diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index d995879..d4538e1 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import take from './utils/take';
 import mergeDeep from './utils/merge-deep';
 import setDeep from './utils/set-deep';
 import getDeep, { getSubObject } from './utils/get-deep';
+import { objectToArray, arrayToObject } from './utils/array-object';
 
 import {
   Changes,
@@ -966,22 +967,6 @@ export class BufferedChangeset implements IChangeset {
         } else if (typeof result !== 'undefined') {
           return result;
         }
-
-        // TODO: make more obvious we are dealing with arrays with branches above
-        const baseContent = this.safeGet(content, baseKey);
-        if (Array.isArray(baseContent)) {
-          const subChanges = getSubObject(changes, key);
-
-          if (!subChanges) {
-            return this.getDeep(baseContent, remaining.join('.'));
-          }
-
-          // give back an object that can further retrieve changes and/or content
-          // TODO: consider different construct to handle arrays.  Arrays don't fit right with ObjectTreeNode
-          const tree = new ObjectTreeNode(subChanges, baseContent, this.getDeep, this.isObject);
-
-          return tree;
-        }
       }
 
       // this comes after the isObject check to ensure we don't lose remaining keys
@@ -1007,6 +992,25 @@ export class BufferedChangeset implements IChangeset {
       // may still access a value on the changes or content objects
       const tree = new ObjectTreeNode(subChanges, subContent, this.getDeep, this.isObject);
       return tree.proxy;
+    } else if (Array.isArray(subContent)) {
+      let subChanges = this.getDeep(changes, key);
+      if (!subChanges) {
+        // return array of contents. Dont need to worry about further access sibling keys in array case
+        return subContent;
+      }
+
+      if (isObject(subChanges)) {
+        if (isObject(subContent)) {
+          subChanges = normalizeObject(subChanges, this.isObject);
+          return { ...subContent, ...subChanges };
+        } else if (Array.isArray(subContent)) {
+          subChanges = normalizeObject(subChanges, this.isObject);
+
+          return objectToArray(mergeDeep(arrayToObject(subContent), subChanges));
+        }
+      }
+
+      return subChanges;
     }
 
     return subContent;
diff --git a/src/utils/object-tree-node.ts b/src/utils/object-tree-node.ts
index bd96a6d..49855e2 100644
--- a/src/utils/object-tree-node.ts
+++ b/src/utils/object-tree-node.ts
@@ -130,10 +130,6 @@ class ObjectTreeNode implements ProxyHandler {
 
     return changes;
   }
-
-  toJSON() {
-    return JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(this.unwrap()));
-  }
 }
 
 export { ObjectTreeNode };
diff --git a/test/index.test.ts b/test/index.test.ts
index 423f314..9328b98 100644
--- a/test/index.test.ts
+++ b/test/index.test.ts
@@ -937,7 +937,7 @@ describe('Unit | Utility | changeset', () => {
       changeset.set('emails.0.primary', 'fun@email.com');
 
       expect(changeset.get('emails.0.primary')).toEqual('fun@email.com');
-      expect(changeset.get('emails').unwrap()).toEqual([{ primary: 'fun@email.com' }]);
+      expect(changeset.get('emails')).toEqual([{ primary: 'fun@email.com' }]);
       expect(changeset.changes).toEqual([{ key: 'emails.0.primary', value: 'fun@email.com' }]);
     });
 
@@ -948,7 +948,7 @@ describe('Unit | Utility | changeset', () => {
 
       expect(changeset.get('emails.0.funEmail')).toEqual('fun@email.com');
       expect(changeset.changes).toEqual([{ key: 'emails.0.funEmail', value: 'fun@email.com' }]);
-      expect(changeset.get('emails').unwrap()).toEqual([
+      expect(changeset.get('emails')).toEqual([
         { primary: 'bob@email.com', funEmail: 'fun@email.com' }
       ]);
     });
@@ -961,7 +961,7 @@ describe('Unit | Utility | changeset', () => {
 
       expect(changeset.get('emails.1.funEmail')).toEqual('fun@email.com');
       expect(changeset.get('emails.1.primary')).toEqual('primary@email.com');
-      expect(changeset.get('emails').unwrap()).toEqual([
+      expect(changeset.get('emails')).toEqual([
         { primary: 'bob@email.com' },
         { primary: 'primary@email.com', funEmail: 'fun@email.com' }
       ]);
@@ -981,7 +981,7 @@ describe('Unit | Utility | changeset', () => {
 
       expect(changeset.get('emails.1.funEmail')).toEqual('fun@email.com');
       expect(changeset.get('emails.1.primary')).toEqual('primary@email.com');
-      expect(changeset.get('emails').unwrap()).toEqual([
+      expect(changeset.get('emails')).toEqual([
         { primary: 'bob@email.com' },
         { primary: 'primary@email.com', funEmail: 'fun@email.com' }
       ]);
@@ -1004,7 +1004,7 @@ describe('Unit | Utility | changeset', () => {
           }
         }
       ]);
-      expect(changeset.get('emails').unwrap()).toEqual([
+      expect(changeset.get('emails')).toEqual([
         { primary: 'bob@email.com' },
         { primary: 'primary2@email.com', funEmail: 'fun@email.com' }
       ]);
@@ -1028,7 +1028,7 @@ describe('Unit | Utility | changeset', () => {
 
       expect(changeset.get('emails.0.fun')).toEqual('fun0@email.com');
       expect(changeset.get('emails.0.primary')).toEqual('primary0@email.com');
-      expect(changeset.get('emails').unwrap()).toEqual([
+      expect(changeset.get('emails')).toEqual([
         {
           fun: 'fun0@email.com',
           primary: 'primary0@email.com'
@@ -1047,7 +1047,7 @@ describe('Unit | Utility | changeset', () => {
         primary: 'brandNewPrimary@email.com'
       });
 
-      expect(changeset.get('emails').unwrap()).toEqual([
+      expect(changeset.get('emails')).toEqual([
         {
           fun: 'fun0@email.com',
           primary: 'primary0@email.com'
@@ -1086,7 +1086,7 @@ describe('Unit | Utility | changeset', () => {
 
       changeset.set('emails.1', null);
 
-      expect(changeset.get('emails').unwrap()).toEqual([
+      expect(changeset.get('emails')).toEqual([
         {
           fun: 'fun0@email.com',
           primary: 'primary0@email.com',