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Big Time Rush: Season 4

13 episodes Premiered May 2, 2013 Updated Sep 19, 2026

Big Time Rush Season 4 continues the overarching saga across 13 episodes.

Previously on Big Time Rush

Season 4 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Big Time Rush Season 3.
  • Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
  • Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
  • Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.

Season overview

Big Time Rush Season 4 continues the overarching saga across 13 episodes.

Season 4 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 4: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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S4·E1 Mytharc

Big Time Invasion

May 2, 2013

The new British band "invade" the music business and Big Time Rush is afraid that they are going to end their career. To save their career they decide to hire new managers but disa

S4·E2 Core

Big Time Scandal

May 9, 2013

Big Time Rush are accused for scandals: Lucy Stone releases an album about a bad break-up with a guy who is rumored to be Kendall, Carlos tries to swat a bee and is accused by E! N

S4·E3 Core

Big Time Lies

May 16, 2013

Lucy tries to get Kendall back, but Kendall lies to Jo and tells nothing is happening. Meanwhile, James and Carlos lie to Gustavo about destroying his office and make up a story ab

S4·E4 Core

Big Time Bonus

May 23, 2013

Griffin gives the boys a $20,000 bonus and wants them to prove him they will spend them with responsibility.

S4·E5 Core

Big Time Cameos

May 30, 2013

Gustavo books the boys to a lot of painful TV show cameos, but they decide to do no more cameos, until they get booked for "Coco.0", a show Carlos loves and has a pretty main chara

S4·E6 Core

Big Time Tour Bus

Jun 6, 2013

Big Time Rush is on the way to their concert to San Diego, in tour buses, but they get stuck in traffic. Kendall is with Carlos, who is filming videos with his camera all the time

S4·E7 Core

Big Time Pranks II

Jun 13, 2013

Palm Woods' prank wars kick off again, and this time the kids battle the adults. Logan pranks himself out (again) and becomes "The Prankster Gangster", supplying prank tools to the

S4·E8 Core

Big Time Rides

Jun 20, 2013

James buys a motorcycle to try to impress Lucy; Kendall teaches Jo how to drive a stick-shift; Carlos and Logan hold on to a childhood treasure (wood wagon).

S4·E9 Core

Big Time Tests

Jun 27, 2013

Logan brings Carlos along to the MCAT test as his good luck charm; James is upset because Lucy is off for a European tour and he becomes obsessed with relationship quizzes; Griffin

S4·E10 Core

Big Time Cartoon

Jul 11, 2013

The boys have been approached by two huge companies that are interested in expanding the BTR brand a little farther. They have two options of choosing between getting their own car

S4·E11 Core

Big Time Break Out

Jul 18, 2013

At a party at Rocque Records, celebrating the release of their third studio album, Griffin asks the boys about which one of them is going to leave Big Time Rush and break out.

S4·E12 Mytharc

Big Time Dreams (1)

Jul 25, 2013

It's the Tween Choice Awards, and BTR's night is in jeopardy when the guys uncover an evil plan to brainwash the audience. Now BTR must find a way to defeat the bad guy, save the s