diff --git a/modules/change_detection/src/record.js b/modules/change_detection/src/record.js
index 2c5bfebb13..e490cd7d57 100644
--- a/modules/change_detection/src/record.js
+++ b/modules/change_detection/src/record.js
@@ -44,19 +44,19 @@ export class Record {
   @FIELD('final watchGroup:WatchGroup')
   @FIELD('final protoRecord:ProtoRecord')
   /// order list of all records. Including head/tail markers
-  @FIELD('_next:Record')
-  @FIELD('_prev:Record')
+  @FIELD('next:Record')
+  @FIELD('prev:Record')
   /// next record to dirty check
-  @FIELD('_checkNext:Record')
-  @FIELD('_checkPrev:Record')
+  @FIELD('checkNext:Record')
+  @FIELD('checkPrev:Record')
   // next notifier
-  @FIELD('_notifierNext:Record')
+  @FIELD('notifierNext:Record')
 
-  @FIELD('_mode:int')
-  @FIELD('_context')
-  @FIELD('_getter')
-  @FIELD('_arguments')
+  @FIELD('mode:int')
+  @FIELD('context')
+  @FIELD('getter')
   @FIELD('previousValue')
+  @FIELD('currentValue')
   constructor(watchGroup/*:wg.WatchGroup*/, protoRecord:ProtoRecord) {
     this.protoRecord = protoRecord;
     this.watchGroup = watchGroup;
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ export class Record {
     this.getter = null;
     this.arguments = null;
     this.previousValue = null;
-    this.currentValue = null;
+    // `this` means that the record is fresh
+    this.currentValue = this;
   }
 
   check():boolean {
@@ -119,10 +120,9 @@ export class Record {
       }
     }
 
-
     // todo(vicb): compute this info only once in ctor ? (add a bit in mode not to grow the mem req)
     if (this.protoRecord.dispatchMemento === null) {
-      // forward propagate to the next record
+      this.next.setContext(this.currentValue);
     } else {
       // notify through dispatcher
       this.watchGroup.dispatcher.onRecordChange(this, this.protoRecord.dispatchMemento);
@@ -132,8 +132,6 @@ export class Record {
   }
 
   setContext(context) {
-    // use `this` as a marker for a fresh record
-    this.currentValue = this;
     this.mode = MODE_STATE_PROPERTY;
     this.context = context;
     var factory = new FieldGetterFactory();
diff --git a/modules/change_detection/src/watch_group.js b/modules/change_detection/src/watch_group.js
index 9c202c50f8..75914eed73 100644
--- a/modules/change_detection/src/watch_group.js
+++ b/modules/change_detection/src/watch_group.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import {ProtoRecord, Record} from './record';
 import {FIELD} from 'facade/lang';
+import {ListWrapper} from 'facade/collection';
 
 export class ProtoWatchGroup {
   @FIELD('final headRecord:ProtoRecord')
@@ -19,16 +20,25 @@ export class ProtoWatchGroup {
    */
   watch(expression:string,
         memento,
-        shallow /*= false*/) // TODO(vicb): comment out when opt-params are supported
+        shallow = false)
   {
-    var protoRecord = new ProtoRecord(this, expression, memento);
+    var parts = expression.split('.');
+    var protoRecords = ListWrapper.createFixedSize(parts.length);
 
-    if (this.headRecord === null) {
-      this.headRecord = this.tailRecord = protoRecord;
-    } else {
-      this.tailRecord.next = protoRecord;
-      protoRecord.prev = this.tailRecord;
-      this.tailRecord = protoRecord;
+    for (var i = parts.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+      protoRecords[i] = new ProtoRecord(this, parts[i], memento);
+      memento = null;
+    }
+
+    for (var i = 0; i < parts.length; i++) {
+      var protoRecord = protoRecords[i];
+      if (this.headRecord === null) {
+        this.headRecord = this.tailRecord = protoRecord;
+      } else {
+        this.tailRecord.next = protoRecord;
+        protoRecord.prev = this.tailRecord;
+        this.tailRecord = protoRecord;
+      }
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/modules/change_detection/test/change_detector_spec.js b/modules/change_detection/test/change_detector_spec.js
index 91686c5fee..20599d9392 100644
--- a/modules/change_detection/test/change_detector_spec.js
+++ b/modules/change_detection/test/change_detector_spec.js
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ export function main() {
       it('should do simple watching', function() {
         var person = new Person('misko', 38);
         var pwg = new ProtoWatchGroup();
-        pwg.watch('name', 'name', false); // TODO(vicb): remove opt shallow when supported
-        pwg.watch('age', 'age', false);
+        pwg.watch('name', 'name');
+        pwg.watch('age', 'age');
         var dispatcher = new LoggingDispatcher();
         var wg = pwg.instantiate(dispatcher);
         wg.setContext(person);
@@ -33,18 +33,53 @@ export function main() {
         cd.detectChanges();
         expect(dispatcher.log).toEqual(['name=Misko', 'age=1']);
       });
+
+      it('should watch chained properties', function() {
+        var address = new Address('Grenoble');
+        var person = new Person('Victor', 36, address);
+        var pwg = new ProtoWatchGroup();
+        pwg.watch('address.city', 'address.city', false);
+        var dispatcher = new LoggingDispatcher();
+        var wg = pwg.instantiate(dispatcher);
+        wg.setContext(person);
+        var cd = new ChangeDetector(wg);
+        cd.detectChanges();
+        expect(dispatcher.log).toEqual(['address.city=Grenoble']);
+        dispatcher.clear();
+        cd.detectChanges();
+        expect(dispatcher.log).toEqual([]);
+        address.city = 'Mountain View';
+        cd.detectChanges();
+        expect(dispatcher.log).toEqual(['address.city=Mountain View']);
+      });
+
     });
   });
 }
 
 class Person {
-  constructor(name:string, age:number) {
+  constructor(name:string, age:number, address:Address = null) {
     this.name = name;
     this.age = age;
+    this.address = address;
   }
 
-  toString() {
-    return 'name=' + this.name + ' age=' + this.age.toString();
+  toString():string {
+    var address = this.address == null ? '' : ' address=' + this.address.toString();
+
+    return 'name=' + this.name +
+           ' age=' + this.age.toString() +
+           address;
+  }
+}
+
+class Address {
+  constructor(city:string) {
+    this.city = city;
+  }
+
+  toString():string {
+    return this.city;
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/facade/pubspec.yaml b/modules/facade/pubspec.yaml
index 000fd0515b..05e82b8433 100644
--- a/modules/facade/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/modules/facade/pubspec.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 name: facade
 environment:
   sdk: '>=1.4.0'
-dependencies:
 dev_dependencies:
   test_lib:
     path: ../test_lib