Adds Hurwitz, "We all assumed when filming that the guys died as a result of that." Still, Hurwitz admits "we wanted to leave ourselves options," so they shot a scene with Martin Kove that gave them the option to have his character survive the explosion... somehow.
"When we were filming that final montage we have in the finale — currently we land on that magazine, the Sports Illustrated, with Johnny and Daniel on the cover. We actually had the camera continue over and we have another magazine that had Terry Silver on it, [with a story about] the mystery of what happened to him," explains Hurwitz. "We even had Marty there to reach in with his hand and pick up the magazine. While filming it, we knew that it was ridiculous and would not make the cut."