diff --git a/test/_specs.dart b/test/_specs.dart
index 8c9291c66..21d9dced9 100644
--- a/test/_specs.dart
+++ b/test/_specs.dart
@@ -157,11 +157,15 @@ class Logger implements List {
 
 List<Function> _asyncQueue = [];
 
-nextTurn() {
+nextTurn([bool runUntilEmpty = false]) {
   // copy the queue as it may change.
   var toRun = new List.from(_asyncQueue);
   _asyncQueue = [];
   toRun.forEach((fn) => fn());
+
+  if (runUntilEmpty && !_asyncQueue.isEmpty) {
+    nextTurn(runUntilEmpty);
+  }
 }
 
 async(Function fn) =>
diff --git a/test/_specs_spec.dart b/test/_specs_spec.dart
index 0a5740194..22190e46c 100644
--- a/test/_specs_spec.dart
+++ b/test/_specs_spec.dart
@@ -88,6 +88,22 @@ main() {
       })();
     });
 
+    it('should run all the async calls if asked', () {
+      var log = [];
+      async(() {
+        new Future.value('s')
+        .then((_) {
+          log.add('firstThen');
+          new Future.value('t').then((_) {
+            log.add('2ndThen');
+          });
+        });
+        expect(log.join(' ')).toEqual('');
+        nextTurn(true);
+        expect(log.join(' ')).toEqual('firstThen 2ndThen');
+      })();
+    });
+
 
     it('should complain if you dangle callbacks', () {
       expect(() {
diff --git a/test/compiler_spec.dart b/test/compiler_spec.dart
index 4aff600c1..03de0c50a 100644
--- a/test/compiler_spec.dart
+++ b/test/compiler_spec.dart
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ main() {
         module.directive(PublishMeComponent);
       }));
 
-      it('should create a simple component', inject(() {
+      it('should create a simple component', async(inject(() {
         $rootScope.name = 'OUTTER';
         $rootScope.sep = '-';
         var element = $(r'<div>{{name}}{{sep}}{{$id}}:<simple>{{name}}{{sep}}{{$id}}</simple></div>');
@@ -405,39 +405,37 @@ main() {
         Block block = blockType(injector, element);
         $rootScope.$digest();
 
-        SimpleComponent.lastTemplateLoader.template.then(expectAsync1((_) {
-          expect(element.textWithShadow()).toEqual('OUTTER-_1:INNER_2(OUTTER-_1)');
-        }));
-      }));
+        nextTurn();
+        expect(element.textWithShadow()).toEqual('OUTTER-_1:INNER_2(OUTTER-_1)');
+      })));
 
-      it('should create a component that can access parent scope', inject(() {
+      it('should create a component that can access parent scope', async(inject(() {
         $rootScope.fromParent = "should not be used";
         $rootScope.val = "poof";
         var element = $('<parent-expression from-parent=val></parent-expression>');
 
         $compile(element)(injector, element);
 
-        ParentExpressionComponent.lastTemplateLoader.template.then(expectAsync1((_) {
-          expect(renderedText(element)).toEqual('inside poof');
-        }));
-      }));
+        nextTurn();
+        expect(renderedText(element)).toEqual('inside poof');
+      })));
 
-      it('should behave nicely if a mapped attribute is missing', inject(() {
+      it('should behave nicely if a mapped attribute is missing', async(inject(() {
         var element = $('<parent-expression></parent-expression>');
         $compile(element)(injector, element);
-        ParentExpressionComponent.lastTemplateLoader.template.then(expectAsync1((_) {
-          expect(renderedText(element)).toEqual('inside ');
-        }));
-      }));
 
-      it('should behave nicely if a mapped attribute evals to null', inject(() {
+        nextTurn();
+        expect(renderedText(element)).toEqual('inside ');
+      })));
+
+      it('should behave nicely if a mapped attribute evals to null', async(inject(() {
         $rootScope.val = null;
         var element = $('<parent-expression fromParent=val></parent-expression>');
         $compile(element)(injector, element);
-        ParentExpressionComponent.lastTemplateLoader.template.then(expectAsync1((_) {
-          expect(renderedText(element)).toEqual('inside ');
-        }));
-      }));
+
+        nextTurn();
+        expect(renderedText(element)).toEqual('inside ');
+      })));
 
       it('should create a component with IO', inject(() {
         var element = $(r'<div><io attr="A" expr="name" ondone="done=true"></io></div>');
@@ -471,14 +469,14 @@ main() {
         }, throwsA(contains('No provider found for LocalAttrDirective! (resolving LocalAttrDirective)')));
       }));
 
-      it('should publish component controller into the scope', inject(() {
+      it('should publish component controller into the scope', async(inject(() {
         var element = $(r'<div><publish-me></publish-me></div>');
         $compile(element)(injector, element);
         $rootScope.$apply();
-        PublishMeComponent.lastTemplateLoader.template.then(expectAsync1((_) {
-          expect(element.textWithShadow()).toEqual('WORKED');
-        }));
-      }));
+
+        nextTurn();
+        expect(element.textWithShadow()).toEqual('WORKED');
+      })));
     });
 
     describe('controller scoping', () {
@@ -502,10 +500,8 @@ main() {
 
 class SimpleComponent {
   static String $template = r'{{name}}{{sep}}{{$id}}(<content>SHADOW-CONTENT</content>)';
-  static TemplateLoader lastTemplateLoader;
   SimpleComponent(Scope scope, TemplateLoader templateLoader) {
     scope.name = 'INNER';
-    lastTemplateLoader = templateLoader;
   }
 }
 
@@ -529,19 +525,11 @@ class CamelCaseMapComponent {
 class ParentExpressionComponent {
   static String $template = '<div>inside {{fromParent()}}</div>';
   static Map $map = {"fromParent": "&"};
-  static TemplateLoader lastTemplateLoader;
-  ParentExpressionComponent(Scope shadowScope, TemplateLoader templateLoader) {
-    lastTemplateLoader = templateLoader;
-  }
 }
 
 class PublishMeComponent {
   static String $template = r'<content>{{ctrlName.value}}</content>';
   static String $publishAs = 'ctrlName';
-  static TemplateLoader lastTemplateLoader;
 
   String value = 'WORKED';
-  PublishMeComponent(TemplateLoader templateLoader) {
-    lastTemplateLoader = templateLoader;
-  }
 }
diff --git a/test/shadow_root_options_spec.dart b/test/shadow_root_options_spec.dart
index 246aa68ff..afe881b50 100644
--- a/test/shadow_root_options_spec.dart
+++ b/test/shadow_root_options_spec.dart
@@ -45,35 +45,31 @@ main() {
   }));
 
   describe('shadow dom options', () {
-    it('should respect the apply-author-style option', inject(() {
+    it('should respect the apply-author-style option', async(inject(() {
       var element = $(
           '<style>div { border: 3px solid green }</style>' +
           '<apply-author-style>not included</apply-author-style>' +
           '<default-options>not included</default-options>');
       element.forEach((elt) { document.body.append(elt); }); // we need the computed style.
       $compile(element)(injector, element);
-      ApplyAuthorStyleComponent.lastTemplateLoader.then(expectAsync1((_) {
-        expect(element[1].shadowRoot.query('div').getComputedStyle().border).toContain('3px solid');
-      }));
-      DefaultOptionsComponent.lastTemplateLoader.then(expectAsync1((_) {
-        // ""0px none"" is the default style.
-        expect(element[2].shadowRoot.query('div').getComputedStyle().border).toContain('0px none');
-      }));
-    }));
 
-    it('should respect the reset-style-inheritance option', inject(() {
+      nextTurn();
+      expect(element[1].shadowRoot.query('div').getComputedStyle().border).toContain('3px solid');
+      // ""0px none"" is the default style.
+      expect(element[2].shadowRoot.query('div').getComputedStyle().border).toContain('0px none');
+    })));
+
+    it('should respect the reset-style-inheritance option', async(inject(() {
       var element = $(
           '<style>body { font-size: 20px; }</style>' +  // font-size inherit's by default
           '<reset-style-inheritance>not included</reset-style-inheritance>' +
           '<default-options>not included</default-options>');
       element.forEach((elt) { document.body.append(elt); }); // we need the computed style.
       $compile(element)(injector, element);
-      ResetStyleInheritanceComponent.lastTemplateLoader.then(expectAsync1((_) {
-        expect(element[1].shadowRoot.query('div').getComputedStyle().fontSize).toEqual('16px');
-      }));
-      DefaultOptionsComponent.lastTemplateLoader.then(expectAsync1((_) {
-        expect(element[2].shadowRoot.query('div').getComputedStyle().fontSize).toEqual('20px');
-      }));
-    }));
+
+      nextTurn();
+      expect(element[1].shadowRoot.query('div').getComputedStyle().fontSize).toEqual('16px');
+      expect(element[2].shadowRoot.query('div').getComputedStyle().fontSize).toEqual('20px');
+    })));
   });
 }
diff --git a/test/templateurl_spec.dart b/test/templateurl_spec.dart
index 2dd748e1f..7a1db784a 100644
--- a/test/templateurl_spec.dart
+++ b/test/templateurl_spec.dart
@@ -22,10 +22,6 @@ class HtmlAndCssComponent {
 class InlineWithCssComponent {
   static String $template = '<div>inline!</div>';
   static String $cssUrl = 'simple.css';
-  static TemplateLoader lastTemplateLoader;
-  InlineWithCssComponent(TemplateLoader templateLoader) {
-    lastTemplateLoader = templateLoader;
-  }
 }
 
 class OnlyCssComponent {
@@ -79,55 +75,58 @@ main() {
       $http.assertAllGetsCalled();
     }));
 
-    it('should replace element with template from url', inject((MockHttp $http, Compiler $compile, Scope $rootScope,  Log log, Injector injector) {
+    it('should replace element with template from url', async(inject((MockHttp $http, Compiler $compile, Scope $rootScope,  Log log, Injector injector) {
       $http.expectGET('simple.html', '<div log="SIMPLE">Simple!</div>');
 
       var element = $('<div><simple-url log>ignore</simple-url><div>');
       $compile(element)(injector, element);
 
-      $http.flush().then(expectAsync1((data) {
-        expect(renderedText(element)).toEqual('Simple!');
-        // Note: There is no ordering.  It is who ever comes off the wire first!
-        expect(log.result()).toEqual('LOG; SIMPLE');
-      }));
-    }));
+      $http.flush();
+      nextTurn(true);
 
-    it('should load template from URL once', inject((MockHttp $http, Compiler $compile, Scope $rootScope,  Log log, Injector injector) {
+      expect(renderedText(element)).toEqual('Simple!');
+      // Note: There is no ordering.  It is who ever comes off the wire first!
+      expect(log.result()).toEqual('LOG; SIMPLE');
+    })));
+
+    it('should load template from URL once', async(inject((MockHttp $http, Compiler $compile, Scope $rootScope,  Log log, Injector injector) {
       $http.expectGET('simple.html', '<div log="SIMPLE">Simple!</div>', times: 2);
 
       var element = $('<div><simple-url log>ignore</simple-url><simple-url log>ignore</simple-url><div>');
       $compile(element)(injector, element);
 
-      $http.flush().then(expectAsync1((data) {
-        expect(renderedText(element)).toEqual('Simple!Simple!');
-        // Note: There is no ordering.  It is who ever comes off the wire first!
-        expect(log.result()).toEqual('LOG; LOG; SIMPLE; SIMPLE');
-      }));
-    }));
+      $http.flush();
+      nextTurn(true);
 
-    it('should load a CSS file into a style', inject((MockHttp $http, Compiler $compile, Scope $rootScope, Log log, Injector injector) {
+      expect(renderedText(element)).toEqual('Simple!Simple!');
+      // Note: There is no ordering.  It is who ever comes off the wire first!
+      expect(log.result()).toEqual('LOG; LOG; SIMPLE; SIMPLE');
+    })));
+
+    it('should load a CSS file into a style', async(inject((MockHttp $http, Compiler $compile, Scope $rootScope, Log log, Injector injector) {
       $http.expectGET('simple.html', '<div log="SIMPLE">Simple!</div>');
 
       var element = $('<div><html-and-css log>ignore</html-and-css><div>');
       $compile(element)(injector, element);
 
-      $http.flush().then(expectAsync1((data) {
-        expect(renderedText(element)).toEqual('@import "simple.css"Simple!');
-        expect(element[0].nodes[0].shadowRoot.innerHtml).toEqual(
-          '<style>@import "simple.css"</style><div log="SIMPLE">Simple!</div>'
-        );
-        // Note: There is no ordering.  It is who ever comes off the wire first!
-        expect(log.result()).toEqual('LOG; SIMPLE');
-      }));
-    }));
+      $http.flush();
+      nextTurn(true);
 
-    it('should load a CSS file with a \$template', inject((Compiler $compile, Scope $rootScope, Injector injector) {
+      expect(renderedText(element)).toEqual('@import "simple.css"Simple!');
+      expect(element[0].nodes[0].shadowRoot.innerHtml).toEqual(
+        '<style>@import "simple.css"</style><div log="SIMPLE">Simple!</div>'
+      );
+      // Note: There is no ordering.  It is who ever comes off the wire first!
+      expect(log.result()).toEqual('LOG; SIMPLE');
+    })));
+
+    it('should load a CSS file with a \$template', async(inject((Compiler $compile, Scope $rootScope, Injector injector) {
       var element = $('<div><inline-with-css log>ignore</inline-with-css><div>');
       $compile(element)(injector, element);
-      InlineWithCssComponent.lastTemplateLoader.template.then(expectAsync1((_) {
-        expect(renderedText(element)).toEqual('@import "simple.css"inline!');
-      }));
-    }));
+
+      nextTurn(true);
+      expect(renderedText(element)).toEqual('@import "simple.css"inline!');
+    })));
 
     it('should load a CSS with no template', inject((Compiler $compile, Scope $rootScope, Injector injector) {
       var element = $('<div><only-css log>ignore</only-css><div>');
@@ -136,7 +135,7 @@ main() {
       expect(renderedText(element)).toEqual('@import "simple.css"');
     }));
 
-    it('should load the CSS before the template is loaded', inject((MockHttp $http, Compiler $compile, Scope $rootScope, Injector injector) {
+    it('should load the CSS before the template is loaded', async(inject((MockHttp $http, Compiler $compile, Scope $rootScope, Injector injector) {
       $http.expectGET('simple.html', '<div>Simple!</div>');
 
       var element = $('<html-and-css>ignore</html-and-css>');
@@ -145,10 +144,8 @@ main() {
       // The HTML is not loaded yet, but the CSS @import should be in the DOM.
       expect(renderedText(element)).toEqual('@import "simple.css"');
 
-      $http.flush().then(expectAsync1((data) {
-        expect(renderedText(element)).toEqual('@import "simple.css"Simple!');
-      }));
-    }));
+      nextTurn(true);
+      expect(renderedText(element)).toEqual('@import "simple.css"Simple!');
+    })));
   });
 }
-