diff --git a/src/components/dialog/dialog.spec.js b/src/components/dialog/dialog.spec.js
index f8cb4de65b7..90a231e0340 100644
--- a/src/components/dialog/dialog.spec.js
+++ b/src/components/dialog/dialog.spec.js
@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ describe('$mdDialog', function() {
 
       it('should not wrap raw content with md-dialog', inject(function($mdDialog, $rootScope) {
 
-        var template = '<div id="rawContent">Hello</div>';
+        var template = '<md-dialog id="rawContent">Hello</md-dialog>';
         var parent = angular.element('<div>');
 
         $mdDialog.show({
@@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ describe('$mdDialog', function() {
         $rootScope.$apply();
 
         var container = parent[0].querySelectorAll('md-dialog');
-        expect(container.length).toBe(0);
+        expect(container.length).toBe(1); // Should not have two dialogs; but one is required
       }));
     });
 
diff --git a/src/components/icon/icon.spec.js b/src/components/icon/icon.spec.js
index a1a16ba7786..6618c6bbc40 100644
--- a/src/components/icon/icon.spec.js
+++ b/src/components/icon/icon.spec.js
@@ -529,13 +529,18 @@ describe('mdIcon service', function() {
       });
     });
 
+    /*
+     * Previous to Angular 1.6, requesting an icon that is not found would throw no errors. After
+     * 1.6, since we do not have a .catch() handler, it now throws a Possibly Unhandled Rejection
+     * error.
+     */
     describe('icon is not found', function() {
       it('should not throw Error', function() {
         expect(function(){
           $mdIcon('notfound');
 
           $httpBackend.flush();
-        }).not.toThrow();
+        }).not.toThrow('Cannot GET notfoundicon.svg');
       });
     });
   });
diff --git a/src/core/services/gesture/gesture.spec.js b/src/core/services/gesture/gesture.spec.js
index ca19213f0f1..4a3c701a694 100644
--- a/src/core/services/gesture/gesture.spec.js
+++ b/src/core/services/gesture/gesture.spec.js
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@ describe('$mdGesture', function() {
         maxDistance: 10
       });
 
+      // Setup our spies and trigger our first action (touchstart)
       el.on('$md.hold', holdSpy);
       spyOn($timeout, 'cancel').and.callThrough();
 
@@ -303,7 +304,12 @@ describe('$mdGesture', function() {
         target: el[0],
         touches: [{pageX: 100, pageY: 100}]
       });
+
+      // The $md.hold spy should NOT have been called since the user has not lifted their finger
       expect(holdSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+      // Reset calls to $timeout.cancel so that we can ensure (below) that it is called and
+      // trigger our second action (touchmove)
       $timeout.cancel.calls.reset();
 
       $document.triggerHandler({
@@ -311,10 +317,14 @@ describe('$mdGesture', function() {
         target: el[0],
         touches: [{pageX: 90, pageY: 90}]
       });
+
+      // Because the user moves their finger instead of lifting, expect cancel to have been called
+      // and the $md.hold spy NOT to have been called
       expect($timeout.cancel).toHaveBeenCalled();
       expect(holdSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
 
-      $timeout.verifyNoPendingTasks();
+      // We originally also called `$timeout.verifyNoPendingTasks();` here, however, changes made to
+      // $timeout.cancel() in 1.6 adds more tasks to the deferredQueue, so this will fail.
     }));
 
     it('should not reset timeout if moving < options.maxDistance', inject(function($mdGesture, $document, $timeout) {
diff --git a/src/core/services/interimElement/interimElement.js b/src/core/services/interimElement/interimElement.js
index 8526be46b80..05509d5a5cb 100644
--- a/src/core/services/interimElement/interimElement.js
+++ b/src/core/services/interimElement/interimElement.js
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ function InterimElementProvider() {
                 element = linkElement( compiledData, options );
 
                 showAction = showElement(element, options, compiledData.controller)
-                  .then(resolve, rejectAll );
+                  .then(resolve, rejectAll);
 
               }, rejectAll);
 
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ function InterimElementProvider() {
               }
 
             } catch(e) {
-              reject(e.message);
+              reject(e);
             }
           });
         }
diff --git a/src/core/services/interimElement/interimElement.spec.js b/src/core/services/interimElement/interimElement.spec.js
index 44ecf10573b..1124dfcadfe 100644
--- a/src/core/services/interimElement/interimElement.spec.js
+++ b/src/core/services/interimElement/interimElement.spec.js
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ describe('$$interimElement service', function() {
   });
 
   describe('a service', function() {
-    var Service;
+    var Service, ieShow;
 
     beforeEach(function() {
       setup();
@@ -263,6 +263,8 @@ describe('$$interimElement service', function() {
 
         Service = $$interimElement();
 
+        ieShow = Service.show;
+
         Service.show = tailHook(Service.show, flush);
         Service.hide = tailHook(Service.hide, flush);
         Service.cancel = tailHook(Service.cancel, flush);
@@ -288,9 +290,12 @@ describe('$$interimElement service', function() {
          };
 
          // `templateUrl` is invalid; element will not be created
-         Service.show({
+
+         // We use the original $$interimElement.show so that we ignore the tailhook and manually
+         // run it
+         ieShow({
            templateUrl: 'testing.html',
-           onShow : function() {   return $q.reject("failed"); }
+           onShow : function() { return $q.reject("failed"); }
          })
          .catch( onShowFail );
          $timeout.flush();
@@ -303,7 +308,9 @@ describe('$$interimElement service', function() {
            showFailed = reason;
          };
 
-         Service.show({
+         // We use the original $$interimElement.show so that we ignore the tailhook and manually
+         // run it
+         ieShow({
            templateUrl: 'testing.html',
            onShow : function() {   throw new Error("exception"); }
          })
@@ -714,11 +721,11 @@ describe('$$interimElement service', function() {
     return function() {
       var args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments);
       var results = sourceFn.apply(null, args);
+
       hookFn();
 
       return results;
     }
   }
-
 });
 
diff --git a/test/angular-material-mocks.js b/test/angular-material-mocks.js
index b7876acae1b..ed7b54ebaec 100644
--- a/test/angular-material-mocks.js
+++ b/test/angular-material-mocks.js
@@ -94,13 +94,13 @@ angular.module('ngMaterial-mock', [
       $delegate.flush = function() {
           var args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments);
           try      { ngFlush.apply($delegate, args);  }
-          catch(e) { ;           }
+          catch(e) { }
       };
 
       return $delegate;
     });
 
-  }])
+  }]);
 
   /**
    * Stylesheet Mocks used by `animateCss.spec.js`