That "reunion" scene showed the difference between skully and manboy. Can't show weakness and let lil drew Miller get close. Remember Manboy was more than likely gonna kill saint and prolly stash him in one of those broken down houses in this scene. He has the pistol tucked in his back and thought he had Franklin alone for the kill and you can see the disappointment in his face when Leon is with franklin.
Franklin outsmarted him bringing Leon to the supposed one on one meeting. You can't let manboy get close, Franklin only lets him get so close. Skully just let the fox back in his chicken coop.
He wasn’t going to kill Franklin during that scene. It would make no sense. Even if Franklin went alone, Leon, Jerome, and Louie knew where he was going. Franklin disappears on his way to see Manboy? Manboy would’ve been the number 1 suspect and Leon would’ve killed him just based off suspicion alone.
Secondly, Manboy’s crew wasn’t that big at this point in season 3 to take on Franklin’s crew. Manboy is shown to be very calculating, he’s probably just a step less smart than Franklin. Manboy would stand to gain absolutely nothing by going to war with Franklin’s people at this juncture of the story
Thirdly, and probably the MOST important. FRANKLIN HAS THE PLUG. Thats why everybody does business with him in the first place. It ain’t even so much about the recipe. Its about the prices and supply Franklin can provide. Thats been his number 1 trump card since season 2. Thats why Franklin could look Manboy in the face and tell him “Prices stay the same
” Cause Franklin got it like that.
Manboy been playing by Franklin’s rules this whole time because the business was RIGHT. He said so himself clear as crystal in the last episode. But now he smells blood in the water due to Franklin’s crew not rolling tight like The Firm anymore. On top of that the death of his niece DEMANDS vengeance so now its a whole new ball game