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Jack's Scar
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The scar on Jack O'Neill's eyebrow, seen here in "The Light": the origin of this small but oft-noted nick has been shrouded in mystery for many a season. But some careful visual research via the wonderful P3X595 site has revealed the truth at last! |
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Some have placed the origin of the scar in the season one episode "The Broca Divide." Jack does get a scratch above his left eye in that episode, thanks to The Touched, however it's not in the right location. In fact, it's not even on his eyebrow! |
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But some people remember Jack having the scar back in season one after all. Sure, he does, but only in the mirror universe of "There But For The Grace Of God." And it's a mirror image scar of our Jack's eventual scar. |
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Proof that Jack still doesn't have the scar by the end of season two: here he is in "Show And Tell" with an untouched brow. But that's about to change... |
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...with "1969." At the very beginning of the episode, Jack mouths off to the soldiers in the missile silo and gets a swift thump in the face with the butt of a rifle for his troubles. From a transcript of the episode: Sergeant: "The next person who shoots
his mouth off gets this, (meaning the gun) is that clear?" |
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And to show that it wasn't just a scratch, the very next episode "Out Of Mind" has the scar, faded but still present, and so it has remained to this day. |
As a bonus, from Hellblazer's transcript of Frontier #22, an interview with Richard Dean Anderson's makeup artists Jan Newman has the history behind the scar and how it's done:
The finishing touch is a nick in one eyebrow, giving the impression of a scar. It's based on a gash Newman created when Anderson's character was bashed during an adventure a couple of seasons ago [in 1969]. "He rather likes the battle-scar look," says Newman, "so I trim it up regularly."
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