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Top 5 TV Villains of 2010 - Part 1

Something about villains inspires me. Hopefully not inspired to do real evil in the world, but just to keep watching my favorite show to see what happens next. Maybe it's the emotional interplay between the heroes and the villains that grabs my heart and keeps me glued to the screen. But whatever it is, I have to admit some shows wouldn't be worth watching without someone to despise, or vicarously live out my most diabolical fantasy. Sometimes the great villains actually believe they're doing the right thing, and I think that's true of the following top 5 villains that have inspired me this year.

First up is President Charles Logan (not because he's the baddest villain, but his next appearance is tonight and I can hardly wait). He played this character brilliantly on a previous season of 24, but somehow actor Gregory Itzin has brought even more sub-surface evil to his portrayal in this final season, and I'm so glad he's back. What he's done that's so bad: A cover-up of the assassinations of a foreign president and Jack Bauer's girlfriend, he protects the perpetrators and even asks them to eliminate Jack, all so Logan can have a "public face" on a historic peace treaty. Tonight, Jack Bauer (who's actually quite villainously played by Kiefer Sutherland this year) is going to confront President Logan directly after an impossible one-man ambush of the presidential convoy, and I'm chomping at the bit to see how the slippery Logan reacts to the situation.

Enjoy this clip of Cherry Jones and Gregory Itzin on Charles Logan:

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