diff --git a/src/plugins/kibana/public/discover/controllers/discover.js b/src/plugins/kibana/public/discover/controllers/discover.js
index f608a5a4db0a2..d65176013165d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/kibana/public/discover/controllers/discover.js
+++ b/src/plugins/kibana/public/discover/controllers/discover.js
@@ -323,6 +323,7 @@ define(function (require) {
        */
       var sortBy = (function () {
         if (!_.isArray(sort)) return 'implicit';
+        else if (sort[0] === '_score') return 'implicit';
         else if (sort[0] === timeField) return 'time';
         else return 'non-time';
       }());
@@ -333,6 +334,7 @@ define(function (require) {
       }
 
       $scope.updateTime();
+      if (sort[0] === '_score') segmented.setMaxSegments(1);
       segmented.setDirection(sortBy === 'time' ? (sort[1] || 'desc') : 'desc');
       segmented.setSize(sortBy === 'time' ? $scope.opts.sampleSize : false);
 
diff --git a/src/ui/public/courier/fetch/request/_segmented_handle.js b/src/ui/public/courier/fetch/request/_segmented_handle.js
index a75badae29e1c..d12b5a10679b3 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/courier/fetch/request/_segmented_handle.js
+++ b/src/ui/public/courier/fetch/request/_segmented_handle.js
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ define(function (require) {
       // export a couple methods from the request
       this.setDirection = _.bindKey(req, 'setDirection');
       this.setSize = _.bindKey(req, 'setSize');
+      this.setMaxSegments = _.bindKey(req, 'setMaxSegments');
     }
 
     return SegmentedHandle;
diff --git a/src/ui/public/courier/fetch/request/segmented.js b/src/ui/public/courier/fetch/request/segmented.js
index 41e97f2880c5b..0f39c3000ad16 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/courier/fetch/request/segmented.js
+++ b/src/ui/public/courier/fetch/request/segmented.js
@@ -118,6 +118,15 @@ define(function (require) {
      ** SegmentedReq specific methods
      *********/
 
+    /**
+     * Set the sort total number of segments to emit
+     *
+     * @param {number}
+     */
+    SegmentedReq.prototype.setMaxSegments = function (maxSegments) {
+      this._maxSegments = Math.max(_.parseInt(maxSegments), 1);
+    };
+
     /**
      * Set the sort direction for the request.
      *
diff --git a/src/ui/public/doc_table/doc_table.html b/src/ui/public/doc_table/doc_table.html
index 81f80613d4099..7d608e3d0c1fb 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/doc_table/doc_table.html
+++ b/src/ui/public/doc_table/doc_table.html
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
         sorting="sorting">
       </thead>
       <tbody>
-        <tr ng-repeat="row in page|limitTo:limit track by row._index+row._type+row._id"
+        <tr ng-repeat="row in page|limitTo:limit track by row._index+row._type+row._id+row._score"
           kbn-table-row="row"
           columns="columns"
           sorting="sorting"
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
       sorting="sorting">
     </thead>
     <tbody>
-      <tr ng-repeat="row in hits|limitTo:limit track by row._index+row._type+row._id"
+      <tr ng-repeat="row in hits|limitTo:limit track by row._index+row._type+row._id+row._score"
         kbn-table-row="row"
         columns="columns"
         sorting="sorting"