Bob's Burgers
A River Runs Through Bob
TV Flash files “A River Runs Through Bob” as the first listed hour of season 4 — Bob's Burgers (2011–present) on Fox, season 4, episode 1, aired 2013-09-29, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E01: listed hour 46 of 313 in the Bob's Burgers guide, first listed hour of season 4. It aired 2013-09-29 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “The Unnatural” (S03E23). Next is “Fort Night” (S04E02).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Bob, Linda and the kids go on a camping adventure and face the perils of nature...and Bob's intestines. Braving wild river rapids, eager squirrels and parent/child separation, the Belchers prove they are worth their mettle.
Viewer FAQ
Where does A River Runs Through Bob sit in the Bob's Burgers guide?
S04E01 is listed hour 46 of 313 — first listed hour of season 4, season 4 episode 1.
When did Bob's Burgers S04E01 air?
A River Runs Through Bob aired 2013-09-29 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Do I need to watch from season one?
Helpful for family texture, not a mystery box. Episodes are largely hangout-and-song; continuity is love, not homework. Jumping in mid-run still works.
In the series
Why this series still plays
The Belchers run a struggling burger joint while the kids generate beautiful problems and songs erupt without warning. Loren Bouchard's Fox animation is Bob's anxiety, Linda's whoop, Tina-Gene-Louise specificity. Kindest long-running adult animation of the decade without losing joke bite — working-class warmth, pun burgers, a movie, Ocean Avenue still open.
A struggling burger joint, kids generating beautiful problems, songs erupting without warning. Loren Bouchard's Fox animation premiered January 9, 2011, and never really left: H. Jon Benjamin's anxious Bob, John Roberts's Linda, Kristen Schaal's Louise, Dan Mintz's Tina, Eugene Mirman's Gene. Guest burgers are puns; love is non-negotiable. Storyboarded fantasy sequences and original songs are house style, not extras. The work is the griddle — working-class warmth as comic engine, joke bite intact.
Filed against
- H. Jon Benjamin as Bob Belcher
H. Jon Benjamin voices Bob Belcher as anxiety you can grill — struggling burger joint, kids generating beautiful problems, songs erupting without warning. Loren Bouchard's Fox animation, Linda's whoop, Tina-Gene-Louise specificity. TV…
- John Roberts as Linda Belcher
John Roberts’s Linda Belcher whoops through Bob’s Burgers as the family engine — a struggling burger joint, kids generating beautiful problems, songs erupting without warning. Loren Bouchard’s Fox animation: Bob’s anxiety, Linda’s yes,…
- Kristen Schaal as Louise Belcher
Kristen Schaal’s Louise Belcher is the pink-eared coup of Bob’s Burgers — kids generating beautiful problems, songs erupting without warning — and she doubled as Mabel Pines’s summer-supernatural heart on Gravity Falls. Kindest adult…
- Dan Mintz as Tina Belcher
Dan Mintz’s Tina Belcher is Bob’s Burgers at a monotone simmer — horses, butts, a diary of beautiful problems inside Loren Bouchard’s Fox animation. Bob’s anxiety, Linda’s whoop, Gene-Louise specificity; Tina is the deadpan that made…
- Eugene Mirman as Gene Belcher
Eugene Mirman voiced Gene Belcher on Bob's Burgers — Loren Bouchard's kindest long-running adult animation, songs without warning, a burger joint where the kids generate beautiful problems. Bob's anxiety, Linda's whoop, Gene's keyboard…