是，首相第二季

YM加上YPM我也就大概看了十来遍吧。 虽说情节已烂熟于心，问一句哪几集或者哪些梗印象最深刻，还真没法回答，因为根本是每五分钟一个高能啊，字字玑珠。 最无情的是时间。在第一，二季曾经一集一个点子的Jim， 公开政府，公开访问，节约运动， 国民信息库，仁爱社会，无功受禄，到最后神来一笔的质询会上的”真正的忠诚“。离不开酒杯，媒体，民调的Jim。动不动就做出”视死如归“状, 却又最经不起惊吓的大臣。第三季大概可以称得上”过渡季“，Jim不再那么频繁地跳脚，却把利益交换，或者说是”双赢“技能用的越来越娴熟。另一方面，他作为主编出身的某些硬技能开始发光，”库朗玫瑰香水罐“ 结尾转守为攻怒怼记着，”交通总管“ 结尾不动声色地用泄密威胁Anorld。直到圣诞特辑，Jim意料之外却又情理之中的成为PM，前一秒还在傻白甜，下一秒就施展出”杀手本能”。 YPM两季，真的，明显感觉到主演都老了。由于演员身体原因，Jim基本没怎么站起来过。Bernard 也少了YM中那种俏皮感。当上PM的Jim胜局多了不少，腹黑本质也暴露不少，利用卫生大臣施压财政部，利用Dorothy制约Humphrey。反观Humphrey，头发已经花白，屡次处于下风中的狼狈让人心疼，”钥匙风波“ 里气急败坏锤门甚至爬窗子，灰头土脸的站在窗台上还触响了警报，再想想 ”节约运动“中他托着下巴，看着沾沾自喜的自家大臣狡黠一笑....💔 Bernard是注定要做接班人的，这个”天然黑“的私人秘书角色5季以来倒是没怎么自主变过，都是被动得”步步高升”。从刚开始一仆二主的战战兢兢，到Jim当上PM后提携他直接进NO.10，再到YPM中已不再居于Humphrey之下。危机时刻（香水罐子，首相回忆录）有Humphrey救场，时不时还能聆听GCMG Anorld的教导。偏偏，最最关键时候力挽狂澜的也是他。比如YPM里，当Jim想将Humprey的人事调动权分给Frank “性命攸关”的当下，他及时提醒Humphrey重得Jim的信任，还有最后一集的录音带事件，简直可以称得上开金手指了。 看完了，再看那些“回忆录”性质的相关文，深深体会到，最好的喜剧其实是悲剧。

EP 2

This is how you deal with questions. If you have nothing to say, say nothing. Better still, have something to say and say it, no matter what they ask. Pay no attention to the question, just make your own statement. Then if they ask the question again, what you say is, "That's not the question," or "I think the real question is..." And then you make another statement of your own.

EP 4

Basic rule of the city... If you are incompetent, you have to be honest; if you are crooked, you have tobe clever

When you wish to suggest that somebody is not the ideal choice, the first stage is to express absolute support. You don't want to say somebody's no good. You must be seen to be their friend. After all, it is necessary to get behind someone before you can stab them in the back.

That's the second stage. You list his praiseworthy qualities, especially those that make him unsuitable for the job. You praise them to the point where they become a vice. That's the third stage. Or, better still, you over-simplify his views by labelling them, as you just did.

The fourth stage. You name all his bad points by defending and excusing them. You know

- "Oh, it probably doesn't matter that he was a conscientious objector. - "I'm sure nobody's really questioned his patriotism. - "Or "I think the criticisms of him for bankrupting his last company "weren't entirely fair."

- That would certainly do it. - If not, you can always hint at a hidden scandal. - If he's not married, hint at homosexuality. - If he is married? - Adultery. - What if he's obviously happily married?

- Say he's extremely puritanical or he drinks or he's having psychiatric treatment. The possibilities are endless.

Ep 7

Tempora mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis.

- Times change and we change with the times.

Half of them are your enemies and the other half are the sort of friends that make you prefer your enemies.

这里不讨论具体文化差异有哪些，是感叹一下文化差异真的好多，你以为背完那些托福，雅思词汇就足够融入当地社会和文化圈了吗。

不，托福雅思只能保证你生存，并且能上课，其他各种乱七八糟的俚语，这些东西词汇简直跟托福，雅思一样多。同时如果你要出国的话，还需要了解他们的历史，娱乐和周边的国家和各种生活常识。

现在回想起来这类喜剧只有20%的笑点，我能看懂，经过人解说之后，我能看懂60%。

就像上一部汉弗莱利举英国政府浪费钱的项目，说一个项目观众就笑一次，编剧本来设计的就是一个词让观众笑一次

在哈克从大臣到首相的诸多岁月里，办公场景从内务部大臣办公室到了唐宁街十号，政客与官僚系统的掣肘不断进行着。政策的提出与再提出、利益的平衡与再平衡、权力的斗争与再斗争、道德的真空与再真空、真相的消失与再消失，不断演绎着。 漫长岁月里，头发变得花白，语言变得得体，人格变得圆滑，待遇变得丰厚，爵位变得提升。其他的事情，一如哈克没有成为大臣、汉弗莱没有成为常务秘书之前。 改革的愿景总是在现实与选票的压力下，在官僚体系的支配下，连同他们步入这个体系之前的道德，一同消失了。 从报社编辑到首相，好像经历了很多，又好像没经历任何事情。在写这篇感受之前，我感慨万千、如坐针毡，一种迫切地想要升华的、想要议论的表达感，像即将爆炸的气球泄了气一般，恰如哈克的抱负，在我写完这些文字之后，消失得无影无踪。 It is so funny, and it is so boring. 如此制约的体系尚且如此。