Netflix's 'Bass x Machina' arrives with six episodes and a robot-armed version of Bass Reeves

As of Nov. 3, 2026, all six episodes of the animated steampunk Western were streaming on Netflix. Brian Tyree Henry voices a fictionalized Bass Reeves, a bounty hunter with a robot arm. Critic Alison Herman praises the action while highlighting how the series treats racism and the choice of whether to enforce laws that fail to protect you.