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At the beginning of this wild season on 24, the producers graciously asked Gregory Itzkin what he'd like to see happen with character, President Charles Logan.

"I said 'I'd like to be hero,' " Itkin says. "I'd like Logan to turn out to be the guy in the big white hat."

So much for the opinion of actors. With only a handful of episodes left in Day 5, Logan has emerged as the dark force behind a White House scandal that makes Watergate look like a couple of parkiing tickets. Contrary to everyone's perception, Logan's not the bumbling, indecisive hasl-wit-inchief but rather the man who materminded the plot to steal Sentox nerve gas and assasinate David Palmer. The president has ties to shadow people in the govt, like Walt Cummings, who wasn't a suicide after all, and even the Russian Terrorists are in Logan's pockets.

From a show standpoint, it's a series high point after a season of staggering twists and surprises. As coexec producer Evan Katz says, "I don't think anything like this has happened n TV. We've taken the most important person in the world - the pres. of the US - and revealed him as a true villain.

But good television sometimes takes its toll on TV performers. Itkin, a veteran Tony-nominated character actor whose TV credits stretch back to Mork & Mindy, admits he was devastated by the plot develoopment. "I got very depressed for a while," he says. "As an actor, you want to be loved or liked, and when the guy you're playing suddenly turns evil, you feel marginalized. It sounds silly to verbalize, but you start thinking, 'What happens if Jack Bauer, America's avnging angel, doesn't like me anymore?' "

It doesn't helot that Itkin, who's married to Judie, an artist, and has a son and daughter, spends his downtime with his good friend Dennis Haysbert, the 24 pres that fans adored. "Dennis and I go golfing alot," Itzin says, "and they'll say, 'Oh President Palmer! I can't believe they killed you.' Then they turn around and see me. The looks on their faces, it's a curtain of hatred. They'll turn to Dennis and say, "that's the bad pres.' It hurts."

IF TV Guides' intelligence on the rest of S5 is accurate, Itzin should probably consider hiding our in a bunker somewhere. "I think we're looking at an inevitable face-off between Jack and the pres, good vs. evil," Katz says. "24's never seen a showdown like this one."

Itzin is just trying to get his head around it all. On the 24 set, there's a fan phone (310-597-3781) that gives lucky viewers occasional chances to chat with the show's stars. When I talk to fans, I get that they love to hate the pres, and that's fine," Itzin says. "I thing the challenge in this role is to be very good makiing him very bad, and perhaps out of that, something good will come."