fajrdrako | Doctor Who 6x02, 'Day of the Moon'...

This evening I watched Doctor Who "Day of the Moon". To which my reaction is, "Say what?"

Could someone explain to me what happened? What the actual plot thread was? I didn't quite get it....

There were some great moments, and some utterly confusing ones.

I thought the whole plot was about the little girl, about figuring out who she was and why she shot the Doctor. But they just... stopped looking for her.
Why were the Silence interested in the little girl? Because they wanted to examine a Time Lord?
Though they were spooky - the distillation of childhood nightmares of things that go bump in the night - I thought the Silence's invasion of Earth was the most benign invasion I've ever seen in science fiction. If your subject race doesn't know they are your subject race... That seems pretty harmless to me. Maybe like having bacteria living in our bodies. Something that's been with us forever, silently, mostly without our knowledge, certainly without our consent. Not pretty. But... villainous? No. Just there.
Loved the line about Canton wanting to marry a black man.
Liked seeing the Doctor teasing Nixon. In fact, I thought the scenes with the two of them were terrific.
I assumed the Silence were based on "The Scream" and were supposed to be a symbol of our collective fears. Since I didn't find them very scary, that didn't quite work for me. But it was a cool idea. Reminds me of Marvel's "Fear Itself" storyline.
That little girl: are we supposed to think she is a young Time Lord and the daughter of Amy and the Doctor? Is this a tease which will never be explained, or one which will be explained?
Was Rory whining? Though he had great moments, I didn't think he was at his best this week.
I hated hearing Amy cry. That's not Amy-like, even if she's scared. Especially if she's scared.
I like the way we're being teased about the Amy/Rory/Doctor relationship, without ever pinning it down. Is it a love triangle, rivalry, polyamory, hero-worship, a casual three-way crush, some mix of all the above, or none of it? At the same time, it's a little frustrating to have the relationships and the feelings so ambiguous and inchoate.
When River Song teased the Doctor about doing carpentry with his sonic screwdriver, I almost screamed, "Captain Jack"! Once again, I see River Song as a Jack-substitute, and find myself irritated because I wish it were Jack in that role. Except for the living backwards in relation to the Doctor bit. Which makes less sense to me every time it's mentioned.
At least the Doctor/River kiss we saw this time seems to put paid to the idea that she's his mother or sister. It all looks pretty sexual to me, except that we seem to be skipping all the parts where it seems sexual to him.
Loved it when River Song fell into the swimming pool. One of the best Doctor Who moments in a long time.
Oh Rory! You do wear period costume so well.
After the episode we were talking about the similarities with "Blink", and how "Blink" made such a tight, strong story, complete in one episode, and how it made so much sense - including good use of a complex time paradox. This plot seemed to be a swirl of loose ends in comparison. Loose ends with no centre point.
Loved the scene of River Song shooting the villains, and "welcome to America". Gun jokes. An articulation of the Doctor's mixed feelings on the point. And again, I really missed Jack in that scene. He belonged there. (Allow me my benign fixation on the character.)
Loved the box/prison that nothing could get into or out of. But you just knew the TARDIS could. And I loved the way people started walking out of it, including President Nixon.
Have I mentioned that I love Canton Delaware? Not just because he was played by Mark Sheppard, either. There was much to love. Including his name. There's something about the way Doctor Who traditionally names American characters. British characters in the shows are named Smith or Jones. Americans have names like Canton Delaware.