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 Victor, but is outraged when he only receives half of the money. Later, Walt is stopped at a red light when he hears on the radio that Donald Margolis, Jane Margolis' father, has been rushed to hospital after a self-inflicted gunshot wound, in the wake of the air disaster that he oversaw. 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. 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.". Notes References External links "Green Light" at the official Breaking Bad site 2010 American television episodes Breaking Bad (season 3) episodes