Green Light (Breaking Bad)

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"Green Light"
Breaking Bad episode
Episode no.Season 3
Episode 4
Directed byScott Winant
Written bySam Catlin
Cinematography byMichael Slovis
Editing byKelley Dixon
Original air dateApril 11, 2010 (2010-04-11)
Running time47 minutes
Guest appearances
  • Ted Beneke
  • Steven Gomez
  • Carmen Molina
  • George Merkert
  • Jolene Purdy as Cara
  • Victor
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"Green Light" is the fourth episode of the third season of the American television drama series Breaking Bad, and the 24th overall episode of the series. Written by Sam Catlin and directed by Scott Winant, it aired on AMC in the United States and Canada on April 11, 2010.

Plot

After coming up short for gasoline and cigarettes at a gas station,

meth
to a cashier to get out of paying. She is hesitant to accept until a police officer enters the store and queues behind Jesse for the counter, at which point she bows to the pressure and takes the meth.

Meanwhile,

bugged his house to discover the information. After making crude remarks about Skyler's affair, Walt proceeds to tackle Saul to the ground and fire him on the spot - thus losing Saul’s help laundering money. Consequently, Walter White Jr.
has noticed a sudden stop in donations for his fundraising site.

After being called into her office, Walt makes a pass toward the vice principal at the school,

Carmen Molina, by trying to kiss her. She rejects his advances and places him on indefinite leave. While he is leaving the school, he is intercepted by Jesse, who 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 Fring
himself, through Saul and Mike as the mediators. Gus reluctantly agrees to the purchase, anticipating that Walt's pride and financial need may convince him to accept his business proposition.

Skyler is continuing her affair with Ted, albeit with increasing suspicion from her co-workers after Walt's outburst. After having sex at his house, she refuses to disclose what went wrong in her marriage and declines Ted's offer to move in with him.

Meanwhile,

Steve Gomez
is concerned about Hank's mental well-being; Hank dismisses these concerns. After intensely interrogating the cashier whom Jesse gave the meth to, Hank retrieves images from the ATM outside the gas station in order to persuade his boss to not resituate him to El Paso, convinced he is "close to something big here".

Jesse completes his first delivery to

Jane Margolis' father, has been rushed to hospital after a self-inflicted gunshot wound, in the wake of the air disaster that he oversaw.[a]
Victor pulls up alongside the car and gives Walter "his half" of the earnings for Jesse's deal, driving off just before the light turns green.

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.[1] 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."[2]

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.[3]

In 2019 The Ringer ranked "Green Light" 56th out of the 62 total Breaking Bad episodes.[4]

Viewership

The episode's original broadcast was viewed by 1.46 million people,[5] which was an increase from the 1.33 million of the previous episode, "I.F.T.".

Notes

  1. ^ As depicted in "ABQ".

References

  1. ISBN 9781683350774
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  2. ^ Murray, Noel (April 11, 2010). "Breaking Bad: "Green Light"". The A.V. Club. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
  3. ^ Amitin, Seth (May 8, 2012). "Breaking Bad: "Green Light" Review". IGN. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
  4. ^ Katie Baker (September 30, 2019). "The Ringer's Definitive 'Breaking Bad' Episodes Ranking". The Ringer.
  5. ^ Julia (April 7, 2010). "Breaking Bad Season 3 Ratings". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on November 26, 2010. Retrieved November 10, 2010.

External links

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