that was all a bit sloppy if you ask me should have made sure he was dead because the small chance he lived would not be worth it in real life 2 in the head and he would have been burning on the building, this would only happen on tv and if a major star was going to loose their slot, maybe 50 could have come back as a ghost no pun intended i bet that was discussed at the writers meeting but they opted for this weak plot line to save his character who is also producing the series.