Tuvix

Ya know, I could cut her some slack being the 'loneliness of command' having to 'make the tough decisions' and all, but the way the rest of the crew suddenly started acting like total d#cks to Tuvix because he wouldn't just commit suicide was what grinds my gears. I hated Neelix and I wasn't stuck on a tiny ship for possibly 75 years with him. I'd have gladly kept Tuvix over Neelix. None of them seemed to try to advocate for Tuvix.

I like the fact that the doctor stood up and refused to do the procedure. I was expecting Jane way to say "end emergency medical program".

Bob is a person, Bob died and another person benefited from that death. If the second person were killed then Bob would benefit from that death. Either way a person dies and another benefits.

Tuvix was Tuvok and Neelix fused together. It claimed Tuvok's rank and Neelix's role and even tried to claim his love life. If it were a new and distinct person then it would have claimed its own identity. Tuvok and Neelix were not dead because they were wandering around calling themselves Tuvix. Tuvix didn't die it just returned to being Tuvok and Neelix.

Let me pose this question. If Bob and the other person were in an accident that fused them together into a solid lump of meat and bone that was still biologically alive, should that lump of meat be given a new identity and protected from any treatment that would restore the 2 people?

Been watching the reruns on BBC and caught the "Phage" episode season 1 before the Tuvix episode. Nelix has his lungs taken from him and is doomed to a life of not being able to move because of the hola-lungs. Janeway captures the 2 Vidians, 1 of them having Nelix lungs. She gives a speech about morals including " I don't have the freedom to kill you to save another." and was going to let them go. Interesting how fast her morals changed.

The Tuvix episode came right after (or before can't remember ) the "Thaw" episode. 2 awesome episodes back to back.