Parents' Guide to Untamed

Everybody has a secret that plays out under big skies and towering trees in this gussied-up police procedural-cum-murder mystery. But Untamed's real MVP is the rock-solid main cast: As a divorced couple, Eric Bana and Rosemarie DeWitt make their sad history feel real; viewers can literally feel their pain. Sam Neill is equally terrific and gravitas-rich as Kyle's boss and old friend, who sees the direction Kyle is heading but is powerless to stop it. These three ground a plotline that's slightly overstuffed: There's a body that opens up questions about bad stuff going down in Yosemite; a missing-person case five years cold; Kyle's long-simmering redemption; drama in Jill's new family; a vengeful stalker; and there's something going on with Yosemite's Indigenous population too.

With so many narrative threads boiling away, something's bound to be overcooked. But Bana is so good as a sad guy who sees his chance to set something, anything, to rights that Untamed ticks along nicely. The green scenery definitely helps too (though the series was filmed almost entirely in British Columbia instead of Yosemite).