[Rawled Demha]

yes, in season 1, in the episode where hiro and ando go into the future, post-bomb, peter freezes time. and, yes, i believe peter gained his power during the incident on the train, with future hiro - i thought that they could have this chat, because peter had absorbed hiro's power. has anyone else ever been outside the time freeze when hiro does his stuff?

weasel soup, do you mean why hadnt peter used hiro's power? if so, id say because he doesnt even know about "powers" aside from the ones just turning up in him , as he has lost his memory.

and hiro's power was used by peter here, to travel to NY post-plague, with his new bird.

ps - i agree, what a dumb way for hiro to go out...