Right? That whole relationship was so DEEPLY disturbing. And it was so obvious they were setting Peter up as the quintessential "nice guy" girls can't appreciate fully until their user druggie abusive lovers strip away their dignity and the nice-boy nurse forgives them their previous inattention and BLECH. Heroes sometimes gets it right, but so often it taps into the mysogynistic and racist fantasies of the great unwashed nerd-dom.