She's sorry she tried to shoot the little girl, but she knows she shot — will shoot — the Doctor. The girl only asks once again to be saved, and then the Silence come into the room. At NASA, the Doctor had been captured for breaking into Apollo 11, fiddling with the wiring and basically breaking the law.
He claims that he's on a mission from the President, but his captors aren't exactly believing him. Until Nixon walks into the room, River and Rory at his sides. He congratulates the men for their good work and dedication to America, and says what fine work the Doctor is doing, even if he is confused by what exactly that work is. The Doctor is set free, and cheerfully leaves. Oh, and Rory manages to break a scale model of the lunar module and can't feign an American accent.
Or salute. Canton is in an office, asking the forgetful orphanage man questions. He barely seems to know why he's here. He knows that he must take care of the girl, because "that's important.
A Silent comes in, and Canton subtly turns on the recorder in his hand, and begins asking the creature questions. How long have they been here? Do they have weapons? Turns out that they've been here for a long time. A long, long time. Since humans discovered fire, since we developed the wheel, they have been here, and have manipulated us since.
They don't even need weapons. They just take the technology of whatever culture they're leeching off, and implant post-hypnotic suggestions to steer innovation into the right direction.
And right now, what they need more than anything is a space suit, though it'll be a while before we find out why. So they steered humankind towards the Moon. Canton hears Amy scream in the background, and decides that Americans do need weapons. He shoots the Silent and runs after Amy. He hears her screaming behind the door, and is about to break it down, before the Doctor appears and opens it with the sonic screwdriver. They burst through, but find Amy nowhere in sight, although her screams fill the whole room.
The astronaut's spacesuit lies on the ground, ripped open. On the ground, a little red light flashes. They pulled the chip out of her hand, and the feed is still going live; they can hear Amy screaming and pleading. Rory vows that he will save her, and that she knows he will, because Amy should always know.
To track her down they investigate the spacesuit, which seems constructed as a life support system for a human girl, albeit one who is strong enough to break out of it herself. Rory, holding the chip, listens to Amy's screams, wishing he could help her. Now she's talking, as if she knows someone who's listening. She says she loves "you" — whom, Rory doesn't know — even though "you" think it should be the other one.
But oh, what she would give to see his stupid face again! Her life was so horrible, so boring before he dropped out of the sky The Doctor comes to console him, saying that he's doing everything he can to find Amy, but if they don't defeat the Silence it could happen again. They have to drive the Romans out of Rome, figuratively. Of course, Rome fell, but then the Doctor knew that. He was there. But then again, so was Rory. He can still remember, all those years, waiting by the Pandorica for Amy.
Not all the time, since he manages to lock the memories away when they're too painful. But years still rattle inside his brain. Back in Area 51, the wounded Silent has been imprisoned in the Doctor's old cell. Canton has got a doctor to treat it, even though that doctor can't remember doing so.
The Silent is confused. Why do they help him? Canton records everything on Amy's video phone as the creature rants, "You should kill us all on sight! But you won't remember. Meanwhile, Amy is being kept hostage in a spaceship that looks suspiciously like the one from " The Lodger ". The Silence say she's been there for "many days", but she can't remember any of it.
One thing she does know is that they are in trouble now, because wait until they see who's coming. The Doctor, Rory and River spill out, confident as ever. The Doctor boasts to the Silence that if they attack, River will shoot them dead, if she isn't too busy flirting with him, of course.
Have they seen what's on telly? It's the Moon landing, about to occur in less than five minutes. One of the most famous pieces of film in human history, so famous that every human from this day forward will look back on it in with pride and awe.
On the television, Neil Armstrong steps out. The Doctor calls Canton, who connects Amy's phone to a device. On the screen appears the film of the captured Silent: "You should kill us all on sight!
But the suggestion remains. Everyone has been ordered by post-hypnotic suggestion to kill any Silent they see. The Silence signed their own death warrant. Of course, they don't take to that very kindly, and promptly begin to attack.
River, of course, begins unleashing all of the shit on the Silence and solidifies her status as the Resident Badass, while Rory desperately tries to break Amy free of her shackles. It's no use, and Amy tells him to get his "big stupid face" out of there.
Suddenly, Rory realises that it was him she was talking about. The Doctor releases Amy using his screwdriver, and they make their escape under the cover of River's gun. Canton is dropped off again in Nixon's office, and the Doctor tells Nixon that Canton wants to get married.
Nixon is quite happy to defy people's expectations of him and be open-minded towards Canton. He suspects that Canton's partner is black. He didn't expect that it would also be a man. The moon is far enough for now, Nixon comments with some shock, and Canton's marriage plans will have to be postponed a few more decades. He challenges her about the "dropped out of the sky" line, and she tells him she was talking metaphorically. They drop River off at the Stormcage prison, and she and the Doctor flirt some more.
Finally, River pulls him in for a kiss. He reciprocates after a moment, looking rather flustered and confused, and extremely undecided on where to put his hands. He settles on hiding them behind his back. River says he's acting like they've never done that before. Students offer advice on virtual learning. Senior becomes candidate for Presidential Scholars Program. Cheer team undergoes changes. Senior artists win awards for Houston Rodeo Art Show.
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