Untamed (2025) – Episode 4 'Gold Rush' Recap & Review

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Gold Rush
Episode 4 of Untamed Season 1 starts with a flashback of Lucy revisiting her old home. She is wearing her mom's yellow dress and is startled when a man asks if she needs help. She runs off and changes her outfit. As she was about to leave, her friend asked her to stop assisting the wrong people. Lucy simply shrugged and went to the caves.
Presently, Naya and Kyle continue investigating the caves. They head back to see what they can find. This time, they find Abuelo's lower jaw. A deeper investigation leads them to Abuelo's body. Based on Abuelo's body, it looks like he was killed roughly a week ago.
Kyle goes back to the squatter village and informs Gloria of Abuelo's death. The news does not sadden Gloria since he was her ex. Kyle brings in more rangers to search the squatter's belongings and bring them in for questioning. Summer sees the rangers and hides behind a tree.
Meanwhile, Kyle tells Souter that the cases are all connected. They find drugs among the squatters' belongings. Gloria, hardened by the world, refuses to talk. The rangers start running background checks on the other squatters. Lucy's DNA results come back and prove Rory was not her biological father. Kyle wonders if Lucy's mom had an affair. He insists on investigating, but Souter says it won't help much.
A kid drops by the office and asks to talk to Kyle. The young man believes he knew Lucy when she was a teenager. He thinks Lucy is Grace McRay. According to him, Lucy/ Grace lived with a pastor's family back in Nevada. He last saw her ten years ago, and the Gibbs family reported that she had reunited with her family.
The young man gives Kyle a picture of Lucy at the church. Afterwards, he asks about the reward money.
In the meantime, Naya finds Summer and asks her about Lucy. Summer mentions Lucy has a boyfriend, whom she referred to as Terces. Lucy kept a lot of secrets, but the relationship changed her. She started selling drugs for her secret boyfriend. Sometimes, Lucy returned home all beaten up. She and Pakuna were close to Abuelo. Summer also adds that she saw Lucy on the day she died, right before she went on her usual swap at a nearby gulch.
Naya briefs Kyle on her latest findings after talking to Summer. They agree to take a helicopter the next day and search the east side. Naya also goes through Lucy's bag. Later, Kyle does the same and notices a picture of Lucy with a man's hand on her shoulder. Unfortunately, the man's face is cropped out.
At night, Kyle drops by Shane's favourite bar and asks about Abuelo and the drug ring. Kyle assumes Shane was in the drug business. Shane admits that once in a while, he got paid to look the other way. Other than that, he has no idea who is running the show.
Shane brings up Lucy's case and mocks Kyle for failing to save Lucy. He also brings up Esther, Sean's lawyer, and implies Kyle might be involved in Sean's disappearance. Souter arrives in time to take Kyle away. He warns Kyle that if he does not stop drinking, he will lose his badge. Souter worries that Kyle is torturing himself with his cases and Caleb's death.
At Naya's house, she gets a sudden visit from her ex. He demands to spend the night and reunite with Naya and Gael. He insists that Naya must return to L. A with him and cover for him about a case. He is currently on leave pending an investigation into missing money. He wants Naya to lie and clear his name.
Naya refuses but agrees to let him spend the night. She sneaks out with Gael and drives to Kyle's house. She comes clean about her situation and the restraining order she has against him.
Kyle agrees to let them stay over for the night. He allows Gael to play with everything except Caleb's toys. The following morning, Jill offers to babysit Gael while Kyle and Naya work. Kyle asks Milch to turn Pakuna loose and send him back to the empty squatter village.
They secretly follow Pakuna to the caves and the drug ring leader. It turns out the gang executed Abuelo for betraying them. The episode ends with Naya and Kyle bringing Pakuna in.
The Episode Review
Kyle was smart to secretly follow Pakuna. He knew Pakuna would lead them to the ringleader. Pakuna doesn't look like the type to keep his mouth shut; he will sing like a canary.
Naya's situation is scary. Imagine getting home and finding your violent ex in your room. He is trying to use Gael as leverage against her. He probably took the missing money but doesn't want to take the fall. At least Naya has filled Kyle in on the situation, and she is no longer alone. However, is it a good idea for Jill to watch Gael? Won't he remind her too much of Caleb?
What did Shane mean when he asked Kyle about Sean? Was Sean linked to Caleb's death? Did Shane see Kyle kill Sean? There is a lot of tension between Shane and Kyle, and we still have no clue what they are beefing about.