Finding your place in a nested sequence

Plop an ordinary clip in the timeline, move the playhead to a spot in the clip, double-click the clip in the timeline, and the clip pops up in the source monitor with the playhead at the same spot in the clip.
Place a nested sequence in a timeline, move the head to a spot in the nested sequence, double-click, and the original sequence opens up in the timeline window, but the playhead is not in the same place (it's where you left it the last time you were working on that sequence).
If I've got a nested sequence in a new timeline, is there any way to quickly assertain where the corresponding place on the original sequence is?
Thanks in advance!

Use the keyboard shortcut "M" to perform a Match Frame operation.
Nein!
Use Shift+T: Reveal Nested Sequence. It will open up the nest in a Timeline panel tab (if it isn't already) and park the playhead at the matching frame.

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