diff --git a/lib/intercept.js b/lib/intercept.js
index 3fdeaefe7..1bf368f2a 100644
--- a/lib/intercept.js
+++ b/lib/intercept.js
@@ -134,6 +134,11 @@ function removeAll() {
   allInterceptors = {}
 }
 
+/**
+ * Return all the Interceptors whose Scopes match against the base path of the provided options.
+ *
+ * @returns {Interceptor[]}
+ */
 function interceptorsFor(options) {
   common.normalizeRequestOptions(options)
 
diff --git a/lib/interceptor.js b/lib/interceptor.js
index b1b41f131..ed6e30744 100644
--- a/lib/interceptor.js
+++ b/lib/interceptor.js
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ function Interceptor(scope, uri, method, requestBody, interceptorOptions) {
 
   //  We use lower-case header field names throughout Nock.
   this.reqheaders = common.headersFieldNamesToLowerCase(
-    (scope.scopeOptions && scope.scopeOptions.reqheaders) || {}
+    scope.scopeOptions.reqheaders || {}
   )
   this.badheaders = common.headersFieldsArrayToLowerCase(
-    (scope.scopeOptions && scope.scopeOptions.badheaders) || []
+    scope.scopeOptions.badheaders || []
   )
 
   this.delayInMs = 0
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ Interceptor.prototype.replyWithError = function replyWithError(errorMessage) {
 
   _.defaults(this.options, this.scope.scopeOptions)
 
-  this.scope.add(this._key, this, this.scope, this.scopeOptions)
+  this.scope.add(this._key, this)
   return this.scope
 }
 
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ Interceptor.prototype.reply = function reply(statusCode, body, rawHeaders) {
 
   this.body = body
 
-  this.scope.add(this._key, this, this.scope, this.scopeOptions)
+  this.scope.add(this._key, this)
   return this.scope
 }
 
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ Interceptor.prototype.reqheaderMatches = function reqheaderMatches(
 ) {
   const reqHeader = this.reqheaders[key]
   let header = options.headers[key]
+
   if (header && typeof header !== 'string' && header.toString) {
     header = header.toString()
   }
@@ -260,19 +261,15 @@ Interceptor.prototype.match = function match(options, body) {
   }
 
   if (
-    this.scope.scopeOptions &&
     this.scope.scopeOptions.conditionally &&
     !this.scope.scopeOptions.conditionally()
   ) {
     return false
   }
 
-  function reqheaderContains(header) {
-    return _.has(options.headers, header)
-  }
-
-  const reqContainsBadHeaders =
-    this.badheaders && _.some(this.badheaders, reqheaderContains)
+  const reqContainsBadHeaders = this.badheaders.some(
+    header => header in options.headers
+  )
 
   if (reqContainsBadHeaders) {
     return false
@@ -528,7 +525,7 @@ Interceptor.prototype.times = function times(newCounter) {
  * @see {@link times}
  * @public
  * @example
- * nock('http://zombo.com).get('/').once.reply(200, 'Ok');
+ * nock('http://zombo.com).get('/').once().reply(200, 'Ok');
  */
 Interceptor.prototype.once = function once() {
   return this.times(1)
@@ -540,7 +537,7 @@ Interceptor.prototype.once = function once() {
  * @see {@link times}
  * @public
  * @example
- * nock('http://zombo.com).get('/').twice.reply(200, 'Ok');
+ * nock('http://zombo.com).get('/').twice().reply(200, 'Ok');
  */
 Interceptor.prototype.twice = function twice() {
   return this.times(2)
@@ -552,7 +549,7 @@ Interceptor.prototype.twice = function twice() {
  * @see {@link times}
  * @public
  * @example
- * nock('http://zombo.com).get('/').thrice.reply(200, 'Ok');
+ * nock('http://zombo.com).get('/').thrice().reply(200, 'Ok');
  */
 Interceptor.prototype.thrice = function thrice() {
   return this.times(3)
diff --git a/lib/recorder.js b/lib/recorder.js
index 6bcc501a8..df1b12d2e 100644
--- a/lib/recorder.js
+++ b/lib/recorder.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const debug = require('debug')('nock.recorder')
-const _ = require('lodash')
 const qs = require('qs')
 const { inspect } = require('util')
 
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ const getBodyFromChunks = function(chunks, headers) {
   //  of hex strings so that the responses can be mocked one by one.
   if (headers && common.isContentEncoded(headers)) {
     return {
-      body: _.map(chunks, chunk => chunk.toString('hex')),
+      body: chunks.map(chunk => chunk.toString('hex')),
     }
   }
 
@@ -174,13 +173,15 @@ function generateRequestAndResponse(
 //  to finish (which is the point of the test).
 let currentRecordingId = 0
 
-function record(recOptions) {
-  //  Set the new current recording ID and capture its value in this instance of record().
-  currentRecordingId = currentRecordingId + 1
-  const thisRecordingId = currentRecordingId
-
-  debug('start recording', thisRecordingId, JSON.stringify(recOptions))
+const defaultRecordOptions = {
+  dont_print: false,
+  enable_reqheaders_recording: false,
+  logging: console.log,
+  output_objects: false,
+  use_separator: true,
+}
 
+function record(recOptions) {
   //  Trying to start recording with recording already in progress implies an error
   //  in the recording configuration (double recording makes no sense and used to lead
   //  to duplicates in output)
@@ -190,22 +191,28 @@ function record(recOptions) {
 
   recordingInProgress = true
 
-  //  Originally the parameters was a dont_print boolean flag.
-  //  To keep the existing code compatible we take that case into account.
-  const optionsIsObject = typeof recOptions === 'object'
-  const dontPrint =
-    (typeof recOptions === 'boolean' && recOptions) ||
-    (optionsIsObject && recOptions.dont_print)
-  const outputObjects = optionsIsObject && recOptions.output_objects
-  const enableReqHeadersRecording =
-    optionsIsObject && recOptions.enable_reqheaders_recording
-  // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-  const logging = (optionsIsObject && recOptions.logging) || console.log
-  let useSeparator = true
-  if (optionsIsObject && _.has(recOptions, 'use_separator')) {
-    useSeparator = recOptions.use_separator
+  // Set the new current recording ID and capture its value in this instance of record().
+  currentRecordingId = currentRecordingId + 1
+  const thisRecordingId = currentRecordingId
+
+  // Originally the parameter was a dont_print boolean flag.
+  // To keep the existing code compatible we take that case into account.
+  if (typeof recOptions === 'boolean') {
+    recOptions = { dont_print: recOptions }
   }
 
+  recOptions = { ...defaultRecordOptions, ...recOptions }
+
+  debug('start recording', thisRecordingId, recOptions)
+
+  const {
+    dont_print: dontPrint,
+    enable_reqheaders_recording: enableReqHeadersRecording,
+    logging,
+    output_objects: outputObjects,
+    use_separator: useSeparator,
+  } = recOptions
+
   debug(thisRecordingId, 'restoring overridden requests before new overrides')
   //  To preserve backward compatibility (starting recording wasn't throwing if nock was already active)
   //  we restore any requests that may have been overridden by other parts of nock (e.g. intercept)