lecturing. Booth is lecturing at Scotland Yard and Brennan is lecturing at Oxford about working with cops. The murder happens... the FBI would have jurisdiction over it if Scotland Yard invited them." Source: DigitalSpy

07/12 - I'm told that Sean Blakemore (you can IMDb him here) will be playing Grayson Birimbau, the superperfect über-mensch (kind and brilliant, and hot and rich to boot) who met Angela one hot night in Fiji and persuaded her to become his wife (even if just for that one hot night). Source: Kristin on E!Online

06/21 - Grayson "Birimbau" Barasa, aka Angela's husband, finally surfaces. He doesn't want to sign the divorce papers, claiming that he still loves Angela. She told him that she now loves Hodgins but Birimbau doesn't want to listen. He reminds her of the night they met and how they both felt in the hope that Angela's love for him comes back. Later, Hodgins meets with Birimbau at a diner to have him sign the papers. Birimbau tells Hodgins that he has been looking for Angela for the past four years and that he even built her a house in Florida so there is no way he will let her go without a fight. Angela and Sweets meet Hodgins and Birimbau outside of the diner. Hodgins and Birimbau start to fight and Sweets joins in on the action before Angela walks off. One of the London folks Brennan and Booth interact with is Inspector Cate Pritchard. Source: SpoilerFix.com

06/14 - Cast and producers from Bones have crossed the pond to shoot in London this month, the first time the series has shot at an international location or outside Southern California. Partners Dr. Temperance Brennan and Special Agent Seeley Booth make the trip from Washington, DC, to Scotland Yard as television's most addictive and amusing procedural shoots scenes for a special two-hour premiere event airing Wednesday, Sept. 3 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. Principal photography begins on Saturday, June 14. Shooting at various locations in and around London, including the Thames River and Oxford University, Bones production will be in the U.K. for several weeks to complete scenes for the show's Season Four two-part premiere episode, "Yanks in the U.K. " Additional locations include shooting near the historic Tower Bridge, the stately Lambeth Palace, official residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury, as well as throughout the streets of the city. "We are immensely pleased to be shooting our Season Four opener in England and are eager to work with the excellent cast and crew available in the U.K. Bones has never shot much more than a few miles outside of Los Angeles before, so we may as well start small by leaving the continent," said creator and executive producer Hart Hanson. The premiere episode finds Brennan guest-lecturing at Oxford University and Booth speaking at Scotland Yard when they are asked by local officials to lend their expertise to a high-profile murder investigation involving a young British heiress. Source: FOX

06/12 - Angela's long lost husband, claiming he's still in love with her, will refuse to sign divorce papers next fall. A pathetic brawl between he and Hodgins -- which Sweets tries to participate in -- will ensue. Source: Zap2it

04/23 - "We're currently shooting our second episode back from the strike, and that's the first two of the eight we are shooting through the end of June. The last two of that eight will be a two-parter shot on location in London, England - we hope. The two that we'll shoot in England are supposed to air as the season four premiere on August 26, and then the middle four episodes of those eight will air after the season premiere, in September," [show runners Hart Hanson reveals.] Source: Kristin on E!Online

03/30 - Executive producer Hart Hanson hopes to shoot in England with former guest star Stephen Fry and some yet-to-be-booked Brits. Source: TV Guide

08/08/2007 - Bones producers will soon begin casting the role of Angela's mythic (and as-yet-unseen) husband, who we'll learn early on is basically The Perfect Man. Explains my spy: "He's big, beautiful and has tons of charisma. He's a pilot, he's an entrepreneur, he's a philanthropist, he saves children from burning buildings." Source: Ask Ausiello @ TV Guide


Episode 4.02: The Yanks in the U.K., Part Two
Airdate: September 3, 2008 at 9 p.m.

See episode 4.01 spoilers.


Episode 4.03: The He in the She
Airdate: September 10, 2008

05/21 - Two hippies fish out a skeletonized wrist. Cam, Booth, Brennan and a grad student go to the scene to investigate. The lab is using some of Brennan's brighter grad students until they hire a permanent Forensic Anthropologist. In this episode, grad student Vincent Juarez is working along the team. Brennan doesn't seem happy with this tasking and sends Vincent back to the lab even if Cam brought him along. Vincent also has a hard time around Cam because he makes lame jokes and uses familiar terms that will not please Brennan. At first, the team believes the body is that of a female, 40-year-old Patricia Ludmuller. Further investigation proves that Patricia was born a male. Brennan and Booth still have therapy sessions with Sweets. Hodgins and Angela also appear. Source: SpoilerFix.com

04/09 - Get used to the name "Vincent Juarez." I suspect we may be seeing a lot of him next season. He's one of Dr. Brennan's brighter grad students and he'll be joining the Squints until Brennan can find a new full-time forensic anthropologist. The yet-to-be-cast character loves to lighten the mood in the lab, but he definitely thinks he's funnier than he actually is. [...] In related news, does anyone know why Bones would be looking for a new full-time forensic anthropologist? Source: Ask Ausiello @ TV Guide


Episode 4.04: The Man in the Outhouse
Airdate: September 17, 2008

06/14 - The team hasn't hired someone yet to take on the Forensic Anthropologist spot. This week, Daisy Wick, another grad student, helps out. The team tries to solve the murder of a man named Bill O'Roarke, the host of a TV show called "Busted" during which unfaithful spouses are caught cheating. Brennan goes on a date with a guy named Jason Defry but the evening is cut short when Booth and Sweets drop by. Brennan is also going out with a man named Mark. Both men appeal her for different things. Cam, Hodgins, and Angela also appear. Source: SpoilerFix.com


Episode 4.05: The Finger in the Nest
Airdate: September 24, 2008

07/06 - Booth brings to the Smithsonian a finger that Parker found in a bird's nest. The team, along with "grad of the week" 40-year-old Scott Starret, study it to find answers. Scott is Brennan's oldest grad student, the father of four boys, and had many jobs before this, including parks supervisor and car salesman. Booth enlists Sweets help to make sure that Parker isn't stressed for life after having found the finger. Turns out Parker is traumatized but not from the finger. Hodgins opens up to Scott and tells him about his latest problems: best friend (Zach) in jail, his relationship with Angela going south, etc. Cam also appears. Source: SpoilerFix.com

06/18 - Remember that rotation of grad students I told you would be taking turns filling Zack's position as a Bones squint? One of them has been cast, and he's very familiar to fans of The Practice. Michael Badalucco, who played blue-collar Jimmy on the ABC legal drama, is booked for at least one episode, and will first appear a few weeks into Season 4. Yes, he's playing a grad student, but one who has "lived some years" - akin to Grey's Anatomy's World's Oldest Intern, only not that long in the tooth. In the same episode, look for a visit from Dog Whisperer Cesar Millan, playing... himself. Source: TV Guide Online


Episode 4.06: The Crank in the Shaft
Airdate: October 2008

07/12 - A leg is found in an elevator so Booth, Brennan and Cam go to the scene. Back at the lab, the team is assisted by "grad of the week" Colin Fisher, a depressed man in his mid-20s who has a pierced lip and wears black nail polish. Hodgins tries to avoid Angela. The latter asks Brennan for suggestions on how to act around Hodgins. Angela eventually turns to Sweets for help. Booth tries to get Cam to write him a doctor's note so he can get a nifty new office chair. Source: SpoilerFix.com