[classic swim]

Francis: Niko, what's this I hear about you running with Patrick McReary now these days? Niko: He's got work and he's a good guy. You're not planning on taking him down, are you? Lay off him for me. Francis: I'm not planning on taking him down. He's my damn brother, you idiot. Niko: Packie McReary, Francis McReary. It's all starting to make sense.

- Harboring a Grudge. • 2008 7 years after Liberty City Triads admitted defeat and made peace with the Mafia... Niko & Packie blast on Triads fish market and steal Zhou Ming’s haul of cloned meds for Ray Boccino.

Packie: You're a good man, Niko. I like you. Not in a "fun in the showers" kind of way. In a male bonding, about-to-go-rob-some-people kind of way. Niko: I think I know what you are saying.

Packie: Ray Boccino's a slimy motherfucker. The one thing you can rely on him for is greed.

... • 2008 With a clan of miserable (or otherwise depraved) Irish gangsters, Kate McReary was the family’s innocent gem.

“This is Niko, some drug dealing de-fucking-generate from some armpit in Eastern Europe.” - Packie McReary

Packie: You and me did some work for Elizabeta Torres together. Niko: You mean I saved your ass? Packie: Well, if I’d known it was such a big deal to you, I woulda asked you to let them kill me.

- Off Route. • 2008 Johnny Klebitz hijacks and liberates an Alderney State prison bus full of voters, who’ve only committed the simple crime of insider trading fraud on Congressman Stubbs’ behalf.

Francis: I feel like a new man. Not many people get a second chance like this. It's my redemption. Niko: Your sins are absolved, I guess.

- Call and Collect. • 2008 Tom Goldberg, Attorney at Law is attempting to extort Francis McReary off the police force. Courtesy of Niko Bellic... Goldberg’s hired blackmailer is unable to reach Weazel News.

“I know you killed Mikhail Faustin. I know a group of Russians wants you dead - - so you look out for me... and I don’t look out for you. You know what I mean?” - Francis McReary

Mallorie: Niko, I heard that Michelle was a cop or a fed or something, is it true? Niko: I don't know what she is, but she was lying to us all along and now I'm paying for it.

Niko: I guess I have met some interesting people. Roman: Please tell me you are talking about twins and bleached blond hair and D-cup titties. You're a wile man, NB. Niko: I'm afraid I haven't meet these women of your dreams, Roman. No, I referring to a Deputy Police Commissioner called Francis McReary, an Irish hood called Packie, an African American drug dealer who calls himself Playboy X, some outlaw bike guy named Johnny, and a doctor who buys dead bodies so he can sell the organs. If you're losing money at the tables you might be able to sell some body parts to him for a quick buck. Roman: How much does a kidney go for nowadays?

Little Jacob: Wha'gwan me brother, it's me, Jacob. Yo, you wan' get some food? Niko: Shit, Jacob, I'm sorry. I'm already hanging out with two friends. I've kind of got my hands full looking after them.

- Have a Heart. • 2008 Manny & Jay are stiff in the trunk, and await the illegal organ doctor outside Zhou Ming’s nightclub.

Niko: ...Well, he said he was going to bust a dealer...