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Rusty
Rusty is an old fellow who comes into Helping Hands and is very sweet to Ox UC2 E2·00:04:24. He calls Ricky Rick the Man, and Ricky calls him Rust the Man UC2 E2·00:04:45 UC2 E2·00:04:49. Rusty says he comes by to help out a little and get a bite to eat UC2 E2·00:05:36. He recalls that there used to be a rat that would show up and help him get there, and Ricky tells him there did used to be a rat UC2 E2·00:06:14 UC2 E2·00:06:29 UC2 E2·00:06:31. Rusty says he knew it UC2 E2·00:06:59.
Rusty is one of a couple of people at Helping Hands who both use the services and donate and volunteer their time there UC2 E2·00:07:57. In UC2_02 he stays to help close up after Ricky confirms the rat he remembers was real UC2 E2·00:06:59 UC2 E2·00:07:57. In UC2_08 Brennan has Rust and the other regulars at Helping Hands smile and wave at the feast the party makes UC2 E8·00:56:53. In the epilogue of UC2_18, two years on, Rusty is living in city housing near Fairyland, in one of the apartments for the homeless, and Brennan calls him Ricky's old friend from Helping Hands UC2 E18·01:46:06.
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UC2 E2: Heaven and Hell On Earth | The Unsleeping City Season 2 | Ep. 2
- Rusty — "an old fellow", a regular at Helping Hands who both uses the services and volunteers — 00:04:24, 00:07:57. Calls Ricky "Rick the Man" — 00:04:45. Says "There used to be a rat... He would come around... A rat would show up and help me out." — 00:06:14–00:06:29. When Ricky confirms, "I knew it." — 00:06:59. (First appears here.)
UC2 E8: Feasts & Families
- Rust (transcript spelling; the table lists Rusty from UC2_02 [?]) and other regulars at Helping Hands — Brennan: "You see Rust there and some of the other regulars, they smile and wave" — 00:56:53.
UC2 E18: Two Sides of the Same Coin (Part 2)
- Rusty (Ricky's old friend from Helping Hands, UC2_02) — lives in city housing near Fairyland — 01:46:06.