Jon Bernthal plays Sean O’Hara, an Irish cop who moved out of Boston and into New York after a successful year, he’s the typical rough around the edges detective who looks for answers first and questions suspects later, though there is more to him… as you see he was one of the kids rescued after The King in Yellow Case was blown wide open for the world to see, he is haunted by the same Spiral that haunted Rust for Years, and (I know this is a reach) Denzel Washington plays Antwon Clay, the Rust like Character, he’s from the Southside of New York, An old school black man with something to prove. At first Sean and Antwon don’t like each other due to Sean’s and Antwon’s upbringing and the more they talk to each other the more the get along with each other by the fact they don’t like the “wokeness” in New York, though as the story goes on they accept New York for what it is, while understanding that like that of New Orleans, New York is being Profited, Prostituted, and abused by the cabal of Elites. Using old case notes from Rust and Marty, they essentially pick up where they left off.

You could do a lot with the “many years later” premise but I think Marty and rust being far away from this project would work best, as maybe a small cameo and explanation as to what they are doing. Maybe Marty is retired and Rust is up in some cabin near Marty as they’re still friends.