gives meth to a cashier in exchange for gasoline. Meanwhile, Walt makes a scene at Skyler’s workplace while confronting Ted, and he is thrown out of the building. Immediately afterwards, Mike takes Walt to Saul's office. Saultries to convince Walt to continue producing meth, but Walt refuses the offer and loses Saul’s help laundering money. Walt later makes a pass towards the attractive vice principal at the school, Carmen Molina, by trying to kiss her in her office. She rejects his advances and places him on indefinite leave. Jesse reaches out to Walt, as he has produced a new batch of meth on his own. Walt rejects Jesse's product as "substandard", and Jesse resolves to sell the product to Gus himself. Gus reluctantly agrees to the purchase, anticipating that Walt’s pride and financial need may convince him to accept his business proposition. Jesse only receives half the payment, while the second half is delivered to Walt. Meanwhile, Skyler continues her affair with Ted, and Hank forgoes his transfer to El Paso in order to pursue a new lead at a gas station.
Production
The episode was written by Sam Catlin, and directed by Scott Winant, being one of the two episodes along with "Crawl Space" that Winant directed in the series. It aired on AMC in the United States and Canada on April 11, 2010.
Reception
Noel Murray of The A.V. Club gave the episode a B and praised the episode's ability to uphold the series' standard of balancing "action and inaction." He especially praises the depiction of Hank's struggles in the story, noting that "it’s about how someone who represents himself as fully in charge deals with being out of his comfort zone." Seth Amitin of IGN gave the episode an 8/10, lamenting that "Two horrible meltdowns aren't so fun to watch" and suggesting that the series had continued to lag in quality since the Season 2 finale. In 2019 The Ringer ranked "Green Light" 56th out of the 62 total Breaking Bad episodes.
Viewership
The episode's original broadcast was viewed by 1.46 million people, which was an increase from the 1.33 million of the previous episode, "I.F.T.".
