| “Pusher” |
| The X-Files episode |
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| Episode no. |
Season 3
Episode 17 |
| Written by |
Vince Gilligan |
| Directed by |
Rob Bowman |
| Guest stars |
Robert Wisden as Robert Patrick Modell |
| Production no. |
3x17 |
| Original airdate |
February 23, 1996 (Fox) |
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"Pusher" is the seventeenth episode of the third season of The X-Files. Agents Mulder and Scully's assistance is requested for a case involving a man seemingly capable of bending people to his will. The suspect uses his mysterious abilities to manipulate Agent Mulder into a dangerous end game. Text taken from the "Pusher" summary here.
Trivia
- 'Cerulean Blue' is referenced and hinted at again in various ways.
- Dave Grohl, former drummer of Nirvana and current lead singer of the Foo Fighters, and former wife Jennifer Youngblood-Grohl, can be seen in the background as Modell enters the FBI building.
- This episode contains a reference to the second season episode, "The Host". In the introduction to this episode, Pusher is seen taking a tabloid titled the Worldwide Enquirer from a rack in a supermarket. Its cover reads, "IT'S BACK! Flukeman found washed up in Martha's Vineyard!", above a sketch of the Flukeman.
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