diff --git a/awkward/array/base.py b/awkward/array/base.py
index f609f56f..071dc330 100644
--- a/awkward/array/base.py
+++ b/awkward/array/base.py
@@ -34,14 +34,31 @@
 import awkward.type
 import awkward.util
 
+class At(object):
+    def __init__(self, array):
+        self._array = array
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "<at accessor for {0}".format(repr(self._array)[1:])
+
+    def __getattr__(self, where):
+        return self._array[where]
+
+    def __call__(self, where):
+        return self._array[str(where)]
+
 class AwkwardArray(awkward.util.NDArrayOperatorsMixin):
     """
     AwkwardArray: abstract base class
     """
 
+    @property
+    def at(self):
+        return At(self)
+
     def __array__(self, dtype=None):
         # hitting this function is usually undesirable; uncomment to search for performance bugs
-        # raise Exception("{0} {1}".format(args, kwargs))
+        # raise Exception
 
         if dtype is None:
             dtype = self.dtype
@@ -92,12 +109,6 @@ def _try_tolist(self, x):
         except AttributeError:
             return x
 
-    def __getattr__(self, where):
-        if awkward.util.is_intstring(where):
-            return self[where[1:]]
-        else:
-            raise AttributeError("'{0}' object has no attribute '{1}'".format(self.__class__.__name__, where))
-
     def __bool__(self):
         raise ValueError("The truth value of an array with more than one element is ambiguous. Use a.any() or a.all()")
 
diff --git a/awkward/array/jagged.py b/awkward/array/jagged.py
index b5097bb6..2f057c5e 100644
--- a/awkward/array/jagged.py
+++ b/awkward/array/jagged.py
@@ -572,13 +572,26 @@ def __getitem__(self, where):
 
                 newcounts = awkward.util.numpy.count_nonzero(mask, axis=1)
                 newoffsets = counts2offsets(newcounts.reshape(-1))
-                newcontent = node.content[(indexes + node._starts.reshape((len(node), 1)))[mask]]
+                newcontent = node._content[(indexes + node._starts.reshape((len(node), 1)))[mask]]
 
                 node = node.copy(starts=newoffsets[:-1], stops=newoffsets[1:], content=newcontent)
 
             else:
-                # the other cases are possible, but complicated; the first sets the form
-                raise NotImplementedError("jagged second dimension index type: {0}".format(original_head))
+                head = awkward.util.numpy.array(head, copy=False)
+                if len(head.shape) == 1 and issubclass(head.dtype.type, awkward.util.numpy.integer):
+                    index = awkward.util.numpy.tile(head, len(node))
+                    pluscounts = (index.reshape(-1, len(head)) + node.counts.reshape(-1, 1)).reshape(-1)
+                    index[index < 0] = pluscounts[index < 0]
+                    if (index < 0).any() or (index.reshape(-1, len(head)) >= node.counts.reshape(-1, 1)).any():
+                        raise IndexError("index in jagged subdimension is out of bounds")
+                    index = (index.reshape(-1, len(head)) + self._starts.reshape(-1, 1)).reshape(-1)
+                    node = node._content[index].reshape(-1, len(head))
+
+                elif len(head.shape) == 1 and issubclass(head.dtype.type, (awkward.util.numpy.bool, awkward.util.numpy.bool_)):
+                    node = node.regular()[:, head]
+
+                else:
+                    raise TypeError("cannot interpret shape {0}, dtype {1} as a fancy index or mask".format(head.shape, head.dtype))
 
         return node[tail]
 
@@ -811,7 +824,7 @@ def argdistincts(self):
     def distincts(self):
         return self.pairs(same=False)
 
-    def argpairs(self, same=True):
+    def _argpairs(self, same=True):
         import awkward.array.table
         self._valid()
         
@@ -839,8 +852,11 @@ def argpairs(self, same=True):
 
         return out
 
+    def argpairs(self, same=True):
+        return self._argpairs(same=same) - self._starts
+
     def pairs(self, same=True):
-        argpairs = self.argpairs(same=same)
+        argpairs = self._argpairs(same=same)
         left = argpairs._content["0"]
         right = argpairs._content["1"]
 
@@ -848,7 +864,7 @@ def pairs(self, same=True):
         out._parents = argpairs._parents
         return out
 
-    def argcross(self, other):
+    def _argcross(self, other):
         import awkward.array.table
         self._valid()
 
@@ -873,10 +889,13 @@ def argcross(self, other):
         out._parents = parents
         return out
 
+    def argcross(self, other):
+        return self._argcross(other) - self._starts
+
     def cross(self, other):
         import awkward.array.table
 
-        argcross = self.argcross(other)
+        argcross = self._argcross(other)
         left, right = argcross._content._content.values()
 
         fields = [other._content[right]]
@@ -895,7 +914,9 @@ def _canuseoffset(self):
         return offsetsaliased(self._starts, self._stops) or (len(self._starts.shape) == 1 and awkward.util.numpy.array_equal(self._starts[1:], self._stops[:-1]))
 
     def flatten(self):
-        if self._canuseoffset():
+        if len(self) == 0:
+            return self._content[0:0]
+        elif self._canuseoffset():
             return self._content[self._starts[0]:self._stops[-1]]
         else:
             offsets = counts2offsets(self.counts.reshape(-1))
@@ -914,7 +935,7 @@ def any(self):
             else:
                 content = self._content != 0
 
-            out = awkward.util.numpy.empty(self._starts.shape + content.shape[1:], dtype=content.dtype)
+            out = awkward.util.numpy.empty(self._starts.shape + content.shape[1:], dtype=awkward.BOOLTYPE)
             nonterminal = self.offsets[self.offsets != self.offsets[-1]]
             if os.name == "nt":   # Windows Numpy reduceat requires 32-bit indexes
                 nonterminal = nonterminal.astype(awkward.util.numpy.int32)
@@ -935,7 +956,7 @@ def all(self):
             else:
                 content = self._content != 0
 
-            out = awkward.util.numpy.empty(self._starts.shape + content.shape[1:], dtype=content.dtype)
+            out = awkward.util.numpy.empty(self._starts.shape + content.shape[1:], dtype=awkward.BOOLTYPE)
             nonterminal = self.offsets[self.offsets != self.offsets[-1]]
             if os.name == "nt":   # Windows Numpy reduceat requires 32-bit indexes
                 nonterminal = nonterminal.astype(awkward.util.numpy.int32)
diff --git a/awkward/array/table.py b/awkward/array/table.py
index a353f82a..7c1500ba 100644
--- a/awkward/array/table.py
+++ b/awkward/array/table.py
@@ -55,8 +55,9 @@ def __init__(self, table, index):
         def __repr__(self):
             return "<{0} {1}>".format(self._table.rowname, self._index)
 
-        def __hasattr__(self, name):
-            return name in self._table._content or "_" + name in self._table._content
+        @property
+        def at(self):
+            return awkward.array.base.At(self)
 
         def __contains__(self, name):
             return name in self._table._content
@@ -64,13 +65,6 @@ def __contains__(self, name):
         def tolist(self):
             return dict((n, self._table._try_tolist(x[self._index])) for n, x in self._table._content.items())
 
-        def __getattr__(self, name):
-            content = self._table._content.get("_" + name, None)
-            if content is not None:
-                return content[self._index]
-
-            raise AttributeError("{0} is not a column in this {1}".format(repr(name), self._table.rowname))
-
         def __getitem__(self, where):
             if isinstance(where, awkward.util.string):
                 try:
@@ -344,7 +338,7 @@ def _newslice(self, head):
                 if head < 0:
                     head += length
                 if not 0 <= head < length:
-                    IndexError("index {0} out of bounds for length {1}".format(original_head, length))
+                    raise IndexError("index {0} out of bounds for length {1}".format(original_head, length))
                 return head
 
             elif isinstance(self._view, tuple):
@@ -352,7 +346,7 @@ def _newslice(self, head):
                 if head < 0:
                     head += mylength
                 if not 0 <= head < mylength:
-                    IndexError("index {0} out of bounds for length {1}".format(original_head, mylength))
+                    raise IndexError("index {0} out of bounds for length {1}".format(original_head, mylength))
                 return mystart + mystep*head
 
             else:
@@ -360,7 +354,7 @@ def _newslice(self, head):
                 if head < 0:
                     head += length
                 if not 0 <= head < length:
-                    IndexError("index {0} out of bounds for length {1}".format(original_head, length))
+                    raise IndexError("index {0} out of bounds for length {1}".format(original_head, length))
                 return self._view[head]
 
         elif isinstance(head, slice):
diff --git a/awkward/version.py b/awkward/version.py
index a68d668b..4fa43f41 100644
--- a/awkward/version.py
+++ b/awkward/version.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 import re
 
-__version__ = "0.4.5"
+__version__ = "0.5.0"
 version = __version__
 version_info = tuple(re.split(r"[-\.]", __version__))
 
diff --git a/tests/test_methods.py b/tests/test_methods.py
index b0c6cb34..12ae49e6 100644
--- a/tests/test_methods.py
+++ b/tests/test_methods.py
@@ -116,17 +116,14 @@ def __add__(self, other):
             def __radd__(self, other):
                 return self._type_op(operator.add, other, True)
 
-
         class TypeArray(TypeArrayMethods, awkward.ObjectArray):
             def __init__(self, x):
                 self._initObjectArray(awkward.Table())
                 self["x"] = x
-                
 
         class Type(TypeMethods):
             def __init__(self, x):
                 self._x = x
-            
 
         counts = np.array([1, 4, 2, 0, 15])
         x = np.arange(np.sum(counts))
@@ -150,5 +147,4 @@ def __init__(self, x):
         JaggedTypeArray = awkward.Methods.mixin(TypeArrayMethods, awkward.JaggedArray)
         jagged_array = JaggedTypeArray.fromcounts(counts, array)
         assert np.all(jagged_array.x.flatten() == x)
-        assert np.all(jagged_array.pairs()._0.x.counts == counts*(counts+1)//2)
-
+        assert np.all(jagged_array.pairs().at(0).x.counts == counts*(counts+1)//2)