Season 1 – Bass X Machina

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In a lawless Steampunk West filled with outlaws, machines and supernatural threats, a father must serve as judge, jury and executioner to protect his family, risking the loss of those he loves most.

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Alison Herman

Variety

2 days ago

“Bass x Machina” is rewarding to think about, yet just as easy to watch.

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Rendy Jones

RogerEbert.com

2 days ago

[It] is an entertaining, ultraviolent, anime-styled actioner that depicts Reeves as a bionic-armed bounty hunter in a steampunk-infused American West.

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Sarah Fields

Tell-Tale TV

2 days ago

3.2/5

However, viewers who stick with it are rewarded. Not only with a more-than-satisfying first season, but also with a show that has plenty of potential for additional world-building, themes to explore, and character development in future seasons.

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Samantha Nelson

Polygon

2 days ago

Bass X Machina is relentlessly focused on its theme: that it is incredibly hard to forgive the sins of the past, but building a better future is the only way to end the cycle of violence.

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Sherin Nicole

Geek Girl Riot / RIOTUS

2 days ago

A glass of Old West Whiskey spiked with tech. Bass X Machina is a steampunk Western that fuses true legends, anime-inspiration, and cultural reckoning as sharp as its hero’s aim.

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Victoria Luxford

Collider

2 days ago

8/10

Steampunk Westerns aren't a new subgenre, but rarely has the balance between Old West society and sci-fi technology been struck so perfectly as in Bass X Machina.

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Ross G

@RT41975970 22 hrs ago

Bass X Machina looks good and has solid action, but the story gets messy fast. It starts simple—Bass with a cybernetic arm on a dangerous job—then piles on conspiracies, giant machines, and shifting alliances until it feels overstuffed. Characters and ideas get left hanging. It leans hard on the usual Western tropes: grizzled antihero, stubborn sidekick, corrupt system. Nothing feels new. The constant focus on race and oppression is the biggest drag. Segregation, unequal treatment, experiments on Black bodies, Indigenous struggles—it’s everywhere and often feels heavy-handed. White villains come off cartoonish. Some Indigenous characters also sound more generically urban American (and at times Black-coded) than distinctly Native, which is distracting. Stylish in spots, but the twisted plot, familiar tropes, and constant messaging keep it from clicking.

Kay A

@RT59843974 1 day ago

An achievement in storytelling, animation and style, Bass X takes American history both good and bad and puts through the steampunk filter with surprisingly entertaining results! While it does stretch suspension of disbelief with the steampunk world-building, the racism, oppression and genocidal nature of the White settlers were kept keenly in perspective and historically accurate to actual historical facts and records...regardless of how those facts my affect some feelings. All of it is in service to a very intriguing story even if the elements can be pretty standard to the genre.

Critic B

@CriticBR79 1 day ago

Uma das melhores animações do ano

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Brian Tyree Henry

Bass

Currie Graham

Rivenbark

Cree Summer

Ahni

Chaske Spencer

Lighthorse

Tati Gabrielle

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Starletta DuPois

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Episode 1

Aired Nov 3, 2026

Until Then...I'm Bass Reeves

The U.S. Army summons bounty hunter Bass Reeves to Fort Hope to hire him for one last job -- retrieve a missing scientist and stop a second Civil War.

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Episode 2

Aired Nov 3, 2026

Wer zu viel fragt, riskiert 'ne Kugel

Now saddled with an unexpected sidekick, Bass rides into the Badlands to find Bully Shaw and reconnects with an old friend.

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Episode 3

Aired Nov 3, 2026

Pas tout à fait Dieu

An electrifying clash with the Holy People leaves Bass in shock and in need of repair; Dana learns the truth about Bass' traumatic past.

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Episode 4

Aired Nov 3, 2026

This Train's Being Integrated

Tensions boil over on the train to Tuskaheegee, stirring core memories from Dana's childhood and pulling Bass into a fateful confrontation.

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Episode 5

Aired Nov 3, 2026

I Do What I Have to Do to Survive

Bass begs Ahni to let go of her anger as crowds gather in the City of Tomorrow, where General Rivenbark unveils the ultimate weapon.

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Episode 6

Aired Nov 3, 2026

If You Want a Country, You Have to Kill for It

With innocent lives on the line, the Colossus takes the fight to Central City with Bass and his God Arm close behind.

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Executive Producer: Chad Handley, Brian Tyree Henry, LeSean Thomas, Jennifer Wiley-Stockton
Screenwriter: Chad Handley
Network: Netflix
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date: Nov 3, 2026

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