Untamed (TV series)

In the vast expanse of Yosemite National Park, a woman's death draws a federal agent into lawless terrain, where nature obeys no rules but its own. ==Cast==

Main • Eric Bana as Kyle Turner, a National Park Service Investigative Services Branch (ISB) special agent at Yosemite National Park who is still grieving the loss of his young son six years prior • Sam Neill as Paul Souter, the chief park ranger of Yosemite and Turner's mentor • Rosemarie DeWitt as Jill Bodwin, Turner's ex-wife, a realtor who used to be an elementary school teacher • Lily Santiago as Naya Vasquez, a rookie National Park Service ranger who moved to Yosemite from Los Angeles and is assisting Turner with the investigation • Wilson Bethel as Shane Maguire, the wildlife management officer at Yosemite and a former Army Ranger • Shea Whigham as Ray Burkart (season 2) • Moon Bloodgood as Layla Hale (season 2) • Kekoa Kekumano as Marcus Sawada (season 2) Recurring • William Smillie as Bruce Milch, a veteran park ranger at Yosemite • Raoul Max Trujillo as Jay Stewart, a park employee and an indigenous friend of Turner who provides insights into local symbols and heritage • Joe Holt as Lawrence Hamilton, the park superintendent, focused on public image amid the crisis • Josh Randall as Scott Bodwin, Jill's current husband, who is a dentist • Ezra Franky as Lucy Cook, the victim known initially as Jane Doe, with a complex backstory involving abuse and disappearance • Nicola Correia-Damude as Esther Avalos, a law firm investigator pressuring Turner over the disappearance of Sean Sanderson, who went missing 6 years ago • Trevor Carroll as Mr. Begay • Kelly Hu as Awapuhi (season 2) • Myra Molloy as Addy Hale (season 2) • Matthew Keoni Sato as Kaden Burkart (season 2), Ray's son • Robbie Magasiva as Lt. Ochi (season 2), a Hawai'i Police Lieutenant • Branscombe Richmond as Ikua Hale (season 2) • Moronai Kanekoa as Ti Hale (season 2) • Joe Tippett as Casper Kane (season 2) • Luciane Buchanan as Ku'ulei Pana (season 2) ==Episodes==

Untamed is produced by Warner Bros. Television and studio-based John Wells Productions. It is written by Mark L. Smith and Elle Smith, who are also co-showrunners and executive producers alongside Eric Bana, who also stars, John Wells and Erin Jontow via John Wells Productions; Todd Black and Tony Shaw for Escape Artists Entertainment; Steve Lee Jones for Bee Holder Productions; and Cliff Roberts for Syndicate Entertainment. Sam Neill, Lily Santiago, Rosemarie DeWitt and Wilson Bethel joined the cast in June 2024. Filming for the series began in Vancouver, British Columbia in June 2024. Filming locations included Chip Kerr Park. Originally pitched as a limited miniseries, on July 29, 2025, the series was renewed by Netflix for a second season. In February 2026, Shea Whigham, Moon Bloodgood, and Kekoa Kekumano joined cast in starring roles while Kelly Hu, Myra Molloy, Matthew Keoni Sato, Robbie Magasiva, Branscombe Richmond, Moronai Kanekoa, Joe Tippett, and Luciane Buchanan were cast in recurring capacities for the second season. == Release ==

Untamed premiered on July 17, 2025. ==Reception==

Viewership Untamed ranked first on Netflix's English-language TV list for the week of July 14 to 20, 2025, drawing 24.6 million views. Critical response The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an 83% approval rating based on 64 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Wrangled by Eric Bana's steady star power, Untameds solid murder mystery is elevated by the visually sumptuous backdrop of its Yosemite National Park milieu." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, gave a score of 62 out of 100 based on 24 critics, indicating "generally favorable". Rebecca Onion of Slate said, "Bana and Smith know how to keep you watching, even when parts of the story start to feel familiar. In the summer, we're all tourists. A Yosemite story hits just right." Reviewing the series for The Guardian, Rebecca Nicholson gave a rating of 3/5. She described it as "not the smartest of thrillers, but those mountains sure are lovely to look at." Ben Travers of IndieWire gave a critical review with a C− and wrote, "By the end, Untamed can only offer more of the same, despite ample opportunity to provide something 'different'." == References ==