'Untamed' Season 2: Plot, Characters, Release Date, Location
While the Eric Bana-led crime thriller was pretty much tied up in a bow, there's definitely room for more unsolved National Parks mysteries. And considering how popular season one has been, the chances of Netflix green-lighting a second season of Untamed seems extremely high. Here's what we know so far!
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Not yet, but the show literally just dropped so give them time. Just keep in mind that Untamed is technically a limited series, meaning Netflix initially positioned it as a one-off. But things change!
Not a ton, but there's been some teasing. Eric Bana told Variety, "We spoke about what would happen to Kyle after this, in theory. So you never know."
Meanwhile, Lily Santiago was slightly more direct to TV Insider, saying "In a season 2, I want more solving of murders. Honestly, I would love for her to get called up to go to a different place, like bring me to a mountain in Hawaii. I'm hoping that it's new murder, new location, wilderness challenges, and new things to learn. Because I really love Naya's mind. I love watching how she figures out new terrain."
Probably not Yosemite National Park. For starters, Turner has officially moved out of his home there, and he's also been suspended from the force. But showrunner Elle Smith noted in TV Insider that she'd like the show to "go to different national parks and they do travel from park to park and case to case and things like that. So I think that's what was interesting to us, and if we got the opportunity to do it again, it would be getting to explore a different park, a different case. We would do this forever if they let us, but we'll see. We'll see how many adventures Turner has left in him."
Obviously Eric Bana would return as Turner, and it would be great to see Lily Santiago come back as Nay (she seems pretty settled in Yosemite, but could always move!). However, assuming the show's second season does take place in a different National Park, it doesn't seem likely that the rest of the supporting cast would show up.
Season one started filming in June 2024, and premiered in July 2025. Meaning, it took about a year from start to finish. Assuming a second season starts production this year, we could be looking at a Summer/Fall 2026 premiere date.
After exposing a casual drug ring inside the caves of Yosemite National Park, Turner has a gut feeling that something still isn't right about Lucy Cook's death. So he takes it upon himself to do some investigating (despite being suspended) and discovers that Lucy's real dad is Chief Paul Souter—who placed her in an abusive foster home when she was a kid. Turner also discovers that Lucy started bribing Chief Souter once she returned to Yosemite as an adult, and that Souter shot her in the leg before she jumped off El Capitan.
On top of all that, Chief Souter takes his own life in the final moments of the show, AND we find out that Turner's ex-wife secretly arranged to have their son's killer murdered. Some pretty major twists, so next season can't come soon enough.
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