Spoilers

“Kitsunegari”

In a sequel to the third season episode “Pusher,” Robert Modell returned to the show to play more mind games with Mulder.

Modell went by the nickname Pusher because he could ‘push’ his will on other people, in a mental control kind of way.

Modell came out of his vegetable state and escaped from prison. But Mulder felt there was something different than the last time he confronted him. Even when the prosecutor who had convicted Modell was found dead from drinking gallons of blue paint that he was also covered with from head to toe, Mulder could not shake the feeling that there was something else going on.

Turned out that Modell had a sister who could also do the “push” thing and she was playing the game. She was married to the prosecutor, but she had married him after two days and it seemed as if it was for revenge.

While this does not match up with the quality of “Pusher” from season three, this is still a decent episode. I did like how the main characters were all uneasy with each other and had a hard time believing what was going on. It felt as if all of them were being manipulated.

This is the way mental powers are supposed to work.