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Untamed Credit: Netflix Two mountain climbers scale the sheer cliffside of Yosemite National Park’s El Capitan in the opening moments of Netflix’s new murder mystery miniseries, Untamed. This alone is enough to make me squeamish. I don’t like heights. I’ve never understood the appeal of repelling up a mountain, only a dizzying drop to certain death below. Of course, this is no ordinary ascent. As they grapple their way up, a young woman topples down. She’s caught in the rope, almost bringing the two climbers down with her. It’s a harrowing moment. Light spoilers follow. What looks like a possible suicide is quickly revealed to be something far more sinister, and an investigation kicks off led by taciturn Investigative Services Branch (ISB) agent Kyle Turner (Eric Bana). Turner is a man of few words, the sort of grizzled, stoic mountain man that prefers a horse to a truck, and animals to people. He’s also very good at his job, just as comfortable interrogating suspects as he is navigating perilous wilderness terrain. He’s joined in his investigation by rookie National Park Service ranger Naya Vasquez (Lily Santiago) who left her police job in Los Angeles – and a bad relationship – behind to start a new life with her young son. Vasquez is as green as they come, but she’s a quick learner. Turner doesn’t really like working with people, but he’s given no choice. Chief Park Ranger Paul Souter (Sam Neill) makes sure of that. From here, the investigation leads our heroes down an increasingly dark path, first to identify the young woman and then to find out if foul play was involved. Of course, peeling back the truth of the woman’s death leads to many other unpleasant revelations. These involve illicit activity in the park as well as Turner’s…

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