diff --git a/goldens/size-tracking/integration-payloads.json b/goldens/size-tracking/integration-payloads.json
index 9a036944cf..19530230df 100644
--- a/goldens/size-tracking/integration-payloads.json
+++ b/goldens/size-tracking/integration-payloads.json
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
         "bundle": "TODO(i): we should define ngDevMode to false in Closure, but --define only works in the global scope.",
         "bundle": "TODO(i): (FW-2164) TS 3.9 new class shape seems to have broken Closure in big ways. The size went from 169991 to 252338",
         "bundle": "TODO(i): after removal of tsickle from ngc-wrapped / ng_package, we had to switch to SIMPLE optimizations which increased the size from 252338 to 1198917, see PR#37221 and PR#37317 for more info",
-        "bundle": 1213130
+        "bundle": 1213769
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/bindings.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/bindings.ts
index 333bff96d6..0968e054ad 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/bindings.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/bindings.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  */
 
 import {devModeEqual} from '../change_detection/change_detection_util';
-import {assertDataInRange, assertLessThan, assertNotSame} from '../util/assert';
+import {assertIndexInRange, assertLessThan, assertNotSame} from '../util/assert';
 
 import {getExpressionChangedErrorDetails, throwErrorIfNoChangesMode} from './errors';
 import {LView} from './interfaces/view';
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export function updateBinding(lView: LView, bindingIndex: number, value: any): a
 
 /** Gets the current binding value. */
 export function getBinding(lView: LView, bindingIndex: number): any {
-  ngDevMode && assertDataInRange(lView, bindingIndex);
+  ngDevMode && assertIndexInRange(lView, bindingIndex);
   ngDevMode &&
       assertNotSame(lView[bindingIndex], NO_CHANGE, 'Stored value should never be NO_CHANGE.');
   return lView[bindingIndex];
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/component.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/component.ts
index 3bd154914f..0f411079a1 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/component.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/component.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 import {Type} from '../core';
 import {Injector} from '../di/injector';
 import {Sanitizer} from '../sanitization/sanitizer';
-import {assertDataInRange} from '../util/assert';
+import {assertIndexInRange} from '../util/assert';
 
 import {assertComponentType} from './assert';
 import {getComponentDef} from './definition';
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ export function createRootComponentView(
     rNode: RElement|null, def: ComponentDef<any>, rootView: LView,
     rendererFactory: RendererFactory3, hostRenderer: Renderer3, sanitizer?: Sanitizer|null): LView {
   const tView = rootView[TVIEW];
-  ngDevMode && assertDataInRange(rootView, 0 + HEADER_OFFSET);
+  ngDevMode && assertIndexInRange(rootView, 0 + HEADER_OFFSET);
   rootView[0 + HEADER_OFFSET] = rNode;
   const tNode: TElementNode = getOrCreateTNode(tView, null, 0, TNodeType.Element, null, null);
   const mergedAttrs = tNode.mergedAttrs = def.hostAttrs;
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/i18n.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/i18n.ts
index ab8e7b4dfc..e7da73a264 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/i18n.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/i18n.ts
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ import {getTemplateContent, SRCSET_ATTRS, URI_ATTRS, VALID_ATTRS, VALID_ELEMENTS
 import {getInertBodyHelper} from '../sanitization/inert_body';
 import {_sanitizeUrl, sanitizeSrcset} from '../sanitization/url_sanitizer';
 import {addAllToArray} from '../util/array_utils';
-import {assertDataInRange, assertDefined, assertEqual} from '../util/assert';
+import {assertDefined, assertEqual, assertGreaterThan, assertIndexInRange} from '../util/assert';
 
 import {bindingUpdated} from './bindings';
 import {attachPatchData} from './context_discovery';
 import {i18nMutateOpCodesToString, i18nUpdateOpCodesToString} from './i18n_debug';
 import {setDelayProjection} from './instructions/all';
-import {allocExpando, elementAttributeInternal, elementPropertyInternal, getOrCreateTNode, setInputsForProperty, setNgReflectProperties, textBindingInternal} from './instructions/shared';
+import {allocExpando, elementAttributeInternal, elementPropertyInternal, getOrCreateTNode, setInputsForProperty, setNgReflectProperties, textBindingInternal as applyTextBinding} from './instructions/shared';
 import {LContainer, NATIVE} from './interfaces/container';
 import {getDocument} from './interfaces/document';
 import {COMMENT_MARKER, ELEMENT_MARKER, I18nMutateOpCode, I18nMutateOpCodes, I18nUpdateOpCode, I18nUpdateOpCodes, IcuType, TI18n, TIcu} from './interfaces/i18n';
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ function i18nEndFirstPass(tView: TView, lView: LView) {
   const lastCreatedNode = getPreviousOrParentTNode();
 
   // Read the instructions to insert/move/remove DOM elements
-  const visitedNodes = readCreateOpCodes(rootIndex, tI18n.create, tView, lView);
+  const visitedNodes = applyCreateOpCodes(tView, rootIndex, tI18n.create, lView);
 
   // Remove deleted nodes
   let index = rootIndex + 1;
@@ -756,7 +756,7 @@ function createDynamicNodeAtIndex(
     tView: TView, lView: LView, index: number, type: TNodeType, native: RElement|RText|null,
     name: string|null): TElementNode|TIcuContainerNode {
   const previousOrParentTNode = getPreviousOrParentTNode();
-  ngDevMode && assertDataInRange(lView, index + HEADER_OFFSET);
+  ngDevMode && assertIndexInRange(lView, index + HEADER_OFFSET);
   lView[index + HEADER_OFFSET] = native;
   // FIXME(misko): Why does this create A TNode??? I would not expect this to be here.
   const tNode = getOrCreateTNode(tView, lView[T_HOST], index, type as any, name, null);
@@ -770,8 +770,16 @@ function createDynamicNodeAtIndex(
   return tNode;
 }
 
-function readCreateOpCodes(
-    index: number, createOpCodes: I18nMutateOpCodes, tView: TView, lView: LView): number[] {
+/**
+ * Apply `I18nMutateOpCodes` OpCodes.
+ *
+ * @param tView Current `TView`
+ * @param rootIndex Pointer to the root (parent) tNode for the i18n.
+ * @param createOpCodes OpCodes to process
+ * @param lView Current `LView`
+ */
+function applyCreateOpCodes(
+    tView: TView, rootindex: number, createOpCodes: I18nMutateOpCodes, lView: LView): number[] {
   const renderer = lView[RENDERER];
   let currentTNode: TNode|null = null;
   let previousTNode: TNode|null = null;
@@ -792,7 +800,7 @@ function readCreateOpCodes(
         case I18nMutateOpCode.AppendChild:
           const destinationNodeIndex = opCode >>> I18nMutateOpCode.SHIFT_PARENT;
           let destinationTNode: TNode;
-          if (destinationNodeIndex === index) {
+          if (destinationNodeIndex === rootindex) {
             // If the destination node is `i18nStart`, we don't have a
             // top-level node and we should use the host node instead
             destinationTNode = lView[T_HOST]!;
@@ -852,7 +860,6 @@ function readCreateOpCodes(
               tView, lView, commentNodeIndex, TNodeType.IcuContainer, commentRNode, null);
           visitedNodes.push(commentNodeIndex);
           attachPatchData(commentRNode, lView);
-          (currentTNode as TIcuContainerNode).activeCaseIndex = null;
           // We will add the case nodes later, during the update phase
           setIsNotParent();
           break;
@@ -881,16 +888,27 @@ function readCreateOpCodes(
   return visitedNodes;
 }
 
-function readUpdateOpCodes(
-    updateOpCodes: I18nUpdateOpCodes, icus: TIcu[]|null, bindingsStartIndex: number,
-    changeMask: number, tView: TView, lView: LView, bypassCheckBit: boolean) {
+/**
+ * Apply `I18nUpdateOpCodes` OpCodes
+ *
+ * @param tView Current `TView`
+ * @param tIcus If ICUs present than this contains them.
+ * @param lView Current `LView`
+ * @param updateOpCodes OpCodes to process
+ * @param bindingsStartIndex Location of the first `ɵɵi18nApply`
+ * @param changeMask Each bit corresponds to a `ɵɵi18nExp` (Counting backwards from
+ *     `bindingsStartIndex`)
+ */
+function applyUpdateOpCodes(
+    tView: TView, tIcus: TIcu[]|null, lView: LView, updateOpCodes: I18nUpdateOpCodes,
+    bindingsStartIndex: number, changeMask: number) {
   let caseCreated = false;
   for (let i = 0; i < updateOpCodes.length; i++) {
     // bit code to check if we should apply the next update
     const checkBit = updateOpCodes[i] as number;
     // Number of opCodes to skip until next set of update codes
     const skipCodes = updateOpCodes[++i] as number;
-    if (bypassCheckBit || (checkBit & changeMask)) {
+    if (checkBit & changeMask) {
       // The value has been updated since last checked
       let value = '';
       for (let j = i + 1; j <= (i + skipCodes); j++) {
@@ -912,16 +930,16 @@ function readUpdateOpCodes(
                     sanitizeFn, false);
                 break;
               case I18nUpdateOpCode.Text:
-                textBindingInternal(lView, nodeIndex, value);
+                applyTextBinding(lView, nodeIndex, value);
                 break;
               case I18nUpdateOpCode.IcuSwitch:
-                caseCreated = icuSwitchCase(
-                    tView, updateOpCodes[++j] as number, nodeIndex, icus!, lView, value);
+                caseCreated =
+                    applyIcuSwitchCase(tView, tIcus!, updateOpCodes[++j] as number, lView, value);
                 break;
               case I18nUpdateOpCode.IcuUpdate:
-                icuUpdateCase(
-                    tView, lView, updateOpCodes[++j] as number, nodeIndex, bindingsStartIndex,
-                    icus!, caseCreated);
+                applyIcuUpdateCase(
+                    tView, tIcus!, updateOpCodes[++j] as number, bindingsStartIndex, lView,
+                    caseCreated);
                 break;
             }
           }
@@ -932,68 +950,100 @@ function readUpdateOpCodes(
   }
 }
 
-function icuUpdateCase(
-    tView: TView, lView: LView, tIcuIndex: number, nodeIndex: number, bindingsStartIndex: number,
-    tIcus: TIcu[], caseCreated: boolean) {
+/**
+ * Apply OpCodes associated with updating an existing ICU.
+ *
+ * @param tView Current `TView`
+ * @param tIcus tIcus ICUs active at this location them.
+ * @param tIcuIndex Index into `tIcus` to process.
+ * @param bindingsStartIndex Location of the first `ɵɵi18nApply`
+ * @param lView Current `LView`
+ * @param changeMask Each bit corresponds to a `ɵɵi18nExp` (Counting backwards from
+ *     `bindingsStartIndex`)
+ */
+function applyIcuUpdateCase(
+    tView: TView, tIcus: TIcu[], tIcuIndex: number, bindingsStartIndex: number, lView: LView,
+    caseCreated: boolean) {
+  ngDevMode && assertIndexInRange(tIcus, tIcuIndex);
   const tIcu = tIcus[tIcuIndex];
-  const icuTNode = getTNode(tView, nodeIndex) as TIcuContainerNode;
-  if (icuTNode.activeCaseIndex !== null) {
-    readUpdateOpCodes(
-        tIcu.update[icuTNode.activeCaseIndex], tIcus, bindingsStartIndex, changeMask, tView, lView,
-        caseCreated);
+  ngDevMode && assertIndexInRange(lView, tIcu.currentCaseLViewIndex);
+  const activeCaseIndex = lView[tIcu.currentCaseLViewIndex];
+  if (activeCaseIndex !== null) {
+    const mask = caseCreated ?
+        -1 :  // -1 is same as all bits on, which simulates creation since it marks all bits dirty
+        changeMask;
+    applyUpdateOpCodes(tView, tIcus, lView, tIcu.update[activeCaseIndex], bindingsStartIndex, mask);
   }
 }
 
-function icuSwitchCase(
-    tView: TView, tIcuIndex: number, nodeIndex: number, tIcus: TIcu[], lView: LView,
-    value: string): boolean {
-  const tIcu = tIcus[tIcuIndex];
-  const icuTNode = getTNode(tView, nodeIndex) as TIcuContainerNode;
+/**
+ * Apply OpCodes associated with switching a case on ICU.
+ *
+ * This involves tearing down existing case and than building up a new case.
+ *
+ * @param tView Current `TView`
+ * @param tIcus ICUs active at this location.
+ * @param tIcuIndex Index into `tIcus` to process.
+ * @param lView Current `LView`
+ * @param value Value of the case to update to.
+ * @returns true if a new case was created (needed so that the update executes regardless of the
+ *     bitmask)
+ */
+function applyIcuSwitchCase(
+    tView: TView, tIcus: TIcu[], tIcuIndex: number, lView: LView, value: string): boolean {
+  applyIcuSwitchCaseRemove(tView, tIcus, tIcuIndex, lView);
+
+  // Rebuild a new case for this ICU
   let caseCreated = false;
-  // If there is an active case, delete the old nodes
-  if (icuTNode.activeCaseIndex !== null) {
-    const removeCodes = tIcu.remove[icuTNode.activeCaseIndex];
+  ngDevMode && assertIndexInRange(tIcus, tIcuIndex);
+  const tIcu = tIcus[tIcuIndex];
+  const caseIndex = getCaseIndex(tIcu, value);
+  lView[tIcu.currentCaseLViewIndex] = caseIndex !== -1 ? caseIndex : null;
+  if (caseIndex > -1) {
+    // Add the nodes for the new case
+    applyCreateOpCodes(
+        tView, -1,  // -1 means we don't have parent node
+        tIcu.create[caseIndex], lView);
+    caseCreated = true;
+  }
+  return caseCreated;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Apply OpCodes associated with tearing down of DOM.
+ *
+ * This involves tearing down existing case and than building up a new case.
+ *
+ * @param tView Current `TView`
+ * @param tIcus ICUs active at this location.
+ * @param tIcuIndex Index into `tIcus` to process.
+ * @param lView Current `LView`
+ * @returns true if a new case was created (needed so that the update executes regardless of the
+ *     bitmask)
+ */
+function applyIcuSwitchCaseRemove(tView: TView, tIcus: TIcu[], tIcuIndex: number, lView: LView) {
+  ngDevMode && assertIndexInRange(tIcus, tIcuIndex);
+  const tIcu = tIcus[tIcuIndex];
+  const activeCaseIndex = lView[tIcu.currentCaseLViewIndex];
+  if (activeCaseIndex !== null) {
+    const removeCodes = tIcu.remove[activeCaseIndex];
     for (let k = 0; k < removeCodes.length; k++) {
       const removeOpCode = removeCodes[k] as number;
       const nodeOrIcuIndex = removeOpCode >>> I18nMutateOpCode.SHIFT_REF;
       switch (removeOpCode & I18nMutateOpCode.MASK_INSTRUCTION) {
         case I18nMutateOpCode.Remove:
+          // FIXME(misko): this comment is wrong!
           // Remove DOM element, but do *not* mark TNode as detached, since we are
           // just switching ICU cases (while keeping the same TNode), so a DOM element
           // representing a new ICU case will be re-created.
           removeNode(tView, lView, nodeOrIcuIndex, /* markAsDetached */ false);
           break;
         case I18nMutateOpCode.RemoveNestedIcu:
-          removeNestedIcu(
-              tView, tIcus, removeCodes, nodeOrIcuIndex,
-              removeCodes[k + 1] as number >>> I18nMutateOpCode.SHIFT_REF);
+          applyIcuSwitchCaseRemove(tView, tIcus, nodeOrIcuIndex, lView);
           break;
       }
     }
   }
-
-  // Update the active caseIndex
-  const caseIndex = getCaseIndex(tIcu, value);
-  icuTNode.activeCaseIndex = caseIndex !== -1 ? caseIndex : null;
-  if (caseIndex > -1) {
-    // Add the nodes for the new case
-    readCreateOpCodes(
-        -1 /* -1 means we don't have parent node */, tIcu.create[caseIndex], tView, lView);
-    caseCreated = true;
-  }
-  return caseCreated;
-}
-
-function removeNestedIcu(
-    tView: TView, tIcus: TIcu[], removeCodes: I18nMutateOpCodes, nodeIndex: number,
-    nestedIcuNodeIndex: number) {
-  const nestedIcuTNode = getTNode(tView, nestedIcuNodeIndex) as TIcuContainerNode;
-  const activeIndex = nestedIcuTNode.activeCaseIndex;
-  if (activeIndex !== null) {
-    const nestedTIcu = tIcus[nodeIndex];
-    // FIXME(misko): the fact that we are adding items to parent list looks very suspect!
-    addAllToArray(nestedTIcu.remove[activeIndex], removeCodes);
-  }
 }
 
 function removeNode(tView: TView, lView: LView, index: number, markAsDetached: boolean) {
@@ -1153,18 +1203,18 @@ export function ɵɵi18nApply(index: number) {
   if (shiftsCounter) {
     const tView = getTView();
     ngDevMode && assertDefined(tView, `tView should be defined`);
-    const tI18n = tView.data[index + HEADER_OFFSET];
+    const tI18n = tView.data[index + HEADER_OFFSET] as TI18n | I18nUpdateOpCodes;
     let updateOpCodes: I18nUpdateOpCodes;
-    let icus: TIcu[]|null = null;
+    let tIcus: TIcu[]|null = null;
     if (Array.isArray(tI18n)) {
       updateOpCodes = tI18n as I18nUpdateOpCodes;
     } else {
       updateOpCodes = (tI18n as TI18n).update;
-      icus = (tI18n as TI18n).icus;
+      tIcus = (tI18n as TI18n).icus;
     }
     const bindingsStartIndex = getBindingIndex() - shiftsCounter - 1;
     const lView = getLView();
-    readUpdateOpCodes(updateOpCodes, icus, bindingsStartIndex, changeMask, tView, lView, false);
+    applyUpdateOpCodes(tView, tIcus, lView, updateOpCodes, bindingsStartIndex, changeMask);
 
     // Reset changeMask & maskBit to default for the next update cycle
     changeMask = 0b0;
@@ -1215,9 +1265,10 @@ function icuStart(
   const updateCodes: I18nUpdateOpCodes[] = [];
   const vars = [];
   const childIcus: number[][] = [];
-  for (let i = 0; i < icuExpression.values.length; i++) {
+  const values = icuExpression.values;
+  for (let i = 0; i < values.length; i++) {
     // Each value is an array of strings & other ICU expressions
-    const valueArr = icuExpression.values[i];
+    const valueArr = values[i];
     const nestedIcus: IcuExpression[] = [];
     for (let j = 0; j < valueArr.length; j++) {
       const value = valueArr[j];
@@ -1239,6 +1290,9 @@ function icuStart(
   const tIcu: TIcu = {
     type: icuExpression.type,
     vars,
+    currentCaseLViewIndex: HEADER_OFFSET +
+        expandoStartIndex  // expandoStartIndex does not include the header so add it.
+        + 1,               // The first item stored is the `<!--ICU #-->` anchor so skip it.
     childIcus,
     cases: icuExpression.cases,
     create: createCodes,
@@ -1269,7 +1323,13 @@ function parseIcuCase(
     throw new Error('Unable to generate inert body element');
   }
   const wrapper = getTemplateContent(inertBodyElement!) as Element || inertBodyElement;
-  const opCodes: IcuCase = {vars: 0, childIcus: [], create: [], remove: [], update: []};
+  const opCodes: IcuCase = {
+    vars: 1,  // allocate space for `TIcu.currentCaseLViewIndex`
+    childIcus: [],
+    create: [],
+    remove: [],
+    update: []
+  };
   if (ngDevMode) {
     attachDebugGetter(opCodes.create, i18nMutateOpCodesToString);
     attachDebugGetter(opCodes.remove, i18nMutateOpCodesToString);
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/advance.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/advance.ts
index 0abc852850..3eb585b93c 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/advance.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/advance.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
-import {assertDataInRange, assertGreaterThan} from '../../util/assert';
+import {assertGreaterThan, assertIndexInRange} from '../../util/assert';
 import {executeCheckHooks, executeInitAndCheckHooks} from '../hooks';
 import {FLAGS, HEADER_OFFSET, InitPhaseState, LView, LViewFlags, TView} from '../interfaces/view';
 import {getCheckNoChangesMode, getLView, getSelectedIndex, getTView, setSelectedIndex} from '../state';
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ export function ɵɵselect(index: number): void {
 export function selectIndexInternal(
     tView: TView, lView: LView, index: number, checkNoChangesMode: boolean) {
   ngDevMode && assertGreaterThan(index, -1, 'Invalid index');
-  ngDevMode && assertDataInRange(lView, index + HEADER_OFFSET);
+  ngDevMode && assertIndexInRange(lView, index + HEADER_OFFSET);
 
   // Flush the initial hooks for elements in the view that have been added up to this point.
   // PERF WARNING: do NOT extract this to a separate function without running benchmarks
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/element.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/element.ts
index 2b9b82c73f..aaa2f8e4fe 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/element.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/element.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
-import {assertDataInRange, assertDefined, assertEqual} from '../../util/assert';
+import {assertDefined, assertEqual, assertIndexInRange} from '../../util/assert';
 import {assertFirstCreatePass, assertHasParent} from '../assert';
 import {attachPatchData} from '../context_discovery';
 import {registerPostOrderHooks} from '../hooks';
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ export function ɵɵelementStart(
           getBindingIndex(), tView.bindingStartIndex,
           'elements should be created before any bindings');
   ngDevMode && ngDevMode.rendererCreateElement++;
-  ngDevMode && assertDataInRange(lView, adjustedIndex);
+  ngDevMode && assertIndexInRange(lView, adjustedIndex);
 
   const renderer = lView[RENDERER];
   const native = lView[adjustedIndex] = elementCreate(name, renderer, getNamespace());
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/element_container.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/element_container.ts
index 05d5b57052..6a7a6ef7a4 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/element_container.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/element_container.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
-import {assertDataInRange, assertEqual} from '../../util/assert';
+import {assertEqual, assertIndexInRange} from '../../util/assert';
 import {assertHasParent} from '../assert';
 import {attachPatchData} from '../context_discovery';
 import {registerPostOrderHooks} from '../hooks';
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ export function ɵɵelementContainerStart(
   const tView = getTView();
   const adjustedIndex = index + HEADER_OFFSET;
 
-  ngDevMode && assertDataInRange(lView, adjustedIndex);
+  ngDevMode && assertIndexInRange(lView, adjustedIndex);
   ngDevMode &&
       assertEqual(
           getBindingIndex(), tView.bindingStartIndex,
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/listener.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/listener.ts
index 4caf2af8e1..37b8766724 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/listener.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/listener.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  */
 
 
-import {assertDataInRange} from '../../util/assert';
+import {assertIndexInRange} from '../../util/assert';
 import {isObservable} from '../../util/lang';
 import {EMPTY_OBJ} from '../empty';
 import {PropertyAliasValue, TNode, TNodeFlags, TNodeType} from '../interfaces/node';
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ function listenerInternal(
     if (propsLength) {
       for (let i = 0; i < propsLength; i += 2) {
         const index = props[i] as number;
-        ngDevMode && assertDataInRange(lView, index);
+        ngDevMode && assertIndexInRange(lView, index);
         const minifiedName = props[i + 1];
         const directiveInstance = lView[index];
         const output = directiveInstance[minifiedName];
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/lview_debug.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/lview_debug.ts
index 7ea4307567..27bf8eeb9c 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/lview_debug.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/lview_debug.ts
@@ -362,19 +362,24 @@ export function toDebug(obj: any): any {
  * (will not serialize child elements).
  */
 function toHtml(value: any, includeChildren: boolean = false): string|null {
-  const node: HTMLElement|null = unwrapRNode(value) as any;
+  const node: Node|null = unwrapRNode(value) as any;
   if (node) {
-    const isTextNode = node.nodeType === Node.TEXT_NODE;
-    const outerHTML = (isTextNode ? node.textContent : node.outerHTML) || '';
-    if (includeChildren || isTextNode) {
-      return outerHTML;
-    } else {
-      const innerHTML = '>' + node.innerHTML + '<';
-      return (outerHTML.split(innerHTML)[0]) + '>';
+    switch (node.nodeType) {
+      case Node.TEXT_NODE:
+        return node.textContent;
+      case Node.COMMENT_NODE:
+        return `<!--${(node as Comment).textContent}-->`;
+      case Node.ELEMENT_NODE:
+        const outerHTML = (node as Element).outerHTML;
+        if (includeChildren) {
+          return outerHTML;
+        } else {
+          const innerHTML = '>' + (node as Element).innerHTML + '<';
+          return (outerHTML.split(innerHTML)[0]) + '>';
+        }
     }
-  } else {
-    return null;
   }
+  return null;
 }
 
 export class LViewDebug implements ILViewDebug {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/shared.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/shared.ts
index 929a5fa78c..c707856b0f 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/shared.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/shared.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {CUSTOM_ELEMENTS_SCHEMA, NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA, SchemaMetadata} from '../../me
 import {ViewEncapsulation} from '../../metadata/view';
 import {validateAgainstEventAttributes, validateAgainstEventProperties} from '../../sanitization/sanitization';
 import {Sanitizer} from '../../sanitization/sanitizer';
-import {assertDataInRange, assertDefined, assertDomNode, assertEqual, assertGreaterThan, assertLessThan, assertNotEqual, assertNotSame, assertSame} from '../../util/assert';
+import {assertDefined, assertDomNode, assertEqual, assertGreaterThan, assertIndexInRange, assertLessThan, assertNotEqual, assertNotSame, assertSame} from '../../util/assert';
 import {createNamedArrayType} from '../../util/named_array_type';
 import {initNgDevMode} from '../../util/ng_dev_mode';
 import {normalizeDebugBindingName, normalizeDebugBindingValue} from '../../util/ng_reflect';
@@ -236,13 +236,6 @@ export function getOrCreateTNode(
   const tNode = tView.data[adjustedIndex] as TNode ||
       createTNodeAtIndex(tView, tHostNode, adjustedIndex, type, name, attrs);
   setPreviousOrParentTNode(tNode, true);
-  if (ngDevMode) {
-    // For performance reasons it is important that the tNode retains the same shape during runtime.
-    // (To make sure that all of the code is monomorphic.) For this reason we seal the object to
-    // prevent class transitions.
-    // FIXME(misko): re-enable this once i18n code is compliant with this.
-    // Object.seal(tNode);
-  }
   return tNode as TElementNode & TViewNode & TContainerNode & TElementContainerNode &
       TProjectionNode & TIcuContainerNode;
 }
@@ -665,44 +658,44 @@ export function createTView(
   // that has a host binding, we will update the blueprint with that def's hostVars count.
   const initialViewLength = bindingStartIndex + vars;
   const blueprint = createViewBlueprint(bindingStartIndex, initialViewLength);
-  return blueprint[TVIEW as any] = ngDevMode ?
+  const tView = blueprint[TVIEW as any] = ngDevMode ?
       new TViewConstructor(
-             type,
-             viewIndex,   // id: number,
-             blueprint,   // blueprint: LView,
-             templateFn,  // template: ComponentTemplate<{}>|null,
-             null,        // queries: TQueries|null
-             viewQuery,   // viewQuery: ViewQueriesFunction<{}>|null,
-             null!,       // node: TViewNode|TElementNode|null,
-             cloneToTViewData(blueprint).fill(null, bindingStartIndex),  // data: TData,
-             bindingStartIndex,  // bindingStartIndex: number,
-             initialViewLength,  // expandoStartIndex: number,
-             null,               // expandoInstructions: ExpandoInstructions|null,
-             true,               // firstCreatePass: boolean,
-             true,               // firstUpdatePass: boolean,
-             false,              // staticViewQueries: boolean,
-             false,              // staticContentQueries: boolean,
-             null,               // preOrderHooks: HookData|null,
-             null,               // preOrderCheckHooks: HookData|null,
-             null,               // contentHooks: HookData|null,
-             null,               // contentCheckHooks: HookData|null,
-             null,               // viewHooks: HookData|null,
-             null,               // viewCheckHooks: HookData|null,
-             null,               // destroyHooks: DestroyHookData|null,
-             null,               // cleanup: any[]|null,
-             null,               // contentQueries: number[]|null,
-             null,               // components: number[]|null,
-             typeof directives === 'function' ?
-                 directives() :
-                 directives,  // directiveRegistry: DirectiveDefList|null,
-             typeof pipes === 'function' ? pipes() : pipes,  // pipeRegistry: PipeDefList|null,
-             null,                                           // firstChild: TNode|null,
-             schemas,                                        // schemas: SchemaMetadata[]|null,
-             consts,                                         // consts: TConstants|null
-             false,                                          // incompleteFirstPass: boolean
-             decls,                                          // ngDevMode only: decls
-             vars,                                           // ngDevMode only: vars
-             ) :
+          type,
+          viewIndex,   // id: number,
+          blueprint,   // blueprint: LView,
+          templateFn,  // template: ComponentTemplate<{}>|null,
+          null,        // queries: TQueries|null
+          viewQuery,   // viewQuery: ViewQueriesFunction<{}>|null,
+          null!,       // node: TViewNode|TElementNode|null,
+          cloneToTViewData(blueprint).fill(null, bindingStartIndex),  // data: TData,
+          bindingStartIndex,                                          // bindingStartIndex: number,
+          initialViewLength,                                          // expandoStartIndex: number,
+          null,   // expandoInstructions: ExpandoInstructions|null,
+          true,   // firstCreatePass: boolean,
+          true,   // firstUpdatePass: boolean,
+          false,  // staticViewQueries: boolean,
+          false,  // staticContentQueries: boolean,
+          null,   // preOrderHooks: HookData|null,
+          null,   // preOrderCheckHooks: HookData|null,
+          null,   // contentHooks: HookData|null,
+          null,   // contentCheckHooks: HookData|null,
+          null,   // viewHooks: HookData|null,
+          null,   // viewCheckHooks: HookData|null,
+          null,   // destroyHooks: DestroyHookData|null,
+          null,   // cleanup: any[]|null,
+          null,   // contentQueries: number[]|null,
+          null,   // components: number[]|null,
+          typeof directives === 'function' ?
+              directives() :
+              directives,  // directiveRegistry: DirectiveDefList|null,
+          typeof pipes === 'function' ? pipes() : pipes,  // pipeRegistry: PipeDefList|null,
+          null,                                           // firstChild: TNode|null,
+          schemas,                                        // schemas: SchemaMetadata[]|null,
+          consts,                                         // consts: TConstants|null
+          false,                                          // incompleteFirstPass: boolean
+          decls,                                          // ngDevMode only: decls
+          vars,                                           // ngDevMode only: vars
+          ) :
       {
         type: type,
         id: viewIndex,
@@ -736,6 +729,13 @@ export function createTView(
         consts: consts,
         incompleteFirstPass: false
       };
+  if (ngDevMode) {
+    // For performance reasons it is important that the tView retains the same shape during runtime.
+    // (To make sure that all of the code is monomorphic.) For this reason we seal the object to
+    // prevent class transitions.
+    Object.seal(tView);
+  }
+  return tView;
 }
 
 function createViewBlueprint(bindingStartIndex: number, initialViewLength: number): LView {
@@ -825,71 +825,79 @@ export function createTNode(
     tagName: string|null, attrs: TAttributes|null): TNode {
   ngDevMode && ngDevMode.tNode++;
   let injectorIndex = tParent ? tParent.injectorIndex : -1;
-  return ngDevMode ? new TNodeDebug(
-                         tView,          // tView_: TView
-                         type,           // type: TNodeType
-                         adjustedIndex,  // index: number
-                         injectorIndex,  // injectorIndex: number
-                         -1,             // directiveStart: number
-                         -1,             // directiveEnd: number
-                         -1,             // directiveStylingLast: number
-                         null,           // propertyBindings: number[]|null
-                         0,              // flags: TNodeFlags
-                         0,              // providerIndexes: TNodeProviderIndexes
-                         tagName,        // tagName: string|null
-                         attrs,  // attrs: (string|AttributeMarker|(string|SelectorFlags)[])[]|null
-                         null,   // mergedAttrs
-                         null,   // localNames: (string|number)[]|null
-                         undefined,  // initialInputs: (string[]|null)[]|null|undefined
-                         null,       // inputs: PropertyAliases|null
-                         null,       // outputs: PropertyAliases|null
-                         null,       // tViews: ITView|ITView[]|null
-                         null,       // next: ITNode|null
-                         null,       // projectionNext: ITNode|null
-                         null,       // child: ITNode|null
-                         tParent,    // parent: TElementNode|TContainerNode|null
-                         null,       // projection: number|(ITNode|RNode[])[]|null
-                         null,       // styles: string|null
-                         null,       // stylesWithoutHost: string|null
-                         undefined,  // residualStyles: string|null
-                         null,       // classes: string|null
-                         null,       // classesWithoutHost: string|null
-                         undefined,  // residualClasses: string|null
-                         0 as any,   // classBindings: TStylingRange;
-                         0 as any,   // styleBindings: TStylingRange;
-                         ) :
-                     {
-                       type: type,
-                       index: adjustedIndex,
-                       injectorIndex: injectorIndex,
-                       directiveStart: -1,
-                       directiveEnd: -1,
-                       directiveStylingLast: -1,
-                       propertyBindings: null,
-                       flags: 0,
-                       providerIndexes: 0,
-                       tagName: tagName,
-                       attrs: attrs,
-                       mergedAttrs: null,
-                       localNames: null,
-                       initialInputs: undefined,
-                       inputs: null,
-                       outputs: null,
-                       tViews: null,
-                       next: null,
-                       projectionNext: null,
-                       child: null,
-                       parent: tParent,
-                       projection: null,
-                       styles: null,
-                       stylesWithoutHost: null,
-                       residualStyles: undefined,
-                       classes: null,
-                       classesWithoutHost: null,
-                       residualClasses: undefined,
-                       classBindings: 0 as any,
-                       styleBindings: 0 as any,
-                     };
+  const tNode = ngDevMode ?
+      new TNodeDebug(
+          tView,          // tView_: TView
+          type,           // type: TNodeType
+          adjustedIndex,  // index: number
+          injectorIndex,  // injectorIndex: number
+          -1,             // directiveStart: number
+          -1,             // directiveEnd: number
+          -1,             // directiveStylingLast: number
+          null,           // propertyBindings: number[]|null
+          0,              // flags: TNodeFlags
+          0,              // providerIndexes: TNodeProviderIndexes
+          tagName,        // tagName: string|null
+          attrs,          // attrs: (string|AttributeMarker|(string|SelectorFlags)[])[]|null
+          null,           // mergedAttrs
+          null,           // localNames: (string|number)[]|null
+          undefined,      // initialInputs: (string[]|null)[]|null|undefined
+          null,           // inputs: PropertyAliases|null
+          null,           // outputs: PropertyAliases|null
+          null,           // tViews: ITView|ITView[]|null
+          null,           // next: ITNode|null
+          null,           // projectionNext: ITNode|null
+          null,           // child: ITNode|null
+          tParent,        // parent: TElementNode|TContainerNode|null
+          null,           // projection: number|(ITNode|RNode[])[]|null
+          null,           // styles: string|null
+          null,           // stylesWithoutHost: string|null
+          undefined,      // residualStyles: string|null
+          null,           // classes: string|null
+          null,           // classesWithoutHost: string|null
+          undefined,      // residualClasses: string|null
+          0 as any,       // classBindings: TStylingRange;
+          0 as any,       // styleBindings: TStylingRange;
+          ) :
+      {
+        type: type,
+        index: adjustedIndex,
+        injectorIndex: injectorIndex,
+        directiveStart: -1,
+        directiveEnd: -1,
+        directiveStylingLast: -1,
+        propertyBindings: null,
+        flags: 0,
+        providerIndexes: 0,
+        tagName: tagName,
+        attrs: attrs,
+        mergedAttrs: null,
+        localNames: null,
+        initialInputs: undefined,
+        inputs: null,
+        outputs: null,
+        tViews: null,
+        next: null,
+        projectionNext: null,
+        child: null,
+        parent: tParent,
+        projection: null,
+        styles: null,
+        stylesWithoutHost: null,
+        residualStyles: undefined,
+        classes: null,
+        classesWithoutHost: null,
+        residualClasses: undefined,
+        classBindings: 0 as any,
+        styleBindings: 0 as any,
+      };
+  if (ngDevMode) {
+    // For performance reasons it is important that the tNode retains the same shape during runtime.
+    // (To make sure that all of the code is monomorphic.) For this reason we seal the object to
+    // prevent class transitions.
+    Object.seal(tNode);
+  }
+  return tNode;
 }
 
 
@@ -2040,7 +2048,7 @@ export function setInputsForProperty(
     const index = inputs[i++] as number;
     const privateName = inputs[i++] as string;
     const instance = lView[index];
-    ngDevMode && assertDataInRange(lView, index);
+    ngDevMode && assertIndexInRange(lView, index);
     const def = tView.data[index] as DirectiveDef<any>;
     if (def.setInput !== null) {
       def.setInput!(instance, value, publicName, privateName);
@@ -2055,7 +2063,7 @@ export function setInputsForProperty(
  */
 export function textBindingInternal(lView: LView, index: number, value: string): void {
   ngDevMode && assertNotSame(value, NO_CHANGE as any, 'value should not be NO_CHANGE');
-  ngDevMode && assertDataInRange(lView, index + HEADER_OFFSET);
+  ngDevMode && assertIndexInRange(lView, index + HEADER_OFFSET);
   const element = getNativeByIndex(index, lView) as any as RText;
   ngDevMode && assertDefined(element, 'native element should exist');
   ngDevMode && ngDevMode.rendererSetText++;
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/text.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/text.ts
index a98d9df165..88a27e8656 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/text.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/text.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@
  * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
-import {assertDataInRange, assertEqual} from '../../util/assert';
+import {assertEqual, assertIndexInRange} from '../../util/assert';
 import {TElementNode, TNodeType} from '../interfaces/node';
 import {HEADER_OFFSET, RENDERER, T_HOST} from '../interfaces/view';
 import {appendChild, createTextNode} from '../node_manipulation';
 import {getBindingIndex, getLView, getTView, setPreviousOrParentTNode} from '../state';
+
 import {getOrCreateTNode} from './shared';
 
 
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ export function ɵɵtext(index: number, value: string = ''): void {
       assertEqual(
           getBindingIndex(), tView.bindingStartIndex,
           'text nodes should be created before any bindings');
-  ngDevMode && assertDataInRange(lView, adjustedIndex);
+  ngDevMode && assertIndexInRange(lView, adjustedIndex);
 
   const tNode = tView.firstCreatePass ?
       getOrCreateTNode(tView, lView[T_HOST], index, TNodeType.Element, null, null) :
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/interfaces/i18n.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/interfaces/i18n.ts
index f379ed9125..7b85b495f5 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/interfaces/i18n.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/interfaces/i18n.ts
@@ -346,6 +346,14 @@ export interface TIcu {
    */
   vars: number[];
 
+  /**
+   * Currently selected ICU case pointer.
+   *
+   * `lView[currentCaseLViewIndex]` stores the currently selected case. This is needed to know how
+   * to clean up the current case when transitioning no the new case.
+   */
+  currentCaseLViewIndex: number;
+
   /**
    * An optional array of child/sub ICUs.
    *
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/interfaces/node.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/interfaces/node.ts
index 4684232065..462105d2f4 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/interfaces/node.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/interfaces/node.ts
@@ -709,13 +709,6 @@ export interface TIcuContainerNode extends TNode {
   parent: TElementNode|TElementContainerNode|null;
   tViews: null;
   projection: null;
-  /**
-   * Indicates the current active case for an ICU expression.
-   * It is null when there is no active case.
-   *
-   */
-  // FIXME(misko): This is at a wrong location as activeCase is `LView` (not `TView`) concern
-  activeCaseIndex: number|null;
 }
 
 /** Static data for a view  */
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/pure_function.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/pure_function.ts
index 2abb42d10c..6db19df34d 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/pure_function.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/pure_function.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
-import {assertDataInRange} from '../util/assert';
+import {assertIndexInRange} from '../util/assert';
 import {bindingUpdated, bindingUpdated2, bindingUpdated3, bindingUpdated4, getBinding, updateBinding} from './bindings';
 import {LView} from './interfaces/view';
 import {getBindingRoot, getLView} from './state';
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ export function ɵɵpureFunctionV(
  * it to `undefined`.
  */
 function getPureFunctionReturnValue(lView: LView, returnValueIndex: number) {
-  ngDevMode && assertDataInRange(lView, returnValueIndex);
+  ngDevMode && assertIndexInRange(lView, returnValueIndex);
   const lastReturnValue = lView[returnValueIndex];
   return lastReturnValue === NO_CHANGE ? undefined : lastReturnValue;
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/query.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/query.ts
index 63eaf2bd7d..58e587703e 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/query.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/query.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import {ElementRef as ViewEngine_ElementRef} from '../linker/element_ref';
 import {QueryList} from '../linker/query_list';
 import {TemplateRef as ViewEngine_TemplateRef} from '../linker/template_ref';
 import {ViewContainerRef} from '../linker/view_container_ref';
-import {assertDataInRange, assertDefined, throwError} from '../util/assert';
+import {assertDefined, assertIndexInRange, throwError} from '../util/assert';
 import {stringify} from '../util/stringify';
 
 import {assertFirstCreatePass, assertLContainer} from './assert';
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ class TQueries_ implements TQueries {
   }
 
   getByIndex(index: number): TQuery {
-    ngDevMode && assertDataInRange(this.queries, index);
+    ngDevMode && assertIndexInRange(this.queries, index);
     return this.queries[index];
   }
 
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ function materializeViewResults<T>(
         // null as a placeholder
         result.push(null);
       } else {
-        ngDevMode && assertDataInRange(tViewData, matchedNodeIdx);
+        ngDevMode && assertIndexInRange(tViewData, matchedNodeIdx);
         const tNode = tViewData[matchedNodeIdx] as TNode;
         result.push(createResultForNode(lView, tNode, tQueryMatches[i + 1], tQuery.metadata.read));
       }
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ export function ɵɵloadQuery<T>(): QueryList<T> {
 function loadQueryInternal<T>(lView: LView, queryIndex: number): QueryList<T> {
   ngDevMode &&
       assertDefined(lView[QUERIES], 'LQueries should be defined when trying to load a query');
-  ngDevMode && assertDataInRange(lView[QUERIES]!.queries, queryIndex);
+  ngDevMode && assertIndexInRange(lView[QUERIES]!.queries, queryIndex);
   return lView[QUERIES]!.queries[queryIndex].queryList;
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/styling/style_binding_list.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/styling/style_binding_list.ts
index 4fde39fcd4..d05bde5f93 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/styling/style_binding_list.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/styling/style_binding_list.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  */
 
 import {KeyValueArray, keyValueArrayIndexOf} from '../../util/array_utils';
-import {assertDataInRange, assertEqual, assertNotEqual} from '../../util/assert';
+import {assertEqual, assertIndexInRange, assertNotEqual} from '../../util/assert';
 import {assertFirstUpdatePass} from '../assert';
 import {TNode} from '../interfaces/node';
 import {getTStylingRangeNext, getTStylingRangePrev, setTStylingRangeNext, setTStylingRangeNextDuplicate, setTStylingRangePrev, setTStylingRangePrevDuplicate, toTStylingRange, TStylingKey, TStylingKeyPrimitive, TStylingRange} from '../interfaces/styling';
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ function markDuplicates(
   // - we are a map in which case we have to continue searching even after we find what we were
   //   looking for since we are a wild card and everything needs to be flipped to duplicate.
   while (cursor !== 0 && (foundDuplicate === false || isMap)) {
-    ngDevMode && assertDataInRange(tData, cursor);
+    ngDevMode && assertIndexInRange(tData, cursor);
     const tStylingValueAtCursor = tData[cursor] as TStylingKey;
     const tStyleRangeAtCursor = tData[cursor + 1] as TStylingRange;
     if (isStylingMatch(tStylingValueAtCursor, tStylingKey)) {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/util/view_utils.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/util/view_utils.ts
index 21bee1c5d6..4876a8a7d1 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/util/view_utils.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/util/view_utils.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
-import {assertDataInRange, assertDefined, assertDomNode, assertGreaterThan, assertLessThan} from '../../util/assert';
+import {assertDefined, assertDomNode, assertGreaterThan, assertIndexInRange, assertLessThan} from '../../util/assert';
 import {assertTNodeForLView} from '../assert';
 import {LContainer, TYPE} from '../interfaces/container';
 import {LContext, MONKEY_PATCH_KEY_NAME} from '../interfaces/context';
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ export function getNativeByIndex(index: number, lView: LView): RNode {
  */
 export function getNativeByTNode(tNode: TNode, lView: LView): RNode {
   ngDevMode && assertTNodeForLView(tNode, lView);
-  ngDevMode && assertDataInRange(lView, tNode.index);
+  ngDevMode && assertIndexInRange(lView, tNode.index);
   const node: RNode = unwrapRNode(lView[tNode.index]);
   ngDevMode && !isProceduralRenderer(lView[RENDERER]) && assertDomNode(node);
   return node;
@@ -125,13 +125,13 @@ export function getTNode(tView: TView, index: number): TNode {
 
 /** Retrieves a value from any `LView` or `TData`. */
 export function load<T>(view: LView|TData, index: number): T {
-  ngDevMode && assertDataInRange(view, index + HEADER_OFFSET);
+  ngDevMode && assertIndexInRange(view, index + HEADER_OFFSET);
   return view[index + HEADER_OFFSET];
 }
 
 export function getComponentLViewByIndex(nodeIndex: number, hostView: LView): LView {
   // Could be an LView or an LContainer. If LContainer, unwrap to find LView.
-  ngDevMode && assertDataInRange(hostView, nodeIndex);
+  ngDevMode && assertIndexInRange(hostView, nodeIndex);
   const slotValue = hostView[nodeIndex];
   const lView = isLView(slotValue) ? slotValue : slotValue[HOST];
   return lView;
diff --git a/packages/core/src/util/assert.ts b/packages/core/src/util/assert.ts
index 1678b3bc53..1627149d56 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/util/assert.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/util/assert.ts
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ export function assertDomNode(node: any): asserts node is Node {
 }
 
 
-export function assertDataInRange(arr: any[], index: number) {
+export function assertIndexInRange(arr: any[], index: number) {
   const maxLen = arr ? arr.length : 0;
   assertLessThan(index, maxLen, `Index expected to be less than ${maxLen} but got ${index}`);
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/test/acceptance/i18n_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/acceptance/i18n_spec.ts
index cbca1e1246..ec106a8381 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/acceptance/i18n_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/acceptance/i18n_spec.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@ import localeEs from '@angular/common/locales/es';
 import localeRo from '@angular/common/locales/ro';
 import {computeMsgId} from '@angular/compiler';
 import {Component, ContentChild, ContentChildren, Directive, ElementRef, HostBinding, Input, LOCALE_ID, NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA, Pipe, PipeTransform, QueryList, RendererFactory2, TemplateRef, Type, ViewChild, ViewContainerRef, ɵsetDocument} from '@angular/core';
+import {getComponentDef} from '@angular/core/src/render3/definition';
 import {setDelayProjection} from '@angular/core/src/render3/instructions/projection';
+import {TI18n, TIcu} from '@angular/core/src/render3/interfaces/i18n';
+import {DebugNode, HEADER_OFFSET, TVIEW} from '@angular/core/src/render3/interfaces/view';
+import {getComponentLView, loadLContext} from '@angular/core/src/render3/util/discovery_utils';
 import {TestBed} from '@angular/core/testing';
 import {clearTranslations, loadTranslations} from '@angular/localize';
 import {By, ɵDomRendererFactory2 as DomRendererFactory2} from '@angular/platform-browser';
@@ -599,6 +603,217 @@ onlyInIvy('Ivy i18n logic').describe('runtime i18n', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('dynamic TNodes', () => {
+    // When translation occurs the i18n system needs to create dynamic TNodes for the text
+    // nodes so that they can be correctly processed by the `addRemoveViewFromContainer`.
+
+    function toTypeContent(n: DebugNode): string {
+      return `${n.type}(${n.html})`;
+    }
+
+    it('should not create dynamic TNode when no i18n', () => {
+      const fixture = initWithTemplate(AppComp, `Hello <b>World</b>!`);
+      const lView = getComponentLView(fixture.componentInstance);
+      const hello_ = (fixture.nativeElement as Element).firstChild!;
+      const b = hello_.nextSibling!;
+      const world = b.firstChild!;
+      const exclamation = b.nextSibling!;
+      const lViewDebug = lView.debug!;
+      expect(lViewDebug.nodes.map(toTypeContent)).toEqual([
+        'Element(Hello )', 'Element(<b>)', 'Element(!)'
+      ]);
+      expect(lViewDebug.decls).toEqual({
+        start: HEADER_OFFSET,
+        end: HEADER_OFFSET + 4,
+        length: 4,
+        content: [
+          jasmine.objectContaining({index: HEADER_OFFSET + 0, l: hello_}),
+          jasmine.objectContaining({index: HEADER_OFFSET + 1, l: b}),
+          jasmine.objectContaining({index: HEADER_OFFSET + 2, l: world}),
+          jasmine.objectContaining({index: HEADER_OFFSET + 3, l: exclamation}),
+        ]
+      });
+      expect(lViewDebug.i18n)
+          .toEqual(
+              {start: lViewDebug.vars.end, end: lViewDebug.expando.start, length: 0, content: []});
+    });
+
+    it('should create dynamic TNode for text nodes', () => {
+      const fixture =
+          initWithTemplate(AppComp, `<ng-container i18n>Hello <b>World</b>!</ng-container>`);
+      const lView = getComponentLView(fixture.componentInstance);
+      const hello_ = (fixture.nativeElement as Element).firstChild!;
+      const b = hello_.nextSibling!;
+      const world = b.firstChild!;
+      const exclamation = b.nextSibling!;
+      const container = exclamation.nextSibling!;
+      const lViewDebug = lView.debug!;
+      expect(lViewDebug.nodes.map(toTypeContent)).toEqual([
+        'ElementContainer(<!--ng-container-->)'
+      ]);
+      // This assertion shows that the translated nodes are correctly linked into the TNode tree.
+      expect(lViewDebug.nodes[0].children.map(toTypeContent)).toEqual([
+        'Element(Hello )', 'Element(<b>)', 'Element(!)'
+      ]);
+      // This assertion shows that the translated text is not part of decls
+      expect(lViewDebug.decls).toEqual({
+        start: HEADER_OFFSET,
+        end: HEADER_OFFSET + 3,
+        length: 3,
+        content: [
+          jasmine.objectContaining({index: HEADER_OFFSET + 0, l: container}),
+          jasmine.objectContaining({index: HEADER_OFFSET + 1}),
+          jasmine.objectContaining({index: HEADER_OFFSET + 2, l: b}),
+        ]
+      });
+      // This assertion shows that the translated DOM elements (and corresponding TNode's are stored
+      // in i18n section of LView)
+      expect(lViewDebug.i18n).toEqual({
+        start: lViewDebug.vars.end,
+        end: lViewDebug.expando.start,
+        length: 3,
+        content: [
+          jasmine.objectContaining({index: HEADER_OFFSET + 3, l: hello_}),
+          jasmine.objectContaining({index: HEADER_OFFSET + 4, l: world}),
+          jasmine.objectContaining({index: HEADER_OFFSET + 5, l: exclamation}),
+        ]
+      });
+      // This assertion shows the DOM operations which the i18n subsystem performed to update the
+      // DOM with translated text. The offsets in the debug text should match the offsets in the
+      // above assertions.
+      expect((lView[TVIEW]!.data[HEADER_OFFSET + 1]! as TI18n).create.debug).toEqual([
+        'lView[3] = document.createTextNode("Hello ")',
+        '(lView[0] as Element).appendChild(lView[3])',
+        '(lView[0] as Element).appendChild(lView[2])',
+        'lView[4] = document.createTextNode("World")',
+        '(lView[2] as Element).appendChild(lView[4])',
+        'setPreviousOrParentTNode(tView.data[2] as TNode)',
+        'lView[5] = document.createTextNode("!")',
+        '(lView[0] as Element).appendChild(lView[5])',
+      ]);
+    });
+
+    describe('ICU', () => {
+      // In the case of ICUs we can't create TNodes for each ICU part, as different ICU instances
+      // may have different selections active and hence have different shape. In such a case
+      // a single `TIcuContainerNode` should be generated only.
+      it('should create a single dynamic TNode for ICU', () => {
+        const fixture = initWithTemplate(AppComp, `
+          {count, plural, 
+            =0 {just now} 
+            =1 {one minute ago} 
+            other {{{count}} minutes ago}
+          }
+        `);
+        const lView = getComponentLView(fixture.componentInstance);
+        const lViewDebug = lView.debug!;
+        expect((fixture.nativeElement as Element).textContent).toEqual('just now');
+        const text_just_now = (fixture.nativeElement as Element).firstChild!;
+        const icuComment = text_just_now.nextSibling!;
+        expect(lViewDebug.nodes.map(toTypeContent)).toEqual(['IcuContainer(<!--ICU 3-->)']);
+        // We want to ensure that the ICU container does not have any content!
+        // This is because the content is instance dependent and therefore can't be shared
+        // across `TNode`s.
+        expect(lViewDebug.nodes[0].children.map(toTypeContent)).toEqual([
+          'Element(just now)',  // FIXME(misko): This should not be here. The content of the ICU is
+                                // instance specific and as such can't be encoded in the tNodes.
+        ]);
+        expect(lViewDebug.decls).toEqual({
+          start: HEADER_OFFSET,
+          end: HEADER_OFFSET + 1,
+          length: 1,
+          content: [
+            jasmine.objectContaining({
+              t: jasmine.objectContaining({
+                vars: 3,  // one slot for: the `<!--ICU 3-->`
+                          // one slot for: the last selected ICU case.
+                          // one slot for: the actual text node to attach.
+                create: jasmine.any(Object),
+                update: jasmine.any(Object),
+                icus: [jasmine.any(Object)],
+              }),
+              l: null
+            }),
+          ]
+        });
+        expect(((lViewDebug.decls.content[0].t as TI18n).create.debug)).toEqual([
+          'lView[3] = document.createComment("ICU 3")',
+          '(lView[0] as Element).appendChild(lView[3])',
+        ]);
+        expect(((lViewDebug.decls.content[0].t as TI18n).update.debug)).toEqual([
+          'if (mask & 0b1) { icuSwitchCase(lView[3] as Comment, 0, `${lView[1]}`); }',
+          'if (mask & 0b11) { icuUpdateCase(lView[3] as Comment, 0); }',
+        ]);
+        const tIcu = (lViewDebug.decls.content[0].t as TI18n).icus![0];
+        expect(tIcu.cases).toEqual(['0', '1', 'other']);
+        // Case: '0'
+        expect(tIcu.create[0].debug).toEqual([
+          'lView[5] = document.createTextNode("just now")',
+          '(lView[3] as Element).appendChild(lView[5])',
+        ]);
+        expect(tIcu.remove[0].debug).toEqual(['(lView[0] as Element).remove(lView[5])']);
+        expect(tIcu.update[0].debug).toEqual([]);
+
+        // Case: '1'
+        expect(tIcu.create[1].debug).toEqual([
+          'lView[5] = document.createTextNode("one minute ago")',
+          '(lView[3] as Element).appendChild(lView[5])',
+        ]);
+        expect(tIcu.remove[1].debug).toEqual(['(lView[0] as Element).remove(lView[5])']);
+        expect(tIcu.update[1].debug).toEqual([]);
+
+        // Case: 'other'
+        expect(tIcu.create[2].debug).toEqual([
+          'lView[5] = document.createTextNode("")',
+          '(lView[3] as Element).appendChild(lView[5])',
+        ]);
+        expect(tIcu.remove[2].debug).toEqual(['(lView[0] as Element).remove(lView[5])']);
+        expect(tIcu.update[2].debug).toEqual([
+          'if (mask & 0b10) { (lView[5] as Text).textContent = `${lView[2]} minutes ago`; }'
+        ]);
+
+        expect(lViewDebug.i18n).toEqual({
+          start: lViewDebug.vars.end,
+          end: lViewDebug.expando.start,
+          length: 3,
+          content: [
+            // ICU anchor `<!--ICU 3-->`.
+            jasmine.objectContaining({index: HEADER_OFFSET + 3, l: icuComment}),
+            // ICU `TIcu.currentCaseLViewIndex` storage location
+            jasmine.objectContaining({
+              index: HEADER_OFFSET + 4,
+              t: null,
+              l: 0,  // The current ICU case
+            }),
+            jasmine.objectContaining({index: HEADER_OFFSET + 5, l: text_just_now}),
+          ]
+        });
+      });
+
+      // FIXME(misko): re-enable and fix this use case.
+      xit('should support multiple ICUs', () => {
+        const fixture = initWithTemplate(AppComp, `
+          {count, plural, 
+            =0 {just now} 
+            =1 {one minute ago} 
+            other {{{count}} minutes ago}
+          }
+          {count, plural, 
+            =0 {just now} 
+            =1 {one minute ago} 
+            other {{{count}} minutes ago}
+          }
+        `);
+        const lView = getComponentLView(fixture.componentInstance);
+        expect(lView.debug!.nodes.map(toTypeContent)).toEqual(['IcuContainer(<!--ICU 3-->)']);
+        // We want to ensure that the ICU container does not have any content!
+        // This is because the content is instance dependent and therefore can't be shared
+        // across `TNode`s.
+        expect(lView.debug!.nodes[0].children.map(toTypeContent)).toEqual([]);
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('should support ICU expressions', () => {
     it('with no root node', () => {
       loadTranslations({
@@ -690,19 +905,19 @@ onlyInIvy('Ivy i18n logic').describe('runtime i18n', () => {
         other {({{name}})}
       }</div>`);
       expect(fixture.nativeElement.innerHTML)
-          .toEqual(`<div>aucun <b>email</b>!<!--ICU 7--> - (Angular)<!--ICU 13--></div>`);
+          .toEqual(`<div>aucun <b>email</b>!<!--ICU 7--> - (Angular)<!--ICU 14--></div>`);
 
       fixture.componentRef.instance.count = 4;
       fixture.detectChanges();
       expect(fixture.nativeElement.innerHTML)
           .toEqual(
-              `<div>4 <span title="Angular">emails</span><!--ICU 7--> - (Angular)<!--ICU 13--></div>`);
+              `<div>4 <span title="Angular">emails</span><!--ICU 7--> - (Angular)<!--ICU 14--></div>`);
 
       fixture.componentRef.instance.count = 0;
       fixture.componentRef.instance.name = 'John';
       fixture.detectChanges();
       expect(fixture.nativeElement.innerHTML)
-          .toEqual(`<div>aucun <b>email</b>!<!--ICU 7--> - (John)<!--ICU 13--></div>`);
+          .toEqual(`<div>aucun <b>email</b>!<!--ICU 7--> - (John)<!--ICU 14--></div>`);
     });
 
     it('with custom interpolation config', () => {
@@ -740,20 +955,20 @@ onlyInIvy('Ivy i18n logic').describe('runtime i18n', () => {
       }</span></div>`);
       expect(fixture.nativeElement.innerHTML)
           .toEqual(
-              `<div><span>aucun <b>email</b>!<!--ICU 9--></span> - <span>(Angular)<!--ICU 15--></span></div>`);
+              `<div><span>aucun <b>email</b>!<!--ICU 9--></span> - <span>(Angular)<!--ICU 16--></span></div>`);
 
       fixture.componentRef.instance.count = 4;
       fixture.detectChanges();
       expect(fixture.nativeElement.innerHTML)
           .toEqual(
-              `<div><span>4 <span title="Angular">emails</span><!--ICU 9--></span> - <span>(Angular)<!--ICU 15--></span></div>`);
+              `<div><span>4 <span title="Angular">emails</span><!--ICU 9--></span> - <span>(Angular)<!--ICU 16--></span></div>`);
 
       fixture.componentRef.instance.count = 0;
       fixture.componentRef.instance.name = 'John';
       fixture.detectChanges();
       expect(fixture.nativeElement.innerHTML)
           .toEqual(
-              `<div><span>aucun <b>email</b>!<!--ICU 9--></span> - <span>(John)<!--ICU 15--></span></div>`);
+              `<div><span>aucun <b>email</b>!<!--ICU 9--></span> - <span>(John)<!--ICU 16--></span></div>`);
     });
 
     it('inside template directives', () => {
@@ -1435,6 +1650,54 @@ onlyInIvy('Ivy i18n logic').describe('runtime i18n', () => {
       // checking the second ICU case
       expect(fixture.nativeElement.textContent.trim()).toBe('deux articles');
     });
+
+    // FIXME(misko): re-enable and fix this use case. Root cause is that
+    // `addRemoveViewFromContainer` needs to understand ICU
+    xit('should handle select expressions without an `other` parameter inside a template', () => {
+      const fixture = initWithTemplate(AppComp, `
+        <ng-container *ngFor="let item of items">{item.value, select, 0 {A} 1 {B} 2 {C}}</ng-container>
+      `);
+      fixture.componentInstance.items = [{value: 0}, {value: 1}, {value: 1337}];
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      const p = fixture.nativeElement.querySelector('p');
+      const lContext = loadLContext(p);
+      const lView = lContext.lView;
+      const nodeIndex = lContext.nodeIndex;
+      const tView = lView[TVIEW];
+      const i18n = tView.data[nodeIndex + 1] as unknown as TI18n;
+      expect(fixture.nativeElement.textContent.trim()).toBe('AB');
+
+      fixture.componentInstance.items[0].value = 2;
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(fixture.nativeElement.textContent.trim()).toBe('CB');
+      fail('testing');
+    });
+
+    it('should render an element whose case did not match initially', () => {
+      const fixture = initWithTemplate(AppComp, `
+        <p *ngFor="let item of items">{item.value, select, 0 {A} 1 {B} 2 {C}}</p>
+      `);
+      fixture.componentInstance.items = [{value: 0}, {value: 1}, {value: 1337}];
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(fixture.nativeElement.textContent.trim()).toBe('AB');
+
+      fixture.componentInstance.items[2].value = 2;
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(fixture.nativeElement.textContent.trim()).toBe('ABC');
+    });
+
+    it('should remove an element whose case matched initially, but does not anymore', () => {
+      const fixture = initWithTemplate(AppComp, `
+        <p *ngFor="let item of items">{item.value, select, 0 {A} 1 {B} 2 {C}}</p>
+      `);
+      fixture.componentInstance.items = [{value: 0}, {value: 1}];
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(fixture.nativeElement.textContent.trim()).toBe('AB');
+
+      fixture.componentInstance.items[0].value = 1337;
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(fixture.nativeElement.textContent.trim()).toBe('B');
+    });
   });
 
   describe('should support attributes', () => {
diff --git a/packages/core/test/render3/i18n_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/render3/i18n_spec.ts
index 6d46484845..20f2df3272 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/render3/i18n_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/render3/i18n_spec.ts
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ describe('Runtime i18n', () => {
                       }, null, nbConsts, index) as TI18n;
 
       expect(opCodes).toEqual({
-        vars: 5,
+        vars: 6,
         update: debugMatch([
           'if (mask & 0b1) { icuSwitchCase(lView[1] as Comment, 0, `${lView[1]}`); }',
           'if (mask & 0b11) { icuUpdateCase(lView[1] as Comment, 0); }',
@@ -272,60 +272,61 @@ describe('Runtime i18n', () => {
         ]),
         icus: [<TIcu>{
           type: 1,
-          vars: [4, 3, 3],
+          currentCaseLViewIndex: 22,
+          vars: [5, 4, 4],
           childIcus: [[], [], []],
           cases: ['0', '1', 'other'],
           create: [
             debugMatch([
-              'lView[2] = document.createTextNode("no ")',
-              '(lView[1] as Element).appendChild(lView[2])',
-              'lView[3] = document.createElement("b")',
+              'lView[3] = document.createTextNode("no ")',
               '(lView[1] as Element).appendChild(lView[3])',
-              '(lView[3] as Element).setAttribute("title", "none")',
-              'lView[4] = document.createTextNode("emails")',
-              '(lView[3] as Element).appendChild(lView[4])',
-              'lView[5] = document.createTextNode("!")',
-              '(lView[1] as Element).appendChild(lView[5])'
+              'lView[4] = document.createElement("b")',
+              '(lView[1] as Element).appendChild(lView[4])',
+              '(lView[4] as Element).setAttribute("title", "none")',
+              'lView[5] = document.createTextNode("emails")',
+              '(lView[4] as Element).appendChild(lView[5])',
+              'lView[6] = document.createTextNode("!")',
+              '(lView[1] as Element).appendChild(lView[6])',
             ]),
             debugMatch([
-              'lView[2] = document.createTextNode("one ")',
-              '(lView[1] as Element).appendChild(lView[2])',
-              'lView[3] = document.createElement("i")',
+              'lView[3] = document.createTextNode("one ")',
               '(lView[1] as Element).appendChild(lView[3])',
-              'lView[4] = document.createTextNode("email")',
-              '(lView[3] as Element).appendChild(lView[4])'
+              'lView[4] = document.createElement("i")',
+              '(lView[1] as Element).appendChild(lView[4])',
+              'lView[5] = document.createTextNode("email")',
+              '(lView[4] as Element).appendChild(lView[5])',
             ]),
             debugMatch([
-              'lView[2] = document.createTextNode("")',
-              '(lView[1] as Element).appendChild(lView[2])',
-              'lView[3] = document.createElement("span")',
+              'lView[3] = document.createTextNode("")',
               '(lView[1] as Element).appendChild(lView[3])',
-              'lView[4] = document.createTextNode("emails")',
-              '(lView[3] as Element).appendChild(lView[4])'
+              'lView[4] = document.createElement("span")',
+              '(lView[1] as Element).appendChild(lView[4])',
+              'lView[5] = document.createTextNode("emails")',
+              '(lView[4] as Element).appendChild(lView[5])',
             ])
           ],
           remove: [
             debugMatch([
-              '(lView[0] as Element).remove(lView[2])',
-              '(lView[0] as Element).remove(lView[4])',
               '(lView[0] as Element).remove(lView[3])',
               '(lView[0] as Element).remove(lView[5])',
+              '(lView[0] as Element).remove(lView[4])',
+              '(lView[0] as Element).remove(lView[6])',
             ]),
             debugMatch([
-              '(lView[0] as Element).remove(lView[2])',
-              '(lView[0] as Element).remove(lView[4])',
               '(lView[0] as Element).remove(lView[3])',
+              '(lView[0] as Element).remove(lView[5])',
+              '(lView[0] as Element).remove(lView[4])',
             ]),
             debugMatch([
-              '(lView[0] as Element).remove(lView[2])',
-              '(lView[0] as Element).remove(lView[4])',
               '(lView[0] as Element).remove(lView[3])',
+              '(lView[0] as Element).remove(lView[5])',
+              '(lView[0] as Element).remove(lView[4])',
             ])
           ],
           update: [
             debugMatch([]), debugMatch([]), debugMatch([
-              'if (mask & 0b1) { (lView[2] as Text).textContent = `${lView[1]} `; }',
-              'if (mask & 0b10) { (lView[3] as Element).setAttribute(\'title\', `${lView[2]}`); }'
+              'if (mask & 0b1) { (lView[3] as Text).textContent = `${lView[1]} `; }',
+              'if (mask & 0b10) { (lView[4] as Element).setAttribute(\'title\', `${lView[2]}`); }'
             ])
           ]
         }]
@@ -355,7 +356,7 @@ describe('Runtime i18n', () => {
       const nestedTIcuIndex = 0;
 
       expect(opCodes).toEqual({
-        vars: 6,
+        vars: 9,
         create: debugMatch([
           'lView[1] = document.createComment("ICU 1")',
           '(lView[0] as Element).appendChild(lView[1])'
@@ -367,27 +368,28 @@ describe('Runtime i18n', () => {
         icus: [
           {
             type: 0,
-            vars: [1, 1, 1],
+            vars: [2, 2, 2],
+            currentCaseLViewIndex: 26,
             childIcus: [[], [], []],
             cases: ['cat', 'dog', 'other'],
             create: [
               debugMatch([
-                'lView[5] = document.createTextNode("cats")',
-                '(lView[3] as Element).appendChild(lView[5])'
+                'lView[7] = document.createTextNode("cats")',
+                '(lView[4] as Element).appendChild(lView[7])'
               ]),
               debugMatch([
-                'lView[5] = document.createTextNode("dogs")',
-                '(lView[3] as Element).appendChild(lView[5])'
+                'lView[7] = document.createTextNode("dogs")',
+                '(lView[4] as Element).appendChild(lView[7])'
               ]),
               debugMatch([
-                'lView[5] = document.createTextNode("animals")',
-                '(lView[3] as Element).appendChild(lView[5])'
+                'lView[7] = document.createTextNode("animals")',
+                '(lView[4] as Element).appendChild(lView[7])'
               ]),
             ],
             remove: [
-              debugMatch(['(lView[0] as Element).remove(lView[5])']),
-              debugMatch(['(lView[0] as Element).remove(lView[5])']),
-              debugMatch(['(lView[0] as Element).remove(lView[5])'])
+              debugMatch(['(lView[0] as Element).remove(lView[7])']),
+              debugMatch(['(lView[0] as Element).remove(lView[7])']),
+              debugMatch(['(lView[0] as Element).remove(lView[7])'])
             ],
             update: [
               debugMatch([]),
@@ -397,36 +399,37 @@ describe('Runtime i18n', () => {
           },
           {
             type: 1,
-            vars: [1, 4],
+            vars: [2, 6],
             childIcus: [[], [0]],
+            currentCaseLViewIndex: 22,
             cases: ['0', 'other'],
             create: [
               debugMatch([
-                'lView[2] = document.createTextNode("zero")',
-                '(lView[1] as Element).appendChild(lView[2])'
+                'lView[3] = document.createTextNode("zero")',
+                '(lView[1] as Element).appendChild(lView[3])'
               ]),
               debugMatch([
-                'lView[2] = document.createTextNode("")',
-                '(lView[1] as Element).appendChild(lView[2])',
-                'lView[3] = document.createComment("nested ICU 0")',
+                'lView[3] = document.createTextNode("")',
                 '(lView[1] as Element).appendChild(lView[3])',
-                'lView[4] = document.createTextNode("!")',
-                '(lView[1] as Element).appendChild(lView[4])'
+                'lView[4] = document.createComment("nested ICU 0")',
+                '(lView[1] as Element).appendChild(lView[4])',
+                'lView[5] = document.createTextNode("!")',
+                '(lView[1] as Element).appendChild(lView[5])'
               ]),
             ],
             remove: [
-              debugMatch(['(lView[0] as Element).remove(lView[2])']),
+              debugMatch(['(lView[0] as Element).remove(lView[3])']),
               debugMatch([
-                '(lView[0] as Element).remove(lView[2])', '(lView[0] as Element).remove(lView[4])',
-                'removeNestedICU(0)', '(lView[0] as Element).remove(lView[3])'
+                '(lView[0] as Element).remove(lView[3])', '(lView[0] as Element).remove(lView[5])',
+                'removeNestedICU(0)', '(lView[0] as Element).remove(lView[4])'
               ]),
             ],
             update: [
               debugMatch([]),
               debugMatch([
-                'if (mask & 0b1) { (lView[2] as Text).textContent = `${lView[1]} `; }',
-                'if (mask & 0b10) { icuSwitchCase(lView[3] as Comment, 0, `${lView[2]}`); }',
-                'if (mask & 0b10) { icuUpdateCase(lView[3] as Comment, 0); }'
+                'if (mask & 0b1) { (lView[3] as Text).textContent = `${lView[1]} `; }',
+                'if (mask & 0b10) { icuSwitchCase(lView[4] as Comment, 0, `${lView[2]}`); }',
+                'if (mask & 0b10) { icuUpdateCase(lView[4] as Comment, 0); }'
               ]),
             ]
           }