For me season 4 was the weakest so far. Not bad or awful just, you know, the weakest.
It started with that badly cobbled together England episode. Then there is that thing with the intern-of-the-week. Hated that. Althought in the long run I began to like them more they are all no replacement for Zach. I hoped they would bring him back at some point, since it was hinted that he did not actually kill someone. Well, didn't happen. The plot for Angela and Jack was something that felt like if they did not know what to do with the characters. I was alright with the break-up. That was concievable and legit. But throwing her head over heels in another romance with her ex Roxy, who appered out of nowhere, only to drop that also just a couple episodes later was a waste of time. But it was good they did because it wasn't working. And now the Ang and Jack romance is in limbo althought at the end of the season they were talking about starting over. My guess is the show runners don't want another romance to distract from the main one. What else ? Max Keenan - they wrote him out of jail only to dissapear into nothingness. He has one small showing in one episode (I don't count the dream-episode). Some episodes I did not particulary enjoy include the circus, the ghost and the steal-the-body-from-the-wake. They had some good parts but were alltogether to cliched and especially the later felt so overdone. Maybe 22 episodes would have been better. But even with all this negatives I consider Bones still one of the better shows and it still had many good things to go for. I am now maybe more analytical while watching then, say ten years ago, so everything is fine.
Review by FinFanBlockedParentSpoilers2018-08-07T19:33:36Z
For me season 4 was the weakest so far. Not bad or awful just, you know, the weakest.
It started with that badly cobbled together England episode. Then there is that thing with the intern-of-the-week. Hated that. Althought in the long run I began to like them more they are all no replacement for Zach. I hoped they would bring him back at some point, since it was hinted that he did not actually kill someone. Well, didn't happen.
The plot for Angela and Jack was something that felt like if they did not know what to do with the characters. I was alright with the break-up. That was concievable and legit. But throwing her head over heels in another romance with her ex Roxy, who appered out of nowhere, only to drop that also just a couple episodes later was a waste of time. But it was good they did because it wasn't working. And now the Ang and Jack romance is in limbo althought at the end of the season they were talking about starting over. My guess is the show runners don't want another romance to distract from the main one.
What else ? Max Keenan - they wrote him out of jail only to dissapear into nothingness. He has one small showing in one episode (I don't count the dream-episode).
Some episodes I did not particulary enjoy include the circus, the ghost and the steal-the-body-from-the-wake. They had some good parts but were alltogether to cliched and especially the later felt so overdone. Maybe 22 episodes would have been better.
But even with all this negatives I consider Bones still one of the better shows and it still had many good things to go for. I am now maybe more analytical while watching then, say ten years ago, so everything is fine.
A good 7 for season 4.