Match Frame broken in Premiere Pro CC?

So match frame works in CS6, but in Premiere Pro CC, there are a couple odd things happening for me. When pressing F the Source panel will exibits any one of a few different behaviors (seems entirely random):
1. A black frame
2. The correct clip, but not the correct (matched) frame.
3. Occassionally the correct (matched) frame (usually only the first time I use Match Frame on any given clip in my sequence). All subsequent Match Frame commands while on the same clip in the sequence will not update to match Source with Program, they'll either stay on the first matched frame for that clip, or go black.
You can still drag the audio (or video) portion from the Source panel to the timeline and it will be the correct portion of audio (or video), but actually "matching" a frame seems broken in Premiere Pro CC (again, it works in CS6).

Right. That much is understood. However, what I'm experiencing is different. I've determined it is only happening to some clips. Others work as intended (as you've described). I wish I had time to get sidetracked today and post a video of what's happening. It'll have to wait until I'm wrapped up with my current multi-cam project (due last week).
I know, I know. My bad for using Premiere Pro CC on a real-world project with a real-world deadline. Lesson learned.
In the mean time, if anyone wants to try reproducing this bug, here's what I know about my footage:
h.264 footage MP4, MOV shot on a Canon EOS 7D. No external audio recorder, just a mic on top of the camera, plugged into the camera.
Most clips work properly with Match Frame. Some do not.
Interestingly, the clips that have the problem are the SAME clips that do not have the problem (once on the timeline, is there a way to tell which is a subclip, merged clip, etc? Probably. No time to investigate. I shouldn't even be spending time writing this post. lol.)
Play around with different clips and subclips of the same clip on the timeline. I believe what I have going is several subclips of the same clip on the timeline. Unless I missed one or two, I've set them all up with "soft" handles (new feature in CC).
Perhaps what is happening in the "black" Match Frame clip is that the Match Frame is saying, "OK, we have a subclip on the timeline that starts at 0 seconds and 14 frames. So then when I do the match frame (of this "soft" subclip) the software is saying, let's find this clip and jump to 00:00:00:14 of the master clip and place it in the Source monitor.
Is this a bug? I'm not sure that's what is happening, but hopefully that gives someone else a starting point to try to reproduce the behavior.
I'll post a video if/when I can.

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