The first season of UNTAMED saw Eric Bana’s Investigative Services Branch agent character Kyle Turner investigate a tragic death on the cliffs of Yosemite National Park. In its second season, UNTAMED follows special agent Kyle Turner as he's called to investigate a mysterious death in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, where local tensions and the volatile, living landscape become an unpredictable force. 

"We're excited to explore the pristine landscapes and cultural identity of a very different national park, and find Turner in a new state of mind, outside the comfort of Yosemite," co-creators and executive producers Mark L. Smith and Elle Smith tell Tudum.

“Each national park has such a different cultural identity, geographical identity,” Elle Smith says. “Being able to explore those places through the case and through Turner’s journey is what’s so fascinating [about] getting to choose a new park.” 

Returning to the role of Kyle Turner is Eric Bana (The Dry, Munich, Lone Survivor). “We started this so long ago with him,” Mark L. Smith explains. “To continue the journey and also to use what we learned in the first season — the things that we wanted to do characterwise and things that Eric discovered and helped us discover — we’re incredibly excited.”

The new season will catch up with Kyle after he’s already visited several other national parks. “This won't be the first park he's been in since Yosemite,” Mark tells Tudum. “It’s one that’ll take place a year and a half after leaving Yosemite. He’s been to a lot of parks. He's been busy. He’s been taking on a lot of cases.”

Of course, on UNTAMED the park is more than a location. “Our theme has been that this park is our main character, this park is sort of alive,” Elle Smith says. “We do want to maintain that thread. Whichever park we choose will be a character, and it will play a role in Turner’s emotional frame of mind.”

And what is Turner’s emotional frame of mind in UNTAMED Season 2? He’s still recovering from the death of his son years before the beginning of Season 1, but leaving Yosemite is a first step towards recovery. “We’re dealing with the next stage of what he’s going through, how he’s processing,” Mark says. “There was the sadness and grief and all of that that lived in the first season. We’re trying to really make sure that we dig down and focus on the park matching Turner in a way.”

UNTAMED Season 2 is now in production in Hawaii. Stay tuned for more information on Turner’s next case.

Watch the teaser for ‘Untamed’