diff --git a/v2/command.go b/v2/command.go
index ca16da7c..7f6baa04 100644
--- a/v2/command.go
+++ b/v2/command.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 type Cmder interface {
 	args() []string
-	parseReply(reader) (interface{}, error)
+	parseReply(reader) error
 	setErr(error)
 	setVal(interface{})
 
@@ -80,8 +80,9 @@ func (cmd *baseCmd) setVal(val interface{}) {
 	cmd.val = val
 }
 
-func (cmd *baseCmd) parseReply(rd reader) (interface{}, error) {
-	return parseReply(rd)
+func (cmd *baseCmd) parseReply(rd reader) error {
+	cmd.val, cmd.err = parseReply(rd, parseSlice)
+	return cmd.err
 }
 
 func (cmd *baseCmd) readTimeout() *time.Duration {
@@ -168,13 +169,10 @@ func NewDurationCmd(precision time.Duration, args ...string) *DurationCmd {
 	}
 }
 
-func (cmd *DurationCmd) parseReply(rd reader) (interface{}, error) {
-	v, err := parseReply(rd)
-	if err != nil {
-		return 0, err
-	}
-	vv := time.Duration(v.(int64))
-	return vv * cmd.precision, nil
+func (cmd *DurationCmd) parseReply(rd reader) error {
+	cmd.val, cmd.err = parseReply(rd, nil)
+	cmd.val = time.Duration(cmd.val.(int64)) * cmd.precision
+	return cmd.err
 }
 
 func (cmd *DurationCmd) Val() time.Duration {
@@ -196,12 +194,10 @@ func NewBoolCmd(args ...string) *BoolCmd {
 	}
 }
 
-func (cmd *BoolCmd) parseReply(rd reader) (interface{}, error) {
-	v, err := parseReply(rd)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return v.(int64) == 1, nil
+func (cmd *BoolCmd) parseReply(rd reader) error {
+	cmd.val, cmd.err = parseReply(rd, nil)
+	cmd.val = cmd.val.(int64) == 1
+	return cmd.err
 }
 
 func (cmd *BoolCmd) Val() bool {
@@ -242,12 +238,13 @@ func NewFloatCmd(args ...string) *FloatCmd {
 	}
 }
 
-func (cmd *FloatCmd) parseReply(rd reader) (interface{}, error) {
-	v, err := parseReply(rd)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+func (cmd *FloatCmd) parseReply(rd reader) error {
+	cmd.val, cmd.err = parseReply(rd, nil)
+	if cmd.err != nil {
+		return cmd.err
 	}
-	return strconv.ParseFloat(v.(string), 64)
+	cmd.val, cmd.err = strconv.ParseFloat(cmd.val.(string), 64)
+	return cmd.err
 }
 
 func (cmd *FloatCmd) Val() float64 {
@@ -288,8 +285,9 @@ func NewStringSliceCmd(args ...string) *StringSliceCmd {
 	}
 }
 
-func (cmd *StringSliceCmd) parseReply(rd reader) (interface{}, error) {
-	return parseStringSliceReply(rd)
+func (cmd *StringSliceCmd) parseReply(rd reader) error {
+	cmd.val, cmd.err = parseReply(rd, parseStringSlice)
+	return cmd.err
 }
 
 func (cmd *StringSliceCmd) Val() []string {
@@ -311,8 +309,9 @@ func NewBoolSliceCmd(args ...string) *BoolSliceCmd {
 	}
 }
 
-func (cmd *BoolSliceCmd) parseReply(rd reader) (interface{}, error) {
-	return parseBoolSliceReply(rd)
+func (cmd *BoolSliceCmd) parseReply(rd reader) error {
+	cmd.val, cmd.err = parseReply(rd, parseBoolSlice)
+	return cmd.err
 }
 
 func (cmd *BoolSliceCmd) Val() []bool {
@@ -334,8 +333,9 @@ func NewStringStringMapCmd(args ...string) *StringStringMapCmd {
 	}
 }
 
-func (cmd *StringStringMapCmd) parseReply(rd reader) (interface{}, error) {
-	return parseStringStringMapReply(rd)
+func (cmd *StringStringMapCmd) parseReply(rd reader) error {
+	cmd.val, cmd.err = parseReply(rd, parseStringStringMap)
+	return cmd.err
 }
 
 func (cmd *StringStringMapCmd) Val() map[string]string {
@@ -357,8 +357,9 @@ func NewStringFloatMapCmd(args ...string) *StringFloatMapCmd {
 	}
 }
 
-func (cmd *StringFloatMapCmd) parseReply(rd reader) (interface{}, error) {
-	return parseStringFloatMapReply(rd)
+func (cmd *StringFloatMapCmd) parseReply(rd reader) error {
+	cmd.val, cmd.err = parseReply(rd, parseStringFloatMap)
+	return cmd.err
 }
 
 func (cmd *StringFloatMapCmd) Val() map[string]float64 {
diff --git a/v2/commands.go b/v2/commands.go
index 76c13d1b..27c32079 100644
--- a/v2/commands.go
+++ b/v2/commands.go
@@ -229,6 +229,19 @@ func (c *Client) Type(key string) *StatusCmd {
 	return req
 }
 
+// func (c *Client) Scan(cursor, match string, count int64) *ScanCmd {
+// 	args := []string{"SCAN", cursor}
+// 	if match != "" {
+// 		args = append(args, "MATCH", match)
+// 	}
+// 	if count > 0 {
+// 		args = append(args, "COUNT", strconv.FormatInt(count, 10))
+// 	}
+// 	req := NewScanCmd(args...)
+// 	c.Process(req)
+// 	return req
+// }
+
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 func (c *Client) Append(key, value string) *IntCmd {
diff --git a/v2/multi.go b/v2/multi.go
index 197b81e1..0360a764 100644
--- a/v2/multi.go
+++ b/v2/multi.go
@@ -95,8 +95,7 @@ func (c *Multi) execCmds(cn *conn, cmds []Cmder) error {
 
 	// Parse queued replies.
 	for i := 0; i < cmdsLen; i++ {
-		_, err = statusCmd.parseReply(cn.rd)
-		if err != nil {
+		if err := statusCmd.parseReply(cn.rd); err != nil {
 			setCmdsErr(cmds[1:len(cmds)-1], err)
 			return err
 		}
@@ -124,14 +123,10 @@ func (c *Multi) execCmds(cn *conn, cmds []Cmder) error {
 	// Loop starts from 1 to omit MULTI cmd.
 	for i := 1; i < cmdsLen; i++ {
 		cmd := cmds[i]
-		val, err := cmd.parseReply(cn.rd)
-		if err != nil {
-			cmd.setErr(err)
+		if err := cmd.parseReply(cn.rd); err != nil {
 			if firstCmdErr == nil {
 				firstCmdErr = err
 			}
-		} else {
-			cmd.setVal(val)
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/v2/parser.go b/v2/parser.go
index 6c618dd2..735de7a9 100644
--- a/v2/parser.go
+++ b/v2/parser.go
@@ -8,15 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/vmihailenco/bufio"
 )
 
-type replyType int
-
-const (
-	ifaceSlice replyType = iota
-	stringSlice
-	boolSlice
-	stringStringMap
-	stringFloatMap
-)
+type multiBulkParser func(rd reader, n int64) (interface{}, error)
 
 // Redis nil reply.
 var Nil = errors.New("redis: nil")
@@ -133,30 +125,10 @@ func parseReq(rd reader) ([]string, error) {
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-func parseReply(rd reader) (interface{}, error) {
-	return _parseReply(rd, ifaceSlice)
-}
-
-func parseStringSliceReply(rd reader) (interface{}, error) {
-	return _parseReply(rd, stringSlice)
-}
-
-func parseBoolSliceReply(rd reader) (interface{}, error) {
-	return _parseReply(rd, boolSlice)
-}
-
-func parseStringStringMapReply(rd reader) (interface{}, error) {
-	return _parseReply(rd, stringStringMap)
-}
-
-func parseStringFloatMapReply(rd reader) (interface{}, error) {
-	return _parseReply(rd, stringFloatMap)
-}
-
-func _parseReply(rd reader, typ replyType) (interface{}, error) {
+func parseReply(rd reader, p multiBulkParser) (interface{}, error) {
 	line, err := readLine(rd)
 	if err != nil {
-		return 0, err
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	switch line[0] {
@@ -167,23 +139,23 @@ func _parseReply(rd reader, typ replyType) (interface{}, error) {
 	case ':':
 		v, err := strconv.ParseInt(string(line[1:]), 10, 64)
 		if err != nil {
-			return 0, err
+			return nil, err
 		}
 		return v, nil
 	case '$':
 		if len(line) == 3 && line[1] == '-' && line[2] == '1' {
-			return "", Nil
+			return nil, Nil
 		}
 
 		replyLenInt32, err := strconv.ParseInt(string(line[1:]), 10, 32)
 		if err != nil {
-			return "", err
+			return nil, err
 		}
 		replyLen := int(replyLenInt32) + 2
 
 		line, err = readN(rd, replyLen)
 		if err != nil {
-			return "", err
+			return nil, err
 		}
 		return string(line[:len(line)-2]), nil
 	case '*':
@@ -196,101 +168,110 @@ func _parseReply(rd reader, typ replyType) (interface{}, error) {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 
-		switch typ {
-		case stringSlice:
-			vals := make([]string, 0, repliesNum)
-			for i := int64(0); i < repliesNum; i++ {
-				vi, err := parseReply(rd)
-				if err != nil {
-					return nil, err
-				}
-				if v, ok := vi.(string); ok {
-					vals = append(vals, v)
-				} else {
-					return nil, errInvalidReplyType
-				}
-			}
-			return vals, nil
-		case boolSlice:
-			vals := make([]bool, 0, repliesNum)
-			for i := int64(0); i < repliesNum; i++ {
-				vi, err := parseReply(rd)
-				if err != nil {
-					return nil, err
-				}
-				if v, ok := vi.(int64); ok {
-					vals = append(vals, v == 1)
-				} else {
-					return nil, errInvalidReplyType
-				}
-			}
-			return vals, nil
-		case stringStringMap: // TODO: Consider handling Nil values.
-			m := make(map[string]string, repliesNum/2)
-			for i := int64(0); i < repliesNum; i += 2 {
-				keyI, err := parseReply(rd)
-				if err != nil {
-					return nil, err
-				}
-				key, ok := keyI.(string)
-				if !ok {
-					return nil, errInvalidReplyType
-				}
-
-				valueI, err := parseReply(rd)
-				if err != nil {
-					return nil, err
-				}
-				value, ok := valueI.(string)
-				if !ok {
-					return nil, errInvalidReplyType
-				}
-
-				m[key] = value
-			}
-			return m, nil
-		case stringFloatMap: // TODO: Consider handling Nil values.
-			m := make(map[string]float64, repliesNum/2)
-			for i := int64(0); i < repliesNum; i += 2 {
-				keyI, err := parseReply(rd)
-				if err != nil {
-					return nil, err
-				}
-				key, ok := keyI.(string)
-				if !ok {
-					return nil, errInvalidReplyType
-				}
-
-				valueI, err := parseReply(rd)
-				if err != nil {
-					return nil, err
-				}
-				valueS, ok := valueI.(string)
-				if !ok {
-					return nil, errInvalidReplyType
-				}
-				value, err := strconv.ParseFloat(valueS, 64)
-				if err != nil {
-					return nil, err
-				}
-
-				m[key] = value
-			}
-			return m, nil
-		default:
-			vals := make([]interface{}, 0, repliesNum)
-			for i := int64(0); i < repliesNum; i++ {
-				v, err := parseReply(rd)
-				if err == Nil {
-					vals = append(vals, nil)
-				} else if err != nil {
-					return nil, err
-				} else {
-					vals = append(vals, v)
-				}
-			}
-			return vals, nil
-		}
+		return p(rd, repliesNum)
 	}
 	return nil, fmt.Errorf("redis: can't parse %q", line)
 }
+
+func parseSlice(rd reader, n int64) (interface{}, error) {
+	vals := make([]interface{}, 0, n)
+	for i := int64(0); i < n; i++ {
+		v, err := parseReply(rd, parseSlice)
+		if err == Nil {
+			vals = append(vals, nil)
+		} else if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		} else {
+			vals = append(vals, v)
+		}
+	}
+	return vals, nil
+}
+
+func parseStringSlice(rd reader, n int64) (interface{}, error) {
+	vals := make([]string, 0, n)
+	for i := int64(0); i < n; i++ {
+		vi, err := parseReply(rd, nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		if v, ok := vi.(string); ok {
+			vals = append(vals, v)
+		} else {
+			return nil, errInvalidReplyType
+		}
+	}
+	return vals, nil
+}
+
+func parseBoolSlice(rd reader, n int64) (interface{}, error) {
+	vals := make([]bool, 0, n)
+	for i := int64(0); i < n; i++ {
+		vi, err := parseReply(rd, nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		if v, ok := vi.(int64); ok {
+			vals = append(vals, v == 1)
+		} else {
+			return nil, errInvalidReplyType
+		}
+	}
+	return vals, nil
+}
+
+func parseStringStringMap(rd reader, n int64) (interface{}, error) {
+	m := make(map[string]string, n/2)
+	for i := int64(0); i < n; i += 2 {
+		keyI, err := parseReply(rd, nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		key, ok := keyI.(string)
+		if !ok {
+			return nil, errInvalidReplyType
+		}
+
+		valueI, err := parseReply(rd, nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		value, ok := valueI.(string)
+		if !ok {
+			return nil, errInvalidReplyType
+		}
+
+		m[key] = value
+	}
+	return m, nil
+}
+
+func parseStringFloatMap(rd reader, n int64) (interface{}, error) {
+	m := make(map[string]float64, n/2)
+	for i := int64(0); i < n; i += 2 {
+		keyI, err := parseReply(rd, nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		key, ok := keyI.(string)
+		if !ok {
+			return nil, errInvalidReplyType
+		}
+
+		valueI, err := parseReply(rd, nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		valueS, ok := valueI.(string)
+		if !ok {
+			return nil, errInvalidReplyType
+		}
+		value, err := strconv.ParseFloat(valueS, 64)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		m[key] = value
+	}
+	return m, nil
+}
diff --git a/v2/pipeline.go b/v2/pipeline.go
index e021d1f9..6d436d2d 100644
--- a/v2/pipeline.go
+++ b/v2/pipeline.go
@@ -79,14 +79,10 @@ func (c *Pipeline) execCmds(cn *conn, cmds []Cmder) error {
 
 	var firstCmdErr error
 	for _, cmd := range cmds {
-		val, err := cmd.parseReply(cn.rd)
-		if err != nil {
-			cmd.setErr(err)
+		if err := cmd.parseReply(cn.rd); err != nil {
 			if firstCmdErr == nil {
 				firstCmdErr = err
 			}
-		} else {
-			cmd.setVal(val)
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/v2/pubsub.go b/v2/pubsub.go
index 99be6192..cc8d7e01 100644
--- a/v2/pubsub.go
+++ b/v2/pubsub.go
@@ -53,14 +53,12 @@ func (c *PubSub) ReceiveTimeout(timeout time.Duration) (interface{}, error) {
 	}
 	cn.readTimeout = timeout
 
-	replyIface, err := NewSliceCmd().parseReply(cn.rd)
-	if err != nil {
+	cmd := NewSliceCmd()
+	if err := cmd.parseReply(cn.rd); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	reply, ok := replyIface.([]interface{})
-	if !ok {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("redis: unexpected reply type %T", replyIface)
-	}
+
+	reply := cmd.Val()
 
 	msgName := reply[0].(string)
 	switch msgName {
diff --git a/v2/redis.go b/v2/redis.go
index ae745966..6e945daa 100644
--- a/v2/redis.go
+++ b/v2/redis.go
@@ -118,15 +118,12 @@ func (c *baseClient) run(cmd Cmder) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	val, err := cmd.parseReply(cn.rd)
-	if err != nil {
+	if err := cmd.parseReply(cn.rd); err != nil {
 		c.freeConn(cn, err)
-		cmd.setErr(err)
 		return
 	}
 
 	c.putConn(cn)
-	cmd.setVal(val)
 }
 
 // Close closes the client, releasing any open resources.