mjszud
Captain
I don't think Eric will die, because if the plan is to kill him then they could easily have just let the bullet in his head kill him rather than bothering to make him go through the surgery of removing that bullet.As said if Adam said or someone said that he won't be a replacement for Eric then I am not going to panic.
If Adam is leaving, IFFF, then the only thing I could see is maybe he decides to leave the job. However, I don't really think that's the case because this surgery could keep his character developing further -- it definitly opens more for him, I think.
It's also possible that Jessie just takes over his position for a while. Maybe Eric takes a step down & decides to take a position there at the lab, & still on the team, but out of the field to avoid any more damage to his brain -- he still will have to take it easy even with the bullet removed.
As for where he is in epis 2, he could be taking a vacation or just taking time off to rehabilitate himself (lord knows he needs to) -- there's plenty that tptb could work in as reason for his absence....that is if he is even absent in this episode.