Cold-callers(电话推销员) might be fraudsters and emails could be phishing scams(网络钓鱼骗局). Dotted lines of dirty money connect venal(贪赃枉法的；腐败的) Westerners with hostile powers. When a gunman tries to storm a presidential dinner(冲击总统晚宴), half the internet thinks it’s a hoax(骗局；恶作剧). Nothing and no one can be trusted, it may seem—not in real life and, these days, definitely not on TV.
电话推销可能是骗子，电子邮件可能是网络钓鱼骗局。脏钱的暗线将贪婪的西方人与敌对势力连接起来。当一名枪手试图冲击总统晚宴时，半数网络用户认为这是一场骗局。似乎没有任何事和任何人可以信任——现实生活不行，如今电视里也肯定不行。
For just as this is a heyday(全盛时期) of conspiracism(阴谋论倾向), it is becoming a golden age of conspiracies on television. The villains of crime shows and thrillers have traditionally been terrorists, mobsters and serial killers. Now they are likely to be dodgy(可疑的；靠不住的) cops, double agents and corrupt politicians. The danger is coming from inside the house—often the White House. The fear such stories dramatise is not of a lone maniac but a rogue system(失控的体制；流氓系统).
因为正当阴谋论大行其道之时，电视上的阴谋故事也在步入黄金时代。犯罪剧和惊悚片中的反派传统上是恐怖分子、黑帮和连环杀手。如今他们更可能是可疑的警察、双重间谍和腐败的政客。危险来自内部——往往是白宫内部。这些故事所戏剧化的恐惧并非源于一个单独的疯子，而是一个失控的体制。
"Secret Service" supplies the latest inside job(内部人作案) on British tellies. The head of the Russia desk at Mi6 (played by Gemma Arterton, pictured) suspects the Kremlin has a mole(内鬼；卧底) at the heart of Britain’s government. The set-up(布局；设定) has distinct echoes of "The Night Manager", a hit about spies and skulduggery(阴谋诡计), in both the sumptuous(豪华的) Mediterranean locations and the slipping of an agent into a target’s family. The dialogue has distinct echoes of every espionage show you’ve ever seen. "We can all lie to someone we love," drawls(慢吞吞地说) a spymaster on autopilot(自动化地).
《秘密特工》是英国电视上最新的内部阴谋故事。军情六处俄罗斯事务主管（由杰玛·阿特登饰演，如图）怀疑克里姆林宫在英国政府核心安插了内鬼。从奢华的地中海取景到特工潜入目标家庭的情节，该剧明显带有《夜班经理》的影子——那是一部关于间谍和阴谋的热门剧。而它的对话则带有你看过的每部间谍剧的影子。“我们都可能对爱人说谎，”一位间谍头子机械地拖长音调说。