 When Avon is released from prison, he is uninterested in Stringer's efforts to reform the Barksdales.While Stringer wants to invest the organization's profits in legitimate business investments, Avon is more concerned with an imminent war against rival drug lord Marlo Stanfield.As Avon's war against Marlo begins to draw more police attention, Joe and other Co-Op members threaten to cut Stringer off from the Greek's heroin supply if he can't stop the violence.