diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index caa17e01..aec475c0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ node_modules/
 npm-debug.log
 yarn-error.log
 yarn.lock
+
+*~
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/call-stream.ts b/src/call-stream.ts
index 16c5348d..37e98314 100644
--- a/src/call-stream.ts
+++ b/src/call-stream.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,72 @@
 import * as stream from 'stream';
-import { Status } from './constants';
+
+import {CallCredentials} from './call-credentials';
+import {Status} from './constants';
+import {Metadata} from './metadata';
+import {ObjectDuplex} from './object-stream';
+
+export interface CallOptions {
+  deadline?: Date|number;
+  host?: string;
+  credentials?: CallCredentials;
+  flags?: number;
+}
+
+export interface StatusObject {
+  code: Status;
+  details: string;
+  metadata: Metadata;
+}
+
+export interface WriteObject {
+  message: Buffer;
+  flags?: number;
+}
+
+export interface CallStream extends ObjectDuplex<WriteObject, Buffer> {
+  cancelWithStatus(status: Status, details: string): void;
+  getPeer(): string;
+
+  addListener(event: string, listener: Function): this;
+  emit(event: string|symbol, ...args: any[]): boolean;
+  on(event: string, listener: Function): this;
+  once(event: string, listener: Function): this;
+  prependListener(event: string, listener: Function): this;
+  prependOnceListener(event: string, listener: Function): this;
+  removeListener(event: string, listener: Function): this;
+
+  addListener(event: 'metadata', listener: (metadata: Metadata) => void): this;
+  emit(event: 'metadata', metadata: Metadata): boolean;
+  on(event: 'metadata', listener: (metadata: Metadata) => void): this;
+  once(event: 'metadata', listener: (metadata: Metadata) => void): this;
+  prependListener(event: 'metadata', listener: (metadata: Metadata) => void):
+      this;
+  prependOnceListener(
+      event: 'metadata', listener: (metadata: Metadata) => void): this;
+  removeListener(event: 'metadata', listener: (metadata: Metadata) => void):
+      this;
+
+  addListener(event: 'status', listener: (status: StatusObject) => void): this;
+  emit(event: 'status', status: StatusObject): boolean;
+  on(event: 'status', listener: (status: StatusObject) => void): this;
+  once(event: 'status', listener: (status: StatusObject) => void): this;
+  prependListener(event: 'status', listener: (status: StatusObject) => void):
+      this;
+  prependOnceListener(
+      event: 'status', listener: (status: StatusObject) => void): this;
+  removeListener(event: 'status', listener: (status: StatusObject) => void):
+      this;
+}
 
 /**
  * This class represents a duplex stream associated with a single gRPC call.
  */
-export class CallStream extends stream.Duplex {
-  /**
-   * Cancels the call associated with this stream with a given status.
-   */
-  cancelWithStatus(status: Status) {
-    throw new Error();
+export class CallStreamImpl extends stream.Duplex implements CallStream {
+  cancelWithStatus(status: Status, details: string): void {
+    throw new Error('Not yet implemented');
+  }
+
+  getPeer(): string {
+    throw new Error('Not yet implemented');
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/call.ts b/src/call.ts
index da26bf19..ba38a41c 100644
--- a/src/call.ts
+++ b/src/call.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,246 @@
-import * as events from 'events';
-import * as stream from 'stream';
-const { EventEmitter } = events;
-const { Readable, Writable, Duplex } = stream;
+import {EventEmitter} from 'events';
+import {Duplex, Readable, Writable} from 'stream';
 
-export interface Call {
-  // cancel();
-  // getPeer();
+import {CallStream, StatusObject, WriteObject} from './call-stream';
+import {Status} from './constants';
+import {Metadata} from './metadata';
+import {ObjectReadable, ObjectWritable} from './object-stream';
+
+export interface ServiceError extends Error {
+  code?: number;
+  metadata?: Metadata;
 }
 
-export class ClientUnaryCall extends EventEmitter implements Call {}
+export class ServiceErrorImpl extends Error implements ServiceError {
+  code?: number;
+  metadata?: Metadata;
+}
 
-export class ClientReadableStream extends Readable implements Call {}
+export interface Call extends EventEmitter {
+  cancel(): void;
+  getPeer(): string;
 
-export class ClientWritableStream extends Writable implements Call {}
+  addListener(event: string, listener: Function): this;
+  emit(event: string|symbol, ...args: any[]): boolean;
+  on(event: string, listener: Function): this;
+  once(event: string, listener: Function): this;
+  prependListener(event: string, listener: Function): this;
+  prependOnceListener(event: string, listener: Function): this;
+  removeListener(event: string, listener: Function): this;
 
-export class ClientDuplexStream extends Duplex implements Call {}
+  addListener(event: 'metadata', listener: (metadata: Metadata) => void): this;
+  emit(event: 'metadata', metadata: Metadata): boolean;
+  on(event: 'metadata', listener: (metadata: Metadata) => void): this;
+  once(event: 'metadata', listener: (metadata: Metadata) => void): this;
+  prependListener(event: 'metadata', listener: (metadata: Metadata) => void):
+      this;
+  prependOnceListener(
+      event: 'metadata', listener: (metadata: Metadata) => void): this;
+  removeListener(event: 'metadata', listener: (metadata: Metadata) => void):
+      this;
+}
+
+export interface ClientUnaryCall extends Call {}
+
+export class ClientUnaryCallImpl extends EventEmitter implements Call {
+  constructor(private readonly call: CallStream) {
+    super();
+    call.on('metadata', (metadata: Metadata) => {
+      this.emit('metadata', metadata);
+    });
+  }
+
+  cancel(): void {
+    this.call.cancelWithStatus(Status.CANCELLED, 'Cancelled on client');
+  }
+
+  getPeer(): string {
+    return this.call.getPeer();
+  }
+}
+
+export interface ClientReadableStream<ResponseType> extends
+    Call, ObjectReadable<ResponseType> {
+  deserialize: (chunk: Buffer) => ResponseType;
+
+  addListener(event: string, listener: Function): this;
+  emit(event: string|symbol, ...args: any[]): boolean;
+  on(event: string, listener: Function): this;
+  once(event: string, listener: Function): this;
+  prependListener(event: string, listener: Function): this;
+  prependOnceListener(event: string, listener: Function): this;
+  removeListener(event: string, listener: Function): this;
+
+  addListener(event: 'status', listener: (status: StatusObject) => void): this;
+  emit(event: 'status', status: StatusObject): boolean;
+  on(event: 'status', listener: (status: StatusObject) => void): this;
+  once(event: 'status', listener: (status: StatusObject) => void): this;
+  prependListener(event: 'status', listener: (status: StatusObject) => void):
+      this;
+  prependOnceListener(
+      event: 'status', listener: (status: StatusObject) => void): this;
+  removeListener(event: 'status', listener: (status: StatusObject) => void):
+      this;
+}
+
+export interface ClientWritableStream<RequestType> extends
+    Call, ObjectWritable<RequestType> {
+  serialize: (value: RequestType) => Buffer;
+
+  addListener(event: string, listener: Function): this;
+  emit(event: string|symbol, ...args: any[]): boolean;
+  on(event: string, listener: Function): this;
+  once(event: string, listener: Function): this;
+  prependListener(event: string, listener: Function): this;
+  prependOnceListener(event: string, listener: Function): this;
+  removeListener(event: string, listener: Function): this;
+}
+
+export interface ClientDuplexStream<RequestType, ResponseType> extends
+    ClientWritableStream<RequestType>, ClientReadableStream<ResponseType> {
+  addListener(event: string, listener: Function): this;
+  emit(event: string|symbol, ...args: any[]): boolean;
+  on(event: string, listener: Function): this;
+  once(event: string, listener: Function): this;
+  prependListener(event: string, listener: Function): this;
+  prependOnceListener(event: string, listener: Function): this;
+  removeListener(event: string, listener: Function): this;
+}
+
+function setUpReadableStream<ResponseType>(
+    stream: ClientReadableStream<ResponseType>, call: CallStream,
+    deserialize: (chunk: Buffer) => ResponseType): void {
+  call.on('data', (data: Buffer) => {
+    let deserialized: ResponseType;
+    try {
+      deserialized = deserialize(data);
+    } catch (e) {
+      call.cancelWithStatus(Status.INTERNAL, 'Failed to parse server response');
+      return;
+    }
+    if (!stream.push(deserialized)) {
+      call.pause();
+    }
+  });
+  call.on('end', () => {
+    stream.push(null);
+  });
+  call.on('status', (status: StatusObject) => {
+    stream.emit('status', status);
+    if (status.code !== Status.OK) {
+      const error = new ServiceErrorImpl(status.details);
+      error.code = status.code;
+      error.metadata = status.metadata;
+      stream.emit('error', error);
+    }
+  });
+  call.pause();
+}
+
+export class ClientReadableStreamImpl<ResponseType> extends Readable implements
+    ClientReadableStream<ResponseType> {
+  constructor(
+      private readonly call: CallStream,
+      public readonly deserialize: (chunk: Buffer) => ResponseType) {
+    super({objectMode: true});
+    call.on('metadata', (metadata: Metadata) => {
+      this.emit('metadata', metadata);
+    });
+    setUpReadableStream<ResponseType>(this, call, deserialize);
+  }
+
+  cancel(): void {
+    this.call.cancelWithStatus(Status.CANCELLED, 'Cancelled on client');
+  }
+
+  getPeer(): string {
+    return this.call.getPeer();
+  }
+
+  _read(_size: number): void {
+    this.call.resume();
+  }
+}
+
+function tryWrite<RequestType>(
+    call: CallStream, serialize: (value: RequestType) => Buffer,
+    chunk: RequestType, encoding: string, cb: Function) {
+  let message: Buffer;
+  const flags: number = Number(encoding);
+  try {
+    message = serialize(chunk);
+  } catch (e) {
+    call.cancelWithStatus(Status.INTERNAL, 'Serialization failure');
+    cb(e);
+    return;
+  }
+  const writeObj: WriteObject = {message: message};
+  if (!Number.isNaN(flags)) {
+    writeObj.flags = flags;
+  }
+  call.write(writeObj, cb);
+}
+
+export class ClientWritableStreamImpl<RequestType> extends Writable implements
+    ClientWritableStream<RequestType> {
+  constructor(
+      private readonly call: CallStream,
+      public readonly serialize: (value: RequestType) => Buffer) {
+    super({objectMode: true});
+    call.on('metadata', (metadata: Metadata) => {
+      this.emit('metadata', metadata);
+    });
+  }
+
+  cancel(): void {
+    this.call.cancelWithStatus(Status.CANCELLED, 'Cancelled on client');
+  }
+
+  getPeer(): string {
+    return this.call.getPeer();
+  }
+
+  _write(chunk: RequestType, encoding: string, cb: Function) {
+    tryWrite<RequestType>(this.call, this.serialize, chunk, encoding, cb);
+  }
+
+  _final(cb: Function) {
+    this.call.end();
+    cb();
+  }
+}
+
+export class ClientDuplexStreamImpl<RequestType, ResponseType> extends Duplex
+    implements ClientDuplexStream<RequestType, ResponseType> {
+  constructor(
+      private readonly call: CallStream,
+      public readonly serialize: (value: RequestType) => Buffer,
+      public readonly deserialize: (chunk: Buffer) => ResponseType) {
+    super({objectMode: true});
+    call.on('metadata', (metadata: Metadata) => {
+      this.emit('metadata', metadata);
+    });
+    setUpReadableStream<ResponseType>(this, call, deserialize);
+  }
+
+  cancel(): void {
+    this.call.cancelWithStatus(Status.CANCELLED, 'Cancelled on client');
+  }
+
+  getPeer(): string {
+    return this.call.getPeer();
+  }
+
+  _read(_size: number): void {
+    this.call.resume();
+  }
+
+  _write(chunk: RequestType, encoding: string, cb: Function) {
+    tryWrite<RequestType>(this.call, this.serialize, chunk, encoding, cb);
+  }
+
+  _final(cb: Function) {
+    this.call.end();
+    cb();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/channel.ts b/src/channel.ts
index 45e5dceb..4abbdf5a 100644
--- a/src/channel.ts
+++ b/src/channel.ts
@@ -1,25 +1,30 @@
-import { CallStream } from './call-stream';
-import { ChannelCredentials } from './channel-credentials';
-import { Metadata } from './metadata';
+import {CallOptions, CallStream} from './call-stream';
+import {ChannelCredentials} from './channel-credentials';
+import {Metadata} from './metadata';
 
 /**
  * An interface that contains options used when initializing a Channel instance.
  */
-export interface ChannelOptions {}
+export interface ChannelOptions { [index: string]: string|number; }
 
 export class SubChannel {}
 
-// todo: maybe we want an interface for load balancing, but no implementation for anything complicated
+// todo: maybe we want an interface for load balancing, but no implementation
+// for anything complicated
 
 /**
- * A class that represents a communication channel to a server specified by a given address.
+ * A class that represents a communication channel to a server specified by a
+ * given address.
  */
 export class Channel {
-  constructor(address: string, credentials?: ChannelCredentials, options?: ChannelOptions) {
+  constructor(
+      address: string, credentials?: ChannelCredentials,
+      options?: ChannelOptions) {
     throw new Error();
   }
 
-  createStream(methodName: string, metadata: Metadata) : CallStream {
+  createStream(methodName: string, metadata: Metadata, options: CallOptions):
+      CallStream {
     throw new Error();
   }
 
diff --git a/src/client.ts b/src/client.ts
index f5134d51..e289284c 100644
--- a/src/client.ts
+++ b/src/client.ts
@@ -1,19 +1,245 @@
-import { ClientUnaryCall } from './call'
-import { Metadata } from './metadata'
+import {ClientDuplexStream, ClientDuplexStreamImpl, ClientReadableStream, ClientReadableStreamImpl, ClientUnaryCall, ClientUnaryCallImpl, ClientWritableStream, ClientWritableStreamImpl, ServiceError, ServiceErrorImpl} from './call';
+import {CallOptions, CallStream, StatusObject, WriteObject} from './call-stream';
+import {Channel, ChannelOptions} from './channel';
+import {ChannelCredentials} from './channel-credentials';
+import {Status} from './constants';
+import {Metadata} from './metadata';
 
-export interface CallOptions {}
+export interface UnaryCallback<ResponseType> {
+  (err: ServiceError|null, value?: ResponseType): void;
+}
 
 export class Client {
-  makeUnaryRequest<RequestType, ResponseType>(
-    method: string,
-    serialize: (value: RequestType) => Buffer,
-    deserialize: (value: Buffer) => ResponseType,
-    argument: RequestType,
-    metadata?: Metadata,
-    options?: CallOptions,
-    callback?: (err?: Error, value?: ResponseType) => void
-  ): ClientUnaryCall {
-    throw new Error();
+  private readonly channel: Channel;
+  constructor(
+      address: string, credentials: ChannelCredentials,
+      options: ChannelOptions = {}) {
+    if (options['grpc.primary_user_agent']) {
+      options['grpc.primary_user_agent'] += ' ';
+    } else {
+      options['grpc.primary_user_agent'] = '';
+    }
+    // TODO(murgatroid99): Figure out how to get version number
+    // options['grpc.primary_user_agent'] += 'grpc-node/' + version;
+    this.channel = new Channel(address, credentials, options);
   }
-  // TODO: Do for other method types and overloads
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+
+  close(): void {
+    this.channel.close();
+  }
+
+  waitForReady(deadline: Date|number, callback: (error: Error|null) => void):
+      void {
+    throw new Error('waitForReady is not yet implemented');
+  }
+
+  private handleUnaryResponse<ResponseType>(
+      call: CallStream, deserialize: (value: Buffer) => ResponseType,
+      callback: UnaryCallback<ResponseType>): void {
+    let responseMessage: ResponseType|null = null;
+    call.on('data', (data: Buffer) => {
+      if (responseMessage != null) {
+        call.cancelWithStatus(Status.INTERNAL, 'Too many responses received');
+      }
+      try {
+        responseMessage = deserialize(data);
+      } catch (e) {
+        call.cancelWithStatus(
+            Status.INTERNAL, 'Failed to parse server response');
+      }
+    });
+    call.on('end', () => {
+      if (responseMessage == null) {
+        call.cancelWithStatus(Status.INTERNAL, 'Not enough responses received');
+      }
+    });
+    call.on('status', (status: StatusObject) => {
+      /* We assume that call emits status after it emits end, and that it
+       * accounts for any cancelWithStatus calls up until it emits status.
+       * Therefore, considering the above event handlers, status.code should be
+       * OK if and only if we have a non-null responseMessage */
+      if (status.code === Status.OK) {
+        callback(null, responseMessage as ResponseType);
+      } else {
+        const error = new ServiceErrorImpl(status.details);
+        error.code = status.code;
+        error.metadata = status.metadata;
+        callback(error);
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
+  private checkOptionalUnaryResponseArguments<ResponseType>(
+      arg1: Metadata|CallOptions|UnaryCallback<ResponseType>,
+      arg2?: CallOptions|UnaryCallback<ResponseType>,
+      arg3?: UnaryCallback<ResponseType>): {
+    metadata: Metadata,
+    options: CallOptions,
+    callback: UnaryCallback<ResponseType>
+  } {
+    if (arg1 instanceof Function) {
+      return {metadata: new Metadata(), options: {}, callback: arg1};
+    } else if (arg2 instanceof Function) {
+      if (arg1 instanceof Metadata) {
+        return {metadata: arg1, options: {}, callback: arg2};
+      } else {
+        return {metadata: new Metadata(), options: arg1, callback: arg2};
+      }
+    } else {
+      if (!((arg1 instanceof Metadata) && (arg2 instanceof Object) &&
+            (arg3 instanceof Function))) {
+        throw new Error('Incorrect arguments passed');
+      }
+      return {metadata: arg1, options: arg2, callback: arg3};
+    }
+  }
+
+  makeUnaryRequest<RequestType, ResponseType>(
+      method: string, serialize: (value: RequestType) => Buffer,
+      deserialize: (value: Buffer) => ResponseType, argument: RequestType,
+      metadata: Metadata, options: CallOptions,
+      callback: UnaryCallback<ResponseType>): ClientUnaryCall;
+  makeUnaryRequest<RequestType, ResponseType>(
+      method: string, serialize: (value: RequestType) => Buffer,
+      deserialize: (value: Buffer) => ResponseType, argument: RequestType,
+      metadata: Metadata,
+      callback: UnaryCallback<ResponseType>): ClientUnaryCall;
+  makeUnaryRequest<RequestType, ResponseType>(
+      method: string, serialize: (value: RequestType) => Buffer,
+      deserialize: (value: Buffer) => ResponseType, argument: RequestType,
+      options: CallOptions,
+      callback: UnaryCallback<ResponseType>): ClientUnaryCall;
+  makeUnaryRequest<RequestType, ResponseType>(
+      method: string, serialize: (value: RequestType) => Buffer,
+      deserialize: (value: Buffer) => ResponseType, argument: RequestType,
+      callback: UnaryCallback<ResponseType>): ClientUnaryCall;
+
+  makeUnaryRequest<RequestType, ResponseType>(
+      method: string, serialize: (value: RequestType) => Buffer,
+      deserialize: (value: Buffer) => ResponseType, argument: RequestType,
+      metadata: Metadata|CallOptions|UnaryCallback<ResponseType>,
+      options?: CallOptions|UnaryCallback<ResponseType>,
+      callback?: UnaryCallback<ResponseType>): ClientUnaryCall {
+    ({metadata, options, callback} =
+         this.checkOptionalUnaryResponseArguments<ResponseType>(
+             metadata, options, callback));
+    const call: CallStream =
+        this.channel.createStream(method, metadata, options);
+    const emitter: ClientUnaryCall = new ClientUnaryCallImpl(call);
+    const message: Buffer = serialize(argument);
+    const writeObj: WriteObject = {message: message};
+    writeObj.flags = options.flags;
+    call.write(writeObj);
+    call.end();
+    this.handleUnaryResponse<ResponseType>(call, deserialize, callback);
+    return emitter;
+  }
+
+  makeClientStreamRequest<RequestType, ResponseType>(
+      method: string, serialize: (value: RequestType) => Buffer,
+      deserialize: (value: Buffer) => ResponseType, metadata: Metadata,
+      options: CallOptions,
+      callback: UnaryCallback<ResponseType>): ClientWritableStream<RequestType>;
+  makeClientStreamRequest<RequestType, ResponseType>(
+      method: string, serialize: (value: RequestType) => Buffer,
+      deserialize: (value: Buffer) => ResponseType, metadata: Metadata,
+      callback: UnaryCallback<ResponseType>): ClientWritableStream<RequestType>;
+  makeClientStreamRequest<RequestType, ResponseType>(
+      method: string, serialize: (value: RequestType) => Buffer,
+      deserialize: (value: Buffer) => ResponseType, options: CallOptions,
+      callback: UnaryCallback<ResponseType>): ClientWritableStream<RequestType>;
+  makeClientStreamRequest<RequestType, ResponseType>(
+      method: string, serialize: (value: RequestType) => Buffer,
+      deserialize: (value: Buffer) => ResponseType,
+      callback: UnaryCallback<ResponseType>): ClientWritableStream<RequestType>;
+
+  makeClientStreamRequest<RequestType, ResponseType>(
+      method: string, serialize: (value: RequestType) => Buffer,
+      deserialize: (value: Buffer) => ResponseType,
+      metadata: Metadata|CallOptions|UnaryCallback<ResponseType>,
+      options?: CallOptions|UnaryCallback<ResponseType>,
+      callback?: UnaryCallback<ResponseType>):
+      ClientWritableStream<RequestType> {
+    ({metadata, options, callback} =
+         this.checkOptionalUnaryResponseArguments<ResponseType>(
+             metadata, options, callback));
+    const call: CallStream =
+        this.channel.createStream(method, metadata, options);
+    const stream: ClientWritableStream<RequestType> =
+        new ClientWritableStreamImpl<RequestType>(call, serialize);
+    this.handleUnaryResponse<ResponseType>(call, deserialize, callback);
+    return stream;
+  }
+
+  private checkMetadataAndOptions(
+      arg1?: Metadata|CallOptions,
+      arg2?: CallOptions): {metadata: Metadata, options: CallOptions} {
+    let metadata: Metadata;
+    let options: CallOptions;
+    if (arg1 instanceof Metadata) {
+      metadata = arg1;
+      if (arg2) {
+        options = arg2;
+      } else {
+        options = {};
+      }
+    } else {
+      if (arg1) {
+        options = arg1;
+      } else {
+        options = {};
+      }
+      metadata = new Metadata();
+    }
+    return {metadata, options};
+  }
+
+  makeServerStreamRequest<RequestType, ResponseType>(
+      method: string, serialize: (value: RequestType) => Buffer,
+      deserialize: (value: Buffer) => ResponseType, argument: RequestType,
+      metadata: Metadata,
+      options?: CallOptions): ClientReadableStream<ResponseType>;
+  makeServerStreamRequest<RequestType, ResponseType>(
+      method: string, serialize: (value: RequestType) => Buffer,
+      deserialize: (value: Buffer) => ResponseType, argument: RequestType,
+      options?: CallOptions): ClientReadableStream<ResponseType>;
+  makeServerStreamRequest<RequestType, ResponseType>(
+      method: string, serialize: (value: RequestType) => Buffer,
+      deserialize: (value: Buffer) => ResponseType, argument: RequestType,
+      metadata?: Metadata|CallOptions,
+      options?: CallOptions): ClientReadableStream<ResponseType> {
+    ({metadata, options} = this.checkMetadataAndOptions(metadata, options));
+    const call: CallStream =
+        this.channel.createStream(method, metadata, options);
+    const stream: ClientReadableStream<ResponseType> =
+        new ClientReadableStreamImpl<ResponseType>(call, deserialize);
+    const message: Buffer = serialize(argument);
+    const writeObj: WriteObject = {message: message};
+    writeObj.flags = options.flags;
+    call.write(writeObj);
+    call.end();
+    return stream;
+  }
+
+  makeBidiStreamRequest<RequestType, ResponseType>(
+      method: string, serialize: (value: RequestType) => Buffer,
+      deserialize: (value: Buffer) => ResponseType, metadata: Metadata,
+      options?: CallOptions): ClientDuplexStream<RequestType, ResponseType>;
+  makeBidiStreamRequest<RequestType, ResponseType>(
+      method: string, serialize: (value: RequestType) => Buffer,
+      deserialize: (value: Buffer) => ResponseType,
+      options?: CallOptions): ClientDuplexStream<RequestType, ResponseType>;
+  makeBidiStreamRequest<RequestType, ResponseType>(
+      method: string, serialize: (value: RequestType) => Buffer,
+      deserialize: (value: Buffer) => ResponseType,
+      metadata?: Metadata|CallOptions,
+      options?: CallOptions): ClientDuplexStream<RequestType, ResponseType> {
+    ({metadata, options} = this.checkMetadataAndOptions(metadata, options));
+    const call: CallStream =
+        this.channel.createStream(method, metadata, options);
+    const stream: ClientDuplexStream<RequestType, ResponseType> =
+        new ClientDuplexStreamImpl<RequestType, ResponseType>(
+            call, serialize, deserialize);
+    return stream;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/object-stream.ts b/src/object-stream.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..356dd6da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/object-stream.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+import { Readable, Writable, Duplex } from 'stream';
+
+export interface IntermediateObjectReadable<T> extends Readable {
+  read(size?: number): any & T;
+}
+
+export interface ObjectReadable<T> extends IntermediateObjectReadable<T> {
+  read(size?: number): T;
+
+  addListener(event: string, listener: Function): this;
+  emit(event: string | symbol, ...args: any[]): boolean;
+  on(event: string, listener: Function): this;
+  once(event: string, listener: Function): this;
+  prependListener(event: string, listener: Function): this;
+  prependOnceListener(event: string, listener: Function): this;
+  removeListener(event: string, listener: Function): this;
+
+  addListener(event: 'data', listener: (chunk: T) => void): this;
+  emit(event: 'data', chunk: T): boolean;
+  on(event: 'data', listener: (chunk: T) => void): this;
+  once(event: 'data', listener: (chunk: T) => void): this;
+  prependListener(event: 'data', listener: (chunk: T) => void): this;
+  prependOnceListener(event: 'data', listener: (chunk: T) => void): this;
+  removeListener(event: 'data', listener: (chunk: T) => void): this;
+}
+
+export interface IntermediateObjectWritable<T> extends Writable {
+  _write(chunk: any & T, encoding: string, callback: Function): void;
+  write(chunk: any & T, cb?: Function): boolean;
+  write(chunk: any & T, encoding?: any, cb?: Function): boolean;
+  setDefaultEncoding(encoding: string): this;
+  end(): void;
+  end(chunk: any & T, cb?: Function): void;
+  end(chunk: any & T, encoding?: any, cb?: Function): void;
+}
+
+export interface ObjectWritable<T> extends IntermediateObjectWritable<T> {
+  _write(chunk: T, encoding: string, callback: Function): void;
+  write(chunk: T, cb?: Function): boolean;
+  write(chunk: T, encoding?: any, cb?: Function): boolean;
+  setDefaultEncoding(encoding: string): this;
+  end(): void;
+  end(chunk: T, cb?: Function): void;
+  end(chunk: T, encoding?: any, cb?: Function): void;
+}
+
+export interface ObjectDuplex<T, U> extends Duplex, ObjectWritable<T>, ObjectReadable<U> {
+  read(size?: number): U;
+
+  _write(chunk: T, encoding: string, callback: Function): void;
+  write(chunk: T, cb?: Function): boolean;
+  write(chunk: T, encoding?: any, cb?: Function): boolean;
+  end(): void;
+  end(chunk: T, cb?: Function): void;
+  end(chunk: T, encoding?: any, cb?: Function): void;
+
+
+  addListener(event: string, listener: Function): this;
+  emit(event: string | symbol, ...args: any[]): boolean;
+  on(event: string, listener: Function): this;
+  once(event: string, listener: Function): this;
+  prependListener(event: string, listener: Function): this;
+  prependOnceListener(event: string, listener: Function): this;
+  removeListener(event: string, listener: Function): this;
+}