Robert Patrick Modell (Robert Wisden) AKA Pusher made his first appearance on the X-Files episode Pusher that first aired on February 23, 1996. Modell was one of only three "Monsters of the Week" that was granted a return episode (the other two being Donnie Pfaster and Eugene Victor Tooms). Dying from a brain tumor, Modell, who had the power to manipulate people's minds with his power of persuasion through words, decided to play a game of cat and mouse with Agent Fox Mulder (David Duchovny). He finally lured Mulder into playing a game of Russian Roulette (something American TV shows had been reluctant to show due to a tragic incident after a showing of the Deer Hunter). However Agent Scully (Gillian Anderson) broke through and Mulder shot Modell instead. As an in-joke, they had previous monster of the week Fluke man on the cover of a tabloid newspaper. Dave Grohl or Nirvana/Foo Fighters appeared as a random extra in the lobby scene. Modell would return in the 1998 episode Kitsunegari. ("Pusher", The X-Files, TV Event)
