diff --git a/v2/ansible/executor/playbook_executor.py b/v2/ansible/executor/playbook_executor.py
index 64f3f676210..97232cefe8f 100644
--- a/v2/ansible/executor/playbook_executor.py
+++ b/v2/ansible/executor/playbook_executor.py
@@ -36,17 +36,18 @@ class PlaybookExecutor:
     basis for bin/ansible-playbook operation.
     '''
 
-    def __init__(self, playbooks, inventory, variable_manager, loader, options):
+    def __init__(self, playbooks, inventory, variable_manager, loader, display, options):
         self._playbooks        = playbooks
         self._inventory        = inventory
         self._variable_manager = variable_manager
         self._loader           = loader
+        self._display          = display
         self._options          = options
 
         if options.listhosts or options.listtasks or options.listtags:
             self._tqm = None
         else:
-            self._tqm = TaskQueueManager(inventory=inventory, callback='default', variable_manager=variable_manager, loader=loader, options=options)
+            self._tqm = TaskQueueManager(inventory=inventory, callback='default', variable_manager=variable_manager, loader=loader, display=display, options=options)
 
     def run(self):
 
@@ -94,13 +95,13 @@ class PlaybookExecutor:
             #TODO: move to callback
             # FIXME: this stat summary stuff should be cleaned up and moved
             #        to a new method, if it even belongs here...
-            self._tqm._display.banner("PLAY RECAP")
+            self._display.banner("PLAY RECAP")
 
             hosts = sorted(self._tqm._stats.processed.keys())
             for h in hosts:
                 t = self._tqm._stats.summarize(h)
 
-                self._tqm._display.display("%s : %s %s %s %s" % (
+                self._display.display("%s : %s %s %s %s" % (
                     hostcolor(h, t),
                     colorize('ok', t['ok'], 'green'),
                     colorize('changed', t['changed'], 'yellow'),
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ class PlaybookExecutor:
                     screen_only=True
                 )
 
-                self._tqm._display.display("%s : %s %s %s %s" % (
+                self._display.display("%s : %s %s %s %s" % (
                     hostcolor(h, t, False),
                     colorize('ok', t['ok'], None),
                     colorize('changed', t['changed'], None),
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ class PlaybookExecutor:
                     log_only=True
                 )
 
-            self._tqm._display.display("", screen_only=True)
+            self._display.display("", screen_only=True)
             # END STATS STUFF
 
         return result
diff --git a/v2/ansible/executor/task_queue_manager.py b/v2/ansible/executor/task_queue_manager.py
index 0693e9dc56c..28904676eb2 100644
--- a/v2/ansible/executor/task_queue_manager.py
+++ b/v2/ansible/executor/task_queue_manager.py
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ from ansible.executor.stats import AggregateStats
 from ansible.plugins import callback_loader, strategy_loader
 
 from ansible.utils.debug import debug
-from ansible.utils.display import Display
 
 __all__ = ['TaskQueueManager']
 
@@ -49,16 +48,15 @@ class TaskQueueManager:
     which dispatches the Play's tasks to hosts.
     '''
 
-    def __init__(self, inventory, callback, variable_manager, loader, options):
+    def __init__(self, inventory, callback, variable_manager, loader, display, options):
 
         self._inventory        = inventory
         self._variable_manager = variable_manager
         self._loader           = loader
+        self._display          = display
         self._options          = options
         self._stats            = AggregateStats()
 
-        self._display          = Display()
-
         # a special flag to help us exit cleanly
         self._terminated = False
 
diff --git a/v2/ansible/playbook/helpers.py b/v2/ansible/playbook/helpers.py
index dd346c636f0..7242322b88f 100644
--- a/v2/ansible/playbook/helpers.py
+++ b/v2/ansible/playbook/helpers.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def load_list_of_blocks(ds, parent_block=None, role=None, task_include=None, use
     # we import here to prevent a circular dependency with imports
     from ansible.playbook.block import Block
 
-    assert ds is None or isinstance(ds, AnsibleSequence), 'block has bad type: %s' % type(ds)
+    assert ds is None or isinstance(ds, list), 'block has bad type: %s' % type(ds)
 
     block_list = []
     if ds:
diff --git a/v2/bin/ansible b/v2/bin/ansible
index 2b2df3df8f2..79d5f0a28b3 100755
--- a/v2/bin/ansible
+++ b/v2/bin/ansible
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ from ansible.parsing.splitter import parse_kv
 from ansible.playbook.play import Play
 from ansible.utils.display import Display
 from ansible.utils.cli import base_parser, validate_conflicts, normalize_become_options, ask_passwords
+from ansible.utils.display import Display
 from ansible.utils.vault import read_vault_file
 from ansible.vars import VariableManager
 
@@ -131,7 +132,8 @@ class Cli(object):
 
         # now create a task queue manager to execute the play
         try:
-            tqm = TaskQueueManager(inventory=inventory, callback='minimal', variable_manager=variable_manager, loader=loader, options=options)
+            display = Display()
+            tqm = TaskQueueManager(inventory=inventory, callback='minimal', variable_manager=variable_manager, loader=loader, display=display, options=options)
             result = tqm.run(play)
             tqm.cleanup()
         except AnsibleError:
diff --git a/v2/bin/ansible-playbook b/v2/bin/ansible-playbook
index 57380590c47..c1ee70d059c 100755
--- a/v2/bin/ansible-playbook
+++ b/v2/bin/ansible-playbook
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ from ansible.parsing.splitter import parse_kv
 from ansible.playbook import Playbook
 from ansible.playbook.task import Task
 from ansible.utils.cli import base_parser, validate_conflicts, normalize_become_options, ask_passwords
+from ansible.utils.display import Display
 from ansible.utils.unicode import to_unicode
 from ansible.utils.vars import combine_vars
 from ansible.utils.vault import read_vault_file
@@ -130,7 +131,8 @@ def main(args):
 
     # create the playbook executor, which manages running the plays
     # via a task queue manager
-    pbex = PlaybookExecutor(playbooks=args, inventory=inventory, variable_manager=variable_manager, loader=loader, options=options)
+    display = Display()
+    pbex = PlaybookExecutor(playbooks=args, inventory=inventory, variable_manager=variable_manager, loader=loader, display=display, options=options)
 
     if options.listhosts:
         i = 1