"Silicon Valley" season 2 news has not yet reported any declaration regarding the replacement of the Peter Gregory character, played by Christopher Evan Welch who passed away unexpectedly while shooting the episode 5 of season 1.

From the report of Christian Post, the aforementioned character will still be portrayed in the following season as the "wizard behind the curtain." Peter Gregory, a venture capitalist, was considered one of the most humorous characters in the sitcom. At the time of the shooting of season 1, he was already suffering from lung cancer. And it was while he was filming the fifth episode that he suddenly died because of it.

Thus, the writers of the show had to do several rewritings and tweaking to the script. But all of them were united in declaring that Peter Gregory's character could not be replaced. Thus, they could not take his character out of the plot.

In the "Silicon Valley" season 2 news, Mike Judge, the show's creator, has said that the continuation of his role will be made possible by portraying him as a voice - personal appearances not needed. This approach is similar to that of Charlie in "Charlie's Angels." However, Judge noted that they would have to keep it humorous, so it jives with the overall tone of the sitcom.

The powerful finale that concluded the first season entitled "Halt and Catch Fire" was confounding from the start, said Slate. They surmised that starting the finale in a perplexing state must have explained why the show drew only half a million viewers then.

However, it still ended in a powerful conclusion, as reported by Christian Post, thus leaving the sitcom's fans wanting more, which HBO will gladly indulge. The avid viewers can stay updated via "Silicon Valley" season 2 news. Every once so often, they will be getting hints as to how the character in the geek culture show will figure out in the play of events.

To date, HBO has not yet mentioned any release date. But circulating rumors pinpointed the spring of 2015 as the supposed target date.