diff --git a/Sources/HummingbirdMustache/Context.swift b/Sources/HummingbirdMustache/Context.swift
index 27744fd..07053f3 100644
--- a/Sources/HummingbirdMustache/Context.swift
+++ b/Sources/HummingbirdMustache/Context.swift
@@ -1,10 +1,22 @@
 
-struct HBMustacheContext {
-    let first: Bool
-    let last: Bool
+struct HBMustacheContext: HBMustacheMethods {
+    var first: Bool
+    var last: Bool
     
     init(first: Bool = false, last: Bool = false) {
         self.first = first
         self.last = last
     }
+
+    func runMethod(_ name: String) -> Any? {
+        switch name {
+        case "first":
+            return self.first
+        case "last":
+            return self.last
+        default:
+            return nil
+        }
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/Sources/HummingbirdMustache/Sequence.swift b/Sources/HummingbirdMustache/Sequence.swift
index ee73da1..dbd6ff5 100644
--- a/Sources/HummingbirdMustache/Sequence.swift
+++ b/Sources/HummingbirdMustache/Sequence.swift
@@ -7,9 +7,19 @@ protocol HBMustacheSequence {
 extension Sequence {
     func renderSection(with template: HBMustacheTemplate) -> String {
         var string = ""
-        for obj in self {
-            string += template.render(obj)
+        var context = HBMustacheContext(first: true)
+        var iterator = self.makeIterator()
+        guard var currentObject = iterator.next() else { return "" }
+
+        while let object = iterator.next() {
+            string += template.render(currentObject, context: context)
+            currentObject = object
+            context.first = false
         }
+
+        context.last = true
+        string += template.render(currentObject, context: context)
+        
         return string
     }
     
diff --git a/Sources/HummingbirdMustache/Template+Render.swift b/Sources/HummingbirdMustache/Template+Render.swift
index 7854828..5499e1f 100644
--- a/Sources/HummingbirdMustache/Template+Render.swift
+++ b/Sources/HummingbirdMustache/Template+Render.swift
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ extension HBMustacheTemplate {
             case .text(let text):
                 string += text
             case .variable(let variable, let method):
-                if let child = getChild(named: variable, from: object, method: method) {
+                if let child = getChild(named: variable, from: object, method: method, context: context) {
                     if let template = child as? HBMustacheTemplate {
                         string += template.render(object)
                     } else {
@@ -15,15 +15,15 @@ extension HBMustacheTemplate {
                     }
                 }
             case .unescapedVariable(let variable, let method):
-                if let child = getChild(named: variable, from: object, method: method) {
+                if let child = getChild(named: variable, from: object, method: method, context: context) {
                     string += String(describing: child)
                 }
             case .section(let variable, let method, let template):
-                let child = getChild(named: variable, from: object, method: method)
+                let child = getChild(named: variable, from: object, method: method, context: context)
                 string += renderSection(child, parent: object, with: template)
                 
             case .invertedSection(let variable, let method, let template):
-                let child = getChild(named: variable, from: object, method: method)
+                let child = getChild(named: variable, from: object, method: method, context: context)
                 string += renderInvertedSection(child, parent: object, with: template)
                 
             case .partial(let name):
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ extension HBMustacheTemplate {
         }
     }
     
-    func getChild(named name: String, from object: Any, method: String?) -> Any? {
+    func getChild(named name: String, from object: Any, method: String?, context: HBMustacheContext?) -> Any? {
         func _getChild(named names: ArraySlice<String>, from object: Any) -> Any? {
             guard let name = names.first else { return object }
             let childObject: Any?
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ extension HBMustacheTemplate {
         let child: Any?
         if name == "." {
             child = object
+        } else if name == "", method != nil {
+            child = context
         } else {
             let nameSplit = name.split(separator: ".").map { String($0) }
             child = _getChild(named: nameSplit[...], from: object)
diff --git a/Tests/HummingbirdMustacheTests/MethodTests.swift b/Tests/HummingbirdMustacheTests/MethodTests.swift
index 9255ffd..549f56f 100644
--- a/Tests/HummingbirdMustacheTests/MethodTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/HummingbirdMustacheTests/MethodTests.swift
@@ -18,6 +18,21 @@ final class MethodTests: XCTestCase {
         XCTAssertEqual(template.render(object), "TEST")
     }
 
+    func testFirstLast() throws {
+        let template = try HBMustacheTemplate(string: """
+            {{#repo}}
+            <b>{{#first()}}first: {{/}}{{#last()}}last: {{/}}{{ name }}</b>
+            {{/repo}}
+            """)
+        let object: [String: Any] = ["repo": [["name": "resque"], ["name": "hub"], ["name": "rip"]]]
+        XCTAssertEqual(template.render(object), """
+              <b>first: resque</b>
+              <b>hub</b>
+              <b>last: rip</b>
+
+            """)
+    }
+
     func testReversed() throws {
         let template = try HBMustacheTemplate(string: """
             {{#reversed(repo)}}
diff --git a/Tests/HummingbirdMustacheTests/TemplateRendererTests.swift b/Tests/HummingbirdMustacheTests/TemplateRendererTests.swift
index c8f3ea3..360f8a9 100644
--- a/Tests/HummingbirdMustacheTests/TemplateRendererTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/HummingbirdMustacheTests/TemplateRendererTests.swift
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ final class TemplateRendererTests: XCTestCase {
     func testArraySection() throws {
         let template = try HBMustacheTemplate(string: "test {{#value}}*{{.}}{{/value}}")
         XCTAssertEqual(template.render(["value": ["test2", "bool"]]), "test *test2*bool")
+        XCTAssertEqual(template.render(["value": ["test2"]]), "test *test2")
         XCTAssertEqual(template.render(["value": []]), "test ")
     }