I do think they were really dead. The crew got a one time opportunity to make a trade and they took it, but they ignored the life they were trading away. Tuvix was always an individual I think, but it becomes more wrong to kill him the longer you let him live.

I can definitely see Tuvix being around as being traumatic. Personally, I couldn’t kill Tuvix and I think it was the wrong choice. I think even if he reminded people of their loss many would get passed it with time. A month isn’t an enough time to deal with this type of grief.

But, isolated and marooned far from home, with new enemies appearing seemingly around every corner and a small crew, you do have to sacrifice philosophical purity to survive.