At some point, Rust stared too long into the abyss and developed a bad death wish. When he left the force, he was accusing powerful people of being part of the conspiracy. Then he caught himself and went off the grid.
My beef about their assult on the hideout is the one I always have with cop shows - armed with only their puny service weapons they into the lair of heavily armed bad guys. Hey, they need some assault weapons - that’s why they’re called that for pete’s sake. Or at least shot guns. With their pistols, they could have been pinned down by rifle fire without an effective way to return fire.
