diff --git a/glom/core.py b/glom/core.py
index a903b91..f06732a 100644
--- a/glom/core.py
+++ b/glom/core.py
@@ -775,9 +775,8 @@ def __init__(self, spec, scope=None):
     def glom(self, target, **kw):
         scope = dict(self.scope)
         scope.update(kw.get('scope', {}))
-        kw['scope'] = ChainMap(scope)
-        glom_ = scope.get(glom, glom)
-        return glom_(target, self.spec, **kw)
+        kw['scope'] = scope
+        return glom(target, self.spec, **kw)
 
     def glomit(self, target, scope):
         scope.update(self.scope)
@@ -1983,7 +1982,7 @@ def _get_iterable_handler(type_obj):
         self.register_op('get', lambda _: getattr)
 
 
-_DEFAULT_SCOPE = ChainMap({})
+_DEFAULT_SCOPE = ChainMap({CHILD_ERRORS: []})
 
 
 def glom(target, spec, **kwargs):
diff --git a/glom/streaming.py b/glom/streaming.py
index 9b83abf..20d5064 100644
--- a/glom/streaming.py
+++ b/glom/streaming.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 from boltons.iterutils import split_iter, chunked_iter, windowed_iter, unique_iter, first
 from boltons.funcutils import FunctionBuilder
 
-from .core import glom, T, STOP, SKIP, _MISSING, Path, TargetRegistry, Call, Spec, S, bbrepr, format_invocation
+from .core import glom, T, STOP, SKIP, _MISSING, Path, TargetRegistry, Call, Spec, S, bbrepr, format_invocation, GlomError, Pipe
 from .matching import Check
 
 class Iter(object):
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ def all(self):
         Note that this spec will always consume the whole iterable, and as
         such, the spec returned is *not* an :class:`Iter()` instance.
         """
-        return (self, list)
+        return Pipe(self, list)
 
     def first(self, key=T, default=None):
         """A convenience method for lazily yielding a single truthy item from
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ def first(self, key=T, default=None):
         As this spec yields at most one item, and not an iterable, the
         spec returned from this method is not an :class:`Iter()` instance.
         """
-        return (self, First(key=key, default=default))
+        return Pipe(self, First(key=key, default=default))
 
 
 class First(object):
@@ -372,7 +372,10 @@ def __init__(self, key=T, default=None):
         self._spec = key
         self._default = default
 
-        spec_glom = Spec(Call(partial, args=(Spec(self._spec).glom,), kwargs={'scope': S}))
+        spec_glom = Spec(Call(partial,
+                              args=(Spec(self._spec).glom,),
+                              kwargs={'scope': S, 'skip_exc': GlomError
+                              }))
         self._first = Call(first, args=(T,), kwargs={'default': default, 'key': spec_glom})
 
     def glomit(self, target, scope):
@@ -383,3 +386,15 @@ def __repr__(self):
         if self._default is None:
             return '%s(%s)' % (cn, bbrepr(self._spec))
         return '%s(%s, default=%s)' % (cn, bbrepr(self._spec), bbrepr(self._default))
+
+
+"""
+Issues:
+
+* Spec.glom() impl was way obsolete for all the other advancements
+* glom not "reentrant" (calling glom from inside glom, passing scope along) breaks bc DEFAULT_SCOPE didn't have CHILD_ERRORS and the way error handling is written requires all maps to have it (.maps[1])
+* Should glom() respect if people have passed in their own MODE in scope? right now it always sets it to AUTO
+* The whole "terminus spec" approach to Iter().first() and Iter().all() assumes that tuple=Pipe
+* In matching.py, _glom_match should be MATCH to mirror AUTO/FILL
+* Also in matching.py, _glom_match seems to handle type (non-instance) specs, we should try to move away from those.
+"""
diff --git a/glom/test/test_streaming.py b/glom/test/test_streaming.py
index 18f94c5..7c9dc85 100644
--- a/glom/test/test_streaming.py
+++ b/glom/test/test_streaming.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from itertools import count, dropwhile, chain
 
 from glom import Iter
-from glom import glom, SKIP, STOP, T, Call, Spec, Glommer, Check, SKIP
+from glom import glom, SKIP, STOP, T, Call, Spec, Glommer, Check, SKIP, Pipe
 
 
 RANGE_5 = list(range(5))
@@ -192,13 +192,20 @@ def test_first():
     out = glom(target, spec)
     assert out == 3j
     assert next(target) == 4
-    assert repr(spec) == '(Iter(), First(T.imag))'
+    assert repr(spec) == 'Pipe(Iter(), First(T.imag))'
 
     spec = Iter().first(T.imag, default=0)
     target = iter([1, 2, 4])
     out = glom(target, spec)
     assert out == 0
-    assert repr(spec) == '(Iter(), First(T.imag, default=0))'
+    assert repr(spec) == 'Pipe(Iter(), First(T.imag, default=0))'
+
+    target = [{}, {}, {'user': {'client': 123}}, {}]
+
+    output = glom(target, Iter().first('user.client'))
+
+    assert output['user']['client'] == 123
+
 
 
 def test_all():
@@ -207,4 +214,4 @@ def test_all():
     out = glom(int_iter, Iter().all())
     assert out == list(range(10))
     assert next(int_iter, None) is None
-    assert repr(Iter().all()) == repr((Iter(), list))
+    assert repr(Iter().all()) == repr(Pipe(Iter(), list))