TIME SKIP:
AFTER THE HUGE SHOOTOUT AT FOUNDRY:
The trio take a moment to catch their breaths. Dash, Sally, Carly, and Packie were all brought as backup. Cause it was OBVIOUSLY needed.
Franklin brings up the fact that they still have work to do, namely pick off friends who either betrayed or tried to kill the trio in the past. He then calls Lester for their whereabouts.
Steve Haines had previously made the three, Lester and others commit various crimes in order to advance his own career before attempting to betray Michael to the FIB and have him arrested as the raid in the Humane Labs destroyed his career record when he was arrested. He then asked Franklin to kill Trevor as a scapegoat and not participating in the Bureau Raid due to hostility between Michael and Trevor during that period.
Trevor initially wanted to kill Dave Norton as well, most likely for killing Brad in North Yankton nine years ago and for being Haines' lackey and unbeknownst to him, told by Michael and later Franklin to kill Trevor; however, Michael and Carly both tell him that they need Norton alive so no one comes after them later(plus Michael and Carly have both grown to like the man).
Trevor reluctantly agreed, but still jumped at the opportunity to kill Steve, as Trevor apparently "always wanted too".
Devin Weston had similarly employed all three and Lamar to steal various expensive cars and cheated out of a payday, then tried to shut down a movie that Michael produced and in retaliation to the accidental death of his lawyer Molly Schultz. He later sent mercenaries from Merryweather to try to kill Michael's family, only for Amanda, Tracey and Jimmy to survive, and had later asked Franklin to kill Michael. So in response Michael took Carly and Packie and went to kill Devin. (it really should of been Michael).
Franklin was decided to help Trevor by taking out Wei Chan. Who is responsible for Pinkie's assumed death, and Michael's brief kidnapping.
Lastly, Harold Joseph, also known as Stretch, had begun associating with a rival faction, the Ballas, while incarcerated in the Bolingbroke Penitentiary and, after being released from jail (and after Stretch ironically killed D due to D setting up Franklin and Lamar for a previous grievance), had attempted to get Franklin and Lamar killed by the Ballas by luring them into a trap (fortunately they were saved by Trevor who had accompanied him). But Sally caught on to this, and Stretch blackmailed her to rob Carly's house, hoping someone crazy like Caryl, would shoot first, ask questions later. Thus killing Sally, and hopefully CGF would be pissed by this, and put hits on her. Thus getting his revenge for Carly killing his brother.
Stretch again crossed the line, as he told Lamar (only friend he had left) that they could buy weed from the Ballas at a Paleto Bay sawmill but in truth, it was ambush for Lamar. Fortantely Franklin, Sally, Trevor and Michael all saved him.
"He's mine.. I wanted to ice that prick sense moment one!" Sally said, quoting Trevor, as she spoke of Stretch.
