diff --git a/packages/blaze/builtins.js b/packages/blaze/builtins.js
index 627bf98133..fc03136c0d 100644
--- a/packages/blaze/builtins.js
+++ b/packages/blaze/builtins.js
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ Blaze.Each = function (argFunc, contentFunc, elseFunc) {
       var arg = argFunc();
       if (_.isObject(arg) && _.has(arg, '_sequence')) {
         eachView.variableName = arg._variable || null;
-        arg = arg._sequence();
+        arg = arg._sequence;
       }
 
       eachView.argVar.set(arg);
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ Blaze.Each = function (argFunc, contentFunc, elseFunc) {
             if (! _.isObject(item)) {
               item = {};
             } else {
-              item = _.copy(item);
+              item = _.clone(item);
             }
 
             item[eachView.variableName] = _item;
diff --git a/packages/spacebars-compiler/codegen.js b/packages/spacebars-compiler/codegen.js
index f3a838ee83..2c506ec044 100644
--- a/packages/spacebars-compiler/codegen.js
+++ b/packages/spacebars-compiler/codegen.js
@@ -107,9 +107,9 @@ _.extend(CodeGen.prototype, {
               }
               // split out the variable name and sequence arguments
               variable = args[0][1][0];// XXX take name as a string ignoring tag
-              dataCode = 'function () { return { _sequence: ' +
+              dataCode = 'function () { return { _sequence: Spacebars.call(' +
                 self.codeGenPath(args[2][1]) +
-                ', _variable: "' + variable + '" }; }';
+                '), _variable: "' + variable + '" }; }';
             }
           }