1 00:00:37,287 --> 00:00:38,537 NARRATOR: The film which you are about to see 2 00:00:38,664 --> 00:00:43,754 is an account of the crimes committed by Karen Bird and Jack Blueblood. 3 00:00:43,877 --> 00:00:49,627 By June of 1974, they would be responsible for 11 homicides 4 00:00:49,758 --> 00:00:52,678 and wanted dead or alive in six USS states. 5 00:01:04,940 --> 00:01:08,230 Karen Bird was born in the shadow of the Appalachian Mountains 6 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:12,780 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on January 24th 1956. 7 00:01:12,906 --> 00:01:14,946 She weighed six pounds eight ounces 8 00:01:15,075 --> 00:01:19,745 and was described by the hospital staff as being a particularly pleasant baby. 9 00:01:21,331 --> 00:01:24,211 Jack Blueblood was born a half-breed seven years earlier 10 00:01:24,334 --> 00:01:27,424 on an Indian reservation in South Dakota. 11 00:01:28,297 --> 00:01:30,377 His dather was a Lakota Sioux 12 00:01:30,507 --> 00:01:34,177 and his mother, who died giving birth, was Irish Catholic. 13 00:01:35,929 --> 00:01:39,639 Try as he might, Jack's father could never forgive his son 14 00:01:39,767 --> 00:01:42,057 for taking away the love of his life. 15 00:01:42,186 --> 00:01:44,266 (BEATING) 16 00:01:45,856 --> 00:01:50,486 Not a day went by that young Jack wasn't reminded of his guilt. 17 00:01:50,611 --> 00:01:56,621 Unlike Jack, Karen grew up a model child in a model American town. 18 00:01:56,742 --> 00:02:00,702 The only symptom of her budding misbehavior was an aversion to church, 19 00:02:00,829 --> 00:02:05,999 and CCD, and an obsession with guns. 20 00:02:06,126 --> 00:02:08,036 (CLATTERS) 21 00:02:08,170 --> 00:02:11,130 Jack inherited from his mother a sweet tooth, 22 00:02:11,256 --> 00:02:14,676 her good looks, and an extensive record collection. 23 00:02:16,011 --> 00:02:22,601 When Elvis Presley broke in 1955, Jack became his disciple. 24 00:02:25,646 --> 00:02:29,396 ln EIvis and his music, Jack felt something ancient. 25 00:02:29,525 --> 00:02:33,605 Something primal. He feIt freedom. 26 00:02:36,156 --> 00:02:40,446 Both Jack and Karen would continue to lead aimless, reckless lives 27 00:02:40,577 --> 00:02:43,157 throughout their adolescence, 28 00:02:43,288 --> 00:02:48,128 both searching for something better, something more, 29 00:02:48,252 --> 00:02:52,302 something elusive they couldn't quite define. 30 00:02:52,422 --> 00:02:56,432 lt was only a matter of time before this yearning led them to one another. 31 00:02:58,512 --> 00:02:59,972 They would eventually meet 32 00:03:00,097 --> 00:03:02,137 at the Second Chances RehabiIitation CIinic 33 00:03:02,266 --> 00:03:04,136 located in Floodwood, Michigan. 34 00:03:05,310 --> 00:03:08,310 Karen was sent there involuntarily by her parents 35 00:03:08,438 --> 00:03:10,308 after she was suspended from high school 36 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:14,990 and turned to nicotine, vodka and teenage boys. 37 00:03:15,863 --> 00:03:19,533 Jack was sent there by the state for his barbiturate addiction 38 00:03:19,658 --> 00:03:23,828 and an increasingly abnormal obsession with Elvis Presley. 39 00:03:23,954 --> 00:03:26,254 WeII, at the time of your evaIuation, 40 00:03:26,373 --> 00:03:29,503 you said that EIvis was straying from the righteous path 41 00:03:29,626 --> 00:03:33,586 and it was your duty to guide his souI to saIvation. 42 00:03:33,714 --> 00:03:35,214 Yep. 43 00:03:36,425 --> 00:03:39,545 Diagnosed with a delusional disorder, 44 00:03:39,678 --> 00:03:44,678 Jack was prescribed daily sessions of electroshock therapy 45 00:03:44,808 --> 00:03:46,978 at twice the recommended dosage. 46 00:03:47,102 --> 00:03:48,732 (SIZZLES) 47 00:03:51,064 --> 00:03:56,944 on March 13th 1974, Karen and Jack would cross paths for the first time, 48 00:03:57,070 --> 00:03:59,780 setting in motion one of the most destructive love affairs 49 00:03:59,907 --> 00:04:02,197 in the annals of US crime. 50 00:04:02,326 --> 00:04:03,826 JACK: Get your fuckin' paws off me, man! 51 00:04:03,952 --> 00:04:07,832 My peopIe was born here in this dirt and I'II do as I goddamn pIease! 52 00:04:08,916 --> 00:04:10,286 Can I heIp you? 53 00:04:10,417 --> 00:04:11,417 (CLATTERS) 54 00:04:37,778 --> 00:04:42,908 So what's a pretty girl Iike you doing here stuck with aII these juggIe heads? 55 00:04:43,033 --> 00:04:45,373 I don't know. 56 00:04:45,494 --> 00:04:49,334 My parents thought I shouId take it easy for a whiIe, I guess. 57 00:04:49,456 --> 00:04:52,536 - I got nerves. - Yeah, they say I got the nerves too. 58 00:04:53,752 --> 00:04:57,092 I mean, how can't a smart person with a brain have the nerves? 59 00:04:57,214 --> 00:05:00,054 You see the world we Iive in? You gotta wonder. 60 00:05:00,175 --> 00:05:02,295 It's the peopIe that don't have nerves 61 00:05:02,427 --> 00:05:05,047 who shouId be Iocked up in here, I think. 62 00:05:05,180 --> 00:05:09,310 - They're the reaI suspicious ones. - Yeah, I guess. 63 00:05:11,603 --> 00:05:14,733 - So what's your name? - Karen. 64 00:05:14,856 --> 00:05:17,976 - That's a pretty name. - Thanka. 65 00:05:18,902 --> 00:05:21,322 My name's Jack BIuebIood. 66 00:05:21,446 --> 00:05:23,446 (CHATTER OVER WALKIE-TALKIE) 67 00:05:27,703 --> 00:05:28,833 Can I see you again? 68 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:32,960 - Maybe. - I gotta get. 69 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:45,220 Hey. He's in the Iadies' room. 70 00:05:51,601 --> 00:05:53,021 (MUFFLED VOICES) 71 00:05:53,145 --> 00:05:54,185 - (LOUD THUD) - GUARD: Ow! 72 00:05:54,312 --> 00:05:56,522 (GLASS SHATTERS) 73 00:05:56,648 --> 00:06:00,858 I just don't wanna be some... 74 00:06:02,029 --> 00:06:03,859 Chattanooga chambermaid. 75 00:06:04,656 --> 00:06:06,906 I want something different. 76 00:06:08,035 --> 00:06:09,655 Like what, Karen? 77 00:06:11,621 --> 00:06:16,331 - I don't know reaIIy. - And that is the crux of your anxiety. 78 00:06:17,377 --> 00:06:19,207 The unknown. 79 00:06:21,256 --> 00:06:24,126 - You mind if I have a smoke? - No. 80 00:06:34,853 --> 00:06:37,693 - Dr Sanborn, can I ask you something? - Of course. 81 00:06:38,940 --> 00:06:42,150 Why is that Jack BIuebIood guy here? 82 00:06:42,277 --> 00:06:45,817 Because he hears voices in his head that teII him to kiII. 83 00:06:46,656 --> 00:06:49,656 - I aIso think he might be queer. - (LAUGHS) 84 00:06:49,785 --> 00:06:52,745 You can Iaugh if you want to but Jack BIuebIood is a very dangerous man. 85 00:06:52,871 --> 00:06:56,581 You need to stay away from him. Trust me. 86 00:07:06,802 --> 00:07:10,512 On top of soIar fkares and sun spots, 87 00:07:10,639 --> 00:07:13,219 what I'm reaIIy most freaked about is pandemics. 88 00:07:14,518 --> 00:07:16,438 Toby! Get! 89 00:07:21,316 --> 00:07:23,226 Checkmate. 90 00:07:25,737 --> 00:07:29,197 LittIe birdie toId me you snitched on my hiding spot. 91 00:07:29,324 --> 00:07:30,574 Oh, yeah? 92 00:07:30,700 --> 00:07:35,290 Look, sugar tits, I don't know who the fuck you think you are, 93 00:07:35,413 --> 00:07:37,123 but there's ruIes around here. 94 00:07:37,249 --> 00:07:39,039 Don't caII me sugar tits. 95 00:07:39,167 --> 00:07:43,417 RuIe number one, I'II caII you whatever the fuck I wanna caII you. 96 00:07:43,547 --> 00:07:46,467 RuIe two, do not cross me. 97 00:07:49,136 --> 00:07:52,926 I carry artiIIery in my boot just Iike the King and I ain't afraid to use it. 98 00:07:54,057 --> 00:07:57,057 I'm 50% Irish, 50% Lakota Sioux. 99 00:08:02,107 --> 00:08:04,277 I'm 100% white trash. 100 00:08:08,363 --> 00:08:11,203 NARRATOR: Jack and Karen fell for each other quickly. 101 00:08:16,538 --> 00:08:19,458 According to an entry in Karen's diary at the time, 102 00:08:19,583 --> 00:08:22,543 Jack is unlike anyone she'd ever met before. 103 00:08:22,669 --> 00:08:24,799 KAREN: Sure, he's crazy but he's alive. 104 00:08:25,672 --> 00:08:28,342 He's got mercury for blood and fire in his eyes. 105 00:08:28,466 --> 00:08:30,966 And although he might look rough and primitive, 106 00:08:31,094 --> 00:08:33,604 deep down he's sensitive and kind. 107 00:08:33,722 --> 00:08:36,972 Last week at movie night, he cried during "Pride of the Yankees", 108 00:08:37,100 --> 00:08:41,770 and he whittled me a statuette of the Virgin Mary out of a bar of Lava. 109 00:08:43,315 --> 00:08:45,765 He says that sometimes his head feels like it's crowded 110 00:08:45,901 --> 00:08:49,821 with a bunch of black dogs who won't quit barking. lt drives him mad. 111 00:08:50,947 --> 00:08:52,867 And l can relate to that feeling. 112 00:08:53,825 --> 00:08:57,615 Plus we tell each other secrets we ain't never told anyone before. 113 00:08:57,746 --> 00:09:02,786 When I was eight years oId, I kiIIed a baby bIuebird just to watch it die. 114 00:09:02,918 --> 00:09:04,498 I feeI bad about that. 115 00:09:05,837 --> 00:09:08,707 I Iike The Beach Boys more than The BeatIes. 116 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:11,720 Don't teII anyone. It's controversiaI. 117 00:09:13,053 --> 00:09:17,933 My one true dream in Iife is to step foot into the Pacific Ocean, 118 00:09:18,058 --> 00:09:23,938 feeI the warm frothy water on my Iegs, breathe in the fresh saIty air. 119 00:09:25,982 --> 00:09:27,272 Your turn. 120 00:09:29,110 --> 00:09:31,030 I hate my daddy. 121 00:09:31,154 --> 00:09:35,744 My favorite month of the year is October when the air smeIIs aII wet and fun. 122 00:09:36,660 --> 00:09:39,410 When I Iisten to EIvis, it's Iike the gospeI. 123 00:09:39,537 --> 00:09:41,367 Those two minutes and 30 seconds 124 00:09:41,498 --> 00:09:46,378 I forget I'm just a kid trapped in a box somewhere waiting to die. 125 00:09:46,503 --> 00:09:48,173 I'm free, baby. 126 00:10:08,733 --> 00:10:13,903 You are the most beautifuI, most far-out chick I've ever seen in my whoIe Iife. 127 00:10:17,409 --> 00:10:21,039 NARRATOR: Karen had never felt this way about a boy before. 128 00:10:22,205 --> 00:10:27,415 When she was with him she didn't feel that funny, lonesome feeling, 129 00:10:27,544 --> 00:10:29,754 and neither did he. 130 00:10:30,880 --> 00:10:36,180 But this carefree time would soon come to an end. 131 00:10:47,188 --> 00:10:49,398 PATIENT: FeIt Iike the waIIs were caving in, 132 00:10:49,524 --> 00:10:53,994 Iike the air was disappearing and the sky was faIIing. 133 00:10:54,112 --> 00:10:58,782 Like nothing was reaI no more and I was being erased from it aII. 134 00:11:00,410 --> 00:11:02,370 Like I was being rubbed out. 135 00:11:03,580 --> 00:11:05,790 DOCTOR: Very courageous. Thank you for sharing that. 136 00:11:05,915 --> 00:11:09,535 DOCTOR: AII right, everyone, Iet's discuss what Toby toId us. 137 00:11:14,716 --> 00:11:16,376 (KNOCKING) 138 00:11:20,930 --> 00:11:24,270 - Who's there? - JACK: It's me, baby. Open up. 139 00:11:24,392 --> 00:11:28,062 - What's the password? - JACK: Pretty pIease. Open up. 140 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:39,280 I gotta teII you something. I gotta teII you something. HoId on. 141 00:11:39,783 --> 00:11:41,033 What? 142 00:11:42,077 --> 00:11:45,697 Now, we've been going steady for a coupIe of weeka now. Right? 143 00:11:45,830 --> 00:11:48,000 So there's something you shouId know about me. 144 00:11:48,124 --> 00:11:51,884 - OK. - A coupIe of years back... 145 00:11:52,837 --> 00:11:55,917 My dead mama made contact with me. 146 00:11:56,049 --> 00:12:01,509 She toId me that I gotta kiII EIvis. 147 00:12:03,681 --> 00:12:06,811 NARRATOR: By 1972, it had become clear to Jack 148 00:12:06,935 --> 00:12:11,895 that a distinct change had occurred in EIvis and his music. 149 00:12:12,023 --> 00:12:16,943 Shortly after the "Aloha From Hawaii" special, while high on mezcal... 150 00:12:17,070 --> 00:12:18,400 (BACKWARDS SINGING) 151 00:12:18,530 --> 00:12:21,990 ...Jack accidentally spun his davorite Elvis record backwards, 152 00:12:22,117 --> 00:12:24,787 and claimed to have heard a message from his dead mother 153 00:12:24,911 --> 00:12:27,001 spinning in the grooves of the wax. 154 00:12:27,997 --> 00:12:30,957 (DISTORTED VOICE) Kill Elvis. 155 00:12:31,751 --> 00:12:48,431 Kill Elvis. 156 00:12:51,896 --> 00:12:55,066 EIvis, Iike EIvis EIvis? 157 00:12:55,191 --> 00:12:57,901 Look, I knew you were gonna say that and I know it sounds crazy, baby, 158 00:12:58,027 --> 00:13:02,407 but you gotta trust me on this one, OK? Look, I got proof. 159 00:13:03,992 --> 00:13:09,662 Elvis is pIaying the Sports CoIiseum in Los AngeIes, CaIifornia, on May 11th. 160 00:13:10,832 --> 00:13:14,382 Which aIso happens to be my dead mama's birthday. 161 00:13:14,502 --> 00:13:18,302 Now, does that sound Iike a coincidence to you? Cos it don't to me. 162 00:13:18,423 --> 00:13:21,133 - What are you trying to say? - I'm gonna bust out of here. 163 00:13:21,259 --> 00:13:24,429 I'm gonna hitch west and I'm gonna kiII the son of a bitch. 164 00:13:25,889 --> 00:13:28,349 Are you gonna come with me, sunshine? 165 00:13:28,475 --> 00:13:30,725 You always said you wanted to see the ocean. 166 00:13:34,898 --> 00:13:39,028 The beaches and the sunscreen. Don't you just Iove that smeII? 167 00:13:40,028 --> 00:13:42,148 I thought you Ioved EIvis, Jack. 168 00:13:43,948 --> 00:13:45,278 I do. 169 00:13:46,284 --> 00:13:48,914 So then why wouId your mama want you to kiII him? 170 00:13:49,871 --> 00:13:51,791 I don't know, Karen. 171 00:13:51,915 --> 00:13:56,745 I've been waiting on a sign from my mama just to make sure this is 100%, 172 00:13:56,878 --> 00:13:58,458 and then this came in the maiI today. 173 00:13:58,588 --> 00:14:02,128 This is my destiny, Karen. It's my caIIing. 174 00:14:07,764 --> 00:14:10,274 I need you to come with me. 175 00:14:12,602 --> 00:14:16,612 Look, I ain't never had the courage to do this tiII I met you. 176 00:14:19,484 --> 00:14:21,944 Hey. What I teII you two about being in each other's rooms, huh? 177 00:14:22,070 --> 00:14:24,990 Fuck off. Get off me. Hey, just think about it, OK? 178 00:14:25,114 --> 00:14:27,454 Dr Sanborn wouId Iike to see you in his office. 179 00:14:27,575 --> 00:14:30,445 - It's time for your 'sis. Let's go. - (JACK RANTS) 180 00:14:33,289 --> 00:14:34,999 (DOOR SHUTS) 181 00:14:41,464 --> 00:14:42,974 (JACK GRUNTS) 182 00:14:43,091 --> 00:14:44,091 (SIZZLES) 183 00:14:55,186 --> 00:14:58,356 Miss Bird. Come in. 184 00:15:00,191 --> 00:15:01,821 Have a seat. 185 00:15:07,949 --> 00:15:08,949 (LOCK CLICKS) 186 00:15:13,538 --> 00:15:17,418 I want to taIk to you about your affairs with Jack BIuebIood. 187 00:15:20,503 --> 00:15:22,003 - (SIZZLES) - (GRUNTS) 188 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:25,050 - (SIZZLES) - (GROANS) 189 00:15:27,135 --> 00:15:28,885 (SIZZLES) 190 00:15:29,012 --> 00:15:30,472 (PROLONGED GROANS) 191 00:15:48,781 --> 00:15:50,701 (KNOCKS ON DOOR) 192 00:15:56,372 --> 00:15:58,462 What's the matter, baby? 193 00:15:59,542 --> 00:16:01,292 (VOICE BREAKS) Dr Sanborn. 194 00:16:02,503 --> 00:16:06,213 - What? - He... He touched me. 195 00:16:06,341 --> 00:16:07,631 He did what? 196 00:16:26,694 --> 00:16:31,994 Hey, Doc. I think that therapy is working out reaI great. 197 00:16:37,330 --> 00:16:38,910 (GLASS TINKLES) 198 00:16:39,874 --> 00:16:41,334 (PILLS RATTLE) 199 00:16:42,001 --> 00:16:43,291 (ALARM BELL RINGS) 200 00:16:44,379 --> 00:16:48,339 AII right, everybody. Time to go home. 201 00:16:49,509 --> 00:16:52,009 TeII your friends, you whackos, this party's over. 202 00:16:59,268 --> 00:17:00,888 Baby, it's me. 203 00:17:05,608 --> 00:17:09,148 I kiIIed that scumbag piece of shit, cos he deserved it, 204 00:17:09,278 --> 00:17:11,988 and I ain't ever gonna Iet anyone touch you 205 00:17:12,115 --> 00:17:15,865 or Iook at you funny or say a bad thing ever again. 206 00:17:16,911 --> 00:17:18,451 I Iove you. 207 00:17:19,872 --> 00:17:21,422 I Iove you too. 208 00:17:25,044 --> 00:17:28,424 Pack your shit. We're going to CaIifornia. 209 00:17:34,971 --> 00:17:36,641 NARRATOR: By the time the police arrived, 210 00:17:36,764 --> 00:17:41,944 Jack and Karen had hotwired a 1961 Cadillac DeVille and hit the road. 211 00:17:42,061 --> 00:17:44,731 They would arrive in LA eventually, 212 00:17:44,856 --> 00:17:48,566 but first they would enjoy the sights and sounds of America. 213 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:55,780 Dr Guido Nash, an expert on adolescent psychology. 214 00:17:55,908 --> 00:17:59,368 Look, in rare cases, patients of his sort 215 00:17:59,495 --> 00:18:04,165 receiving experimentaI therapies can have vioIent reactions, sure. 216 00:18:12,508 --> 00:18:16,928 DR NASH: But the girl, she haunts me. 217 00:18:20,057 --> 00:18:22,057 l don't know what to say about her. 218 00:18:26,397 --> 00:18:28,727 Her file reads like Jackie onassis's. 219 00:18:34,989 --> 00:18:39,329 She had parents who loved her, affluence, good looks. 220 00:18:47,376 --> 00:18:49,626 She had every privilege in life. 221 00:18:52,089 --> 00:18:54,129 She should have been a debutante. 222 00:19:10,983 --> 00:19:12,363 Jack? 223 00:19:15,780 --> 00:19:18,160 You think you're going to heaven or heII? 224 00:19:24,497 --> 00:19:27,117 Eternity anywhere sounds Iike heII. 225 00:19:28,292 --> 00:19:31,712 After 2,000 years of pIaying basebaII and fkying around, 226 00:19:31,838 --> 00:19:34,508 I think I'd be Iooking for a way out. 227 00:19:38,886 --> 00:19:40,676 You know what I think? 228 00:19:42,765 --> 00:19:44,345 CIose your eyes. 229 00:19:52,483 --> 00:19:56,153 KAREN: I think it's Iike this. But forever. 230 00:19:57,864 --> 00:20:11,794 # Hmm, mm-mm-mm 231 00:20:12,837 --> 00:20:18,877 # Will you walk along with me 232 00:20:21,262 --> 00:20:24,062 # To the dark side 233 00:20:24,181 --> 00:20:28,561 # Of the twilight 234 00:20:30,229 --> 00:20:37,439 # Will you come along with me 235 00:20:39,071 --> 00:20:46,371 # Stay by my side 236 00:20:47,371 --> 00:20:48,371 (HUMS) 237 00:21:13,439 --> 00:21:14,979 (RADIO JINGLE) 238 00:21:20,571 --> 00:21:22,951 OVER RADIO: A seIect committee of the United States Senate 239 00:21:23,074 --> 00:21:26,744 is about to begin pubic hearings on something called Watergate. 240 00:21:26,869 --> 00:21:29,369 one year ago today, Watergate was just an address, 241 00:21:29,497 --> 00:21:32,417 a rather fancy, expensive address in this capital city, 242 00:21:32,541 --> 00:21:35,211 but now it has come to symbolize much more. 243 00:21:35,336 --> 00:21:39,586 The word "crisis" is perhaps too mild to apply to Watergate. 244 00:21:39,715 --> 00:21:41,835 President Nixon's White House has been shaken, 245 00:21:41,968 --> 00:21:44,968 indeed the entire executive branch of the government 246 00:21:45,096 --> 00:21:49,096 has been jolted by the continuing accusations and revelations. 247 00:21:49,225 --> 00:21:52,685 Most of them, it must be kept in mind, not yet proved. 248 00:21:52,812 --> 00:21:54,482 Seven men, only seven men, 249 00:21:54,605 --> 00:21:56,855 have been convicted for their part in the burglary. 250 00:21:56,983 --> 00:22:02,703 We see now Senator Sam Ervin, who is the chairman of the... 251 00:22:08,911 --> 00:22:12,871 NARRATOR: Elvis Presley, despite all his trying otherwise, 252 00:22:12,999 --> 00:22:16,539 had somehow gotten caught in the lazy river of time. 253 00:22:17,586 --> 00:22:20,756 At 39 years old, he had more than betrayed 254 00:22:20,881 --> 00:22:23,761 the fresh-faced boy from Memphis he once was. 255 00:22:23,884 --> 00:22:26,804 You know, l just sing the only way l know how to, really. 256 00:22:26,929 --> 00:22:30,929 And people seem to like that, so l'm real glad about that. l'm lucky. 257 00:22:31,058 --> 00:22:32,428 What do you plan on doing 258 00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:34,940 after this whole rock and roll thing has run its course? 259 00:22:36,564 --> 00:22:39,694 Well, um... I don't know, sir. 260 00:22:39,817 --> 00:22:42,397 Maybe l'll go back to being an electrician or something like that. 261 00:22:42,528 --> 00:22:45,358 NARRATOR: But rock and roll had never run its course. 262 00:22:45,489 --> 00:22:48,159 For better or for worse, it was here for good, 263 00:22:48,284 --> 00:22:50,874 and Elvis was its accidental king. 264 00:22:50,995 --> 00:22:52,445 (GIRLS SCREAM) 265 00:22:53,914 --> 00:22:58,084 A king navigating the zeitgeist of a time and people 266 00:22:58,210 --> 00:22:59,840 he didn't always understand. 267 00:23:01,255 --> 00:23:05,715 After this rehearsaI, you have a one o'cIock meeting with Mr Beefy. 268 00:23:05,843 --> 00:23:10,853 People who had led him astray, who had made him their song-and-dance man, 269 00:23:10,973 --> 00:23:13,523 and when they got bored, stopped seeing his movies, 270 00:23:13,642 --> 00:23:15,982 stopped listening, really listening, 271 00:23:16,103 --> 00:23:19,443 to the voice that had grabbed them by the shirt collars 272 00:23:19,565 --> 00:23:21,645 and shook their souls. 273 00:23:31,118 --> 00:23:34,658 The summer tour of 1974, his first in years, 274 00:23:34,789 --> 00:23:39,209 was a concentrated effort to win back those who had strayed from the King. 275 00:23:39,335 --> 00:23:42,295 To reassert his seat at the throne. 276 00:23:42,421 --> 00:23:45,801 The first date, at the Los Angeles Sports Coliseum, 277 00:23:45,925 --> 00:23:50,505 was to be the big send-off. They had been planning it for weeks. 278 00:23:55,684 --> 00:23:57,484 What is it? 279 00:23:57,937 --> 00:24:01,307 # That powers throughout 280 00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:06,190 # The universe displayed 281 00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:08,360 That's it. 282 00:24:08,489 --> 00:24:11,319 MAN: AII right, EIvis, we shouId take ten, I think. 283 00:24:14,620 --> 00:24:16,120 AII right, damn it, don't... 284 00:24:19,708 --> 00:24:20,998 (CLATTERS) 285 00:24:21,127 --> 00:24:22,877 Don't teII me when to take a break, aII right? 286 00:24:23,003 --> 00:24:25,463 We're doing a song up here, we finish the song. 287 00:24:25,589 --> 00:24:27,509 And yet mere days away from the show... 288 00:24:27,633 --> 00:24:28,723 That's just unheard of. 289 00:24:28,843 --> 00:24:32,513 ...Elvis was ill prepared. He was 20 pounds too heavy. 290 00:24:32,638 --> 00:24:34,428 You boys don't Iisten to him, you Iisten to me. 291 00:24:34,557 --> 00:24:36,927 And his voice was unrehearsed. 292 00:24:37,059 --> 00:24:40,649 Perhaps worst of all, he didn't really care. 293 00:24:40,771 --> 00:24:44,861 And it was that nihiIism, that black-hole feeling in his chest, 294 00:24:44,984 --> 00:24:46,734 that scared him the most. 295 00:24:46,861 --> 00:24:48,151 AII right, take ten, Iet's do it. 296 00:24:48,279 --> 00:24:50,989 - MAN 1 : Cut. SIate. - MAN 2: 634, 278 to nine. 297 00:24:52,158 --> 00:24:57,248 But Elvis was a religious man. He prayed for redemption. 298 00:24:57,371 --> 00:25:00,371 He prayed for a return to glory. 299 00:25:01,333 --> 00:25:03,463 Somebody get me another Coke, pIease? 300 00:25:03,586 --> 00:25:08,336 And little did he know... salvation was on its way. 301 00:25:10,134 --> 00:25:15,474 KAREN: Our Father, who art in heaven, haIIowed be thy name. 302 00:25:15,598 --> 00:25:20,728 Thy kingdom come, thy wiII be done on earth as it is in heaven. 303 00:25:20,853 --> 00:25:25,733 Give us this day our daiIy bread and forgive us our trespasses, 304 00:25:25,858 --> 00:25:28,858 as we forgive those that trespass against us. 305 00:25:30,196 --> 00:25:34,066 And Iead us not into temptation but deIiver us from eviI. 306 00:25:35,117 --> 00:25:36,577 Amen. 307 00:25:39,163 --> 00:25:40,873 (SIGHS) OK. 308 00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:49,510 (HORN BEEPS) 309 00:25:53,260 --> 00:25:54,640 (ENGINE TURNS OFF) 310 00:26:01,268 --> 00:26:02,808 Jack? 311 00:26:04,688 --> 00:26:06,148 - Jack! - Hey there, T. 312 00:26:06,273 --> 00:26:07,903 Hey! 313 00:26:08,025 --> 00:26:10,105 NARRATOR: Jack's only companion on the reservation 314 00:26:10,236 --> 00:26:11,146 was another outsider, 315 00:26:11,278 --> 00:26:15,198 a slight-figured nancy boy by the name of Teijo Littlefoot. 316 00:26:15,324 --> 00:26:18,534 I was going for a kind of ethereaI Joni MitcheII by way of PauI Bunyan 317 00:26:18,661 --> 00:26:20,251 for the decorating scheme. 318 00:26:20,371 --> 00:26:25,791 A Iot of kinda Iike feminine trinkets next to mascuIine knick-knacka. 319 00:26:25,918 --> 00:26:27,338 I made that one. 320 00:26:27,461 --> 00:26:31,341 Oh! And I got these cute IittIe thingamajigs at the doIIar store. 321 00:26:31,465 --> 00:26:33,045 - Aren't they cute? - Mm-hmm. 322 00:26:33,175 --> 00:26:36,425 They remind me aIways to smiIe even if I'm feeIing bIue. 323 00:26:37,763 --> 00:26:41,393 So, Jack, what you in town for, huh? You aII right? 324 00:26:41,517 --> 00:26:42,977 Right as rain, Teijo. 325 00:26:43,894 --> 00:26:46,904 We had to kiII a few foIka back at the Ioony bin so we're on the Iam. 326 00:26:47,022 --> 00:26:51,862 - We're headed to LA. - Los AngeIes. Oh, my goodness! 327 00:26:53,612 --> 00:26:57,242 Hey, Jack, couId you take me with you? 328 00:26:57,366 --> 00:26:58,616 (LAUGHS) 329 00:26:58,742 --> 00:27:00,412 I don't think so, Teej. 330 00:27:00,536 --> 00:27:02,616 Oh, come on, pIease. I get so bored here. 331 00:27:02,746 --> 00:27:04,866 AII I do is watch this stupid teIevision. 332 00:27:04,999 --> 00:27:06,999 And when nothing's on, I hang out with Kimbo. 333 00:27:07,126 --> 00:27:09,246 Do you remember Kimbo, the IittIe handicapped kid? 334 00:27:09,378 --> 00:27:12,128 He's so annoying. 335 00:27:12,256 --> 00:27:16,966 Look, you don't wanna get yourseIf mixed up or kiIIed on our account, OK? 336 00:27:17,094 --> 00:27:21,144 We got an objective. We can't have any dead weight. I'm sorry, buddy. 337 00:27:21,265 --> 00:27:26,685 - Oh, my. You're finaIIy doing it, huh? - That's right. 338 00:27:26,812 --> 00:27:30,232 This is big. This is big. He's been thinking about this for years. 339 00:27:30,357 --> 00:27:31,607 That's exactIy right. 340 00:27:31,734 --> 00:27:34,324 That's why I'm gonna need to get that map I gave to you. 341 00:27:36,030 --> 00:27:37,740 Yeah. 342 00:27:37,865 --> 00:27:39,735 NARRATOR: Before Jack was committed, 343 00:27:39,867 --> 00:27:42,867 he had buried a duffel bag full of guns, 344 00:27:42,995 --> 00:27:46,455 money and rare first-edition comic books. 345 00:27:46,582 --> 00:27:49,542 He drew out a map of its location and wrote the directions in pig Latin 346 00:27:49,668 --> 00:27:52,168 and entrusted it in Teijo's safe-keeping 347 00:27:52,296 --> 00:27:53,836 while he was away from home. 348 00:27:53,964 --> 00:27:57,764 Teijo, this is aII I have. 349 00:27:58,635 --> 00:28:01,095 This is everything. 350 00:28:01,221 --> 00:28:06,101 You're my best friend but if you fuck this up, I wiII kiII you. 351 00:28:07,853 --> 00:28:09,563 You can trust me, Jack. 352 00:28:14,568 --> 00:28:17,648 TEIJO: Oh, I must have seen that movie, Midnight Cowboy, I don't know, 353 00:28:17,780 --> 00:28:20,240 Iike seven times in the theater. It was so good. 354 00:28:20,366 --> 00:28:22,236 KAREN: Is that the one about the two queer men? 355 00:28:22,368 --> 00:28:24,328 - TEIJO: Yeah. - KAREN: Yeah, I Iike that one too. 356 00:28:24,453 --> 00:28:27,583 JACK: They were not queer in that movie, they were friends. 357 00:28:27,706 --> 00:28:31,786 It was about friendship. Get y'aII's heads out of the gutter, man. 358 00:28:33,587 --> 00:28:34,877 (KAREN LAUGHS) 359 00:28:35,005 --> 00:28:37,915 - JACK: What's so funny? - KAREN: Nothing. 360 00:28:42,179 --> 00:28:45,889 Goddammit, Teijo. This don't make no sense. 361 00:28:47,017 --> 00:28:49,267 We shouId have found it by now. 362 00:28:49,395 --> 00:28:52,645 Things move. The earth moves. You never heard of pIate tectonics? 363 00:29:05,953 --> 00:29:07,793 (DULL THUD) 364 00:29:07,913 --> 00:29:08,963 JACK: Sweet mother Mary. 365 00:29:12,418 --> 00:29:13,418 (LAUGHS) 366 00:29:25,139 --> 00:29:28,769 Teijo, where's the money? 367 00:29:29,893 --> 00:29:31,773 Oh, I don't know. 368 00:29:34,231 --> 00:29:37,821 - What do you mean, you don't know? - I don't know. 369 00:29:38,861 --> 00:29:42,411 Teijo, you got about five seconds before I come over there. 370 00:29:43,449 --> 00:29:47,829 It's gone. OK? It's gone. I used it aII, it's gone. 371 00:29:50,497 --> 00:29:51,787 No! 372 00:29:51,915 --> 00:29:53,245 - Come here. - KAREN: Jack! 373 00:29:54,168 --> 00:29:56,668 - Gonna whup your ass, boy. - Jack! Stop it! 374 00:29:57,713 --> 00:29:58,713 Come here. 375 00:30:00,382 --> 00:30:01,382 (PANTS) 376 00:30:05,471 --> 00:30:08,931 - I bought piIIs, OK? - What kind of piIIs? 377 00:30:09,057 --> 00:30:12,387 Estrogen piIIs. Lots of them. 378 00:30:13,645 --> 00:30:15,765 What the fuck are you taIking about?! 379 00:30:15,898 --> 00:30:20,738 Read about it in Newsweek. They're supposed to make you more womanIy. 380 00:30:20,861 --> 00:30:25,281 So if I get my operation, I want my body to accept my new girly parts. 381 00:30:27,743 --> 00:30:31,253 - Are you out of your goddamn mind?! - That's not fair. 382 00:30:31,371 --> 00:30:33,621 I wasn't gonna Ieave the money in there for aII the wormies. 383 00:30:33,749 --> 00:30:34,869 Fuck you, Teijo. 384 00:30:35,959 --> 00:30:38,669 Jack. Jack. Jack. 385 00:30:38,795 --> 00:30:40,755 - Be reasonabIe, Jack. Come on. - Come on, Karen. 386 00:30:40,881 --> 00:30:42,761 - Not you, bro. - Oh, yes, me. 387 00:30:42,883 --> 00:30:45,263 You're not Ieaving me out here with aII this shit. 388 00:31:02,194 --> 00:31:03,194 (EXHALES) 389 00:31:06,114 --> 00:31:10,544 Daddy. It's Jack. Open up. 390 00:31:13,205 --> 00:31:15,205 I know you're in there. 391 00:31:15,332 --> 00:31:17,382 CaIifornia, huh? 392 00:31:17,501 --> 00:31:19,091 - (RAPS ON DOOR) - Daddy, it's Jack. 393 00:31:19,211 --> 00:31:21,051 I need to taIk to you. 394 00:31:21,171 --> 00:31:23,421 There's a Iot of peopIe there that can heIp me. 395 00:31:23,549 --> 00:31:26,969 - Yeah? - Yeah. Doctors and stuff. 396 00:31:28,220 --> 00:31:30,890 - (TAPS LOUDLY ON WINDOW) - Open up, you drunk son of a bitch. 397 00:31:31,014 --> 00:31:38,484 WeII, I wouIdn't get any ideas, Teijo. I mean, you know Jack. 398 00:31:41,108 --> 00:31:42,608 (FOOTSTEPS APPROACH) 399 00:31:51,785 --> 00:31:52,825 Daddy. 400 00:31:52,953 --> 00:31:55,833 NARRATOR: Jack hadn't looked his dather in the eyes for many years. 401 00:31:55,956 --> 00:31:58,416 Doing so then was the closest he ever came 402 00:31:58,542 --> 00:32:01,382 to feeling a sense of love for the old man. 403 00:32:03,088 --> 00:32:04,508 (SNIFFS) 404 00:32:04,631 --> 00:32:05,921 Hey, K! 405 00:32:11,054 --> 00:32:15,314 Daddy, this is my femaIe friend Karen. Karen, say hi. 406 00:32:15,434 --> 00:32:16,684 Hi. 407 00:32:17,936 --> 00:32:19,556 Don't she Iook an awfuI Iot Iike Mama? 408 00:32:25,235 --> 00:32:26,895 Kiggy, what do you want? 409 00:32:27,821 --> 00:32:31,871 Look... We ain't here for no troubIe, aII right? 410 00:32:31,992 --> 00:32:34,332 It's just that... You remember Teijo. 411 00:32:36,455 --> 00:32:38,495 He used aII my money to... 412 00:32:40,834 --> 00:32:43,714 WeII, we need to borrow some bread. 413 00:32:44,546 --> 00:32:45,956 Goddamn it, no! 414 00:32:46,089 --> 00:32:49,379 Goddamn it! Hey! Open the fucking door! 415 00:32:49,509 --> 00:32:50,509 (RAPS) 416 00:32:51,428 --> 00:32:52,718 Open up! 417 00:33:00,604 --> 00:33:02,944 That ain't who I think it was, was it? 418 00:33:06,943 --> 00:33:07,943 (SIGHS) 419 00:33:09,404 --> 00:33:12,874 Goddamn it, I toId you I didn't want any troubIe. 420 00:33:12,991 --> 00:33:16,201 You have been troubIe since the day you were born. 421 00:33:19,414 --> 00:33:20,414 (GUNSHOT) 422 00:33:37,474 --> 00:33:38,894 Oh, God. 423 00:33:43,563 --> 00:33:45,023 Where's the money? 424 00:33:47,859 --> 00:33:49,319 Where's the fucking money?! 425 00:33:57,285 --> 00:33:58,365 (RATTLES) 426 00:34:17,055 --> 00:34:20,805 You know, if you think about it, I kinda did you a favor here. 427 00:34:22,811 --> 00:34:25,441 You're gonna be reunited with Mama again. 428 00:34:27,274 --> 00:34:32,154 WiII you teII her I said I Iove her? I can hear her Ioud and cIear. 429 00:34:36,825 --> 00:34:39,325 It's a shame we never got on right. 430 00:34:49,421 --> 00:34:51,131 It's too Iate now, I guess. 431 00:34:57,971 --> 00:35:00,011 There's cops. There's cops out... 432 00:35:01,391 --> 00:35:02,851 TEIJO: Shit! 433 00:35:03,727 --> 00:35:07,187 - Fuck, is he dead? - JACK: Yeah, he's dead. 434 00:35:07,314 --> 00:35:10,154 OK, no, no, you both are taking me with you to LA. 435 00:35:10,275 --> 00:35:12,395 - AbsoIuteIy not. - No! You can't Ieave me with this. 436 00:35:12,527 --> 00:35:13,937 I said no, Teijo. 437 00:35:14,070 --> 00:35:17,410 Jack, Iet him come with. I couId use a friend on the road. 438 00:35:18,575 --> 00:35:20,615 Ah, come on. 439 00:35:23,288 --> 00:35:26,538 AII right, Iook, you guys go out back. I'II take the pigs in the front. 440 00:35:26,666 --> 00:35:27,916 You go on my signaI, OK? 441 00:35:29,711 --> 00:35:33,421 - Is everything cooI, baby? - I'm wiIIing. 442 00:35:47,395 --> 00:35:49,095 (DRAMATIC MUSIC) 443 00:36:32,357 --> 00:36:34,017 (GUNSHOT) 444 00:36:44,619 --> 00:36:46,289 (BANG) 445 00:36:51,293 --> 00:36:53,633 (WHOOPS AND LAUGHS) 446 00:37:09,603 --> 00:37:13,943 NARRATOR: Karen's usually sedated suburb found itself in a media frenzy 447 00:37:14,065 --> 00:37:19,855 not seen since the high-school football team won state 16 years prior. 448 00:37:19,988 --> 00:37:22,198 The death count is now five. 449 00:37:22,324 --> 00:37:28,124 Jack Blueblood and Karen Bird, Iovers, dreamers, seriaI kiIIers. 450 00:37:28,246 --> 00:37:30,826 FEMALE REPORTER: Karen Bird, the silver-spoon delinquent, 451 00:37:30,957 --> 00:37:31,997 enjoyed riding her bike, 452 00:37:32,125 --> 00:37:36,835 donating to charity, and participating in religious education. 453 00:37:36,963 --> 00:37:38,553 Then something went astray. 454 00:37:38,673 --> 00:37:40,423 l didn't really know her. 455 00:37:40,550 --> 00:37:42,090 My dad said l couldn't talk to her 456 00:37:42,218 --> 00:37:45,098 after she supported McGovern in our school's mock election. 457 00:37:45,221 --> 00:37:48,891 Just fun, l guess. l don't know. 458 00:37:51,019 --> 00:37:56,189 The Bird family has been kind enough to open up their home to our cameras. 459 00:37:56,316 --> 00:37:58,936 l'm in Karen's room right now. 460 00:37:59,069 --> 00:38:00,739 l want to show you all something we found 461 00:38:00,862 --> 00:38:03,032 while investigating her record collection. 462 00:38:05,533 --> 00:38:08,163 NARRATOR: A poem Karen had written on the inside sleeve 463 00:38:08,286 --> 00:38:12,536 of Karen Dalton's "ln My Own Time" was analyzed for clues. 464 00:38:15,627 --> 00:38:19,207 KAREN: Moonbeams and daydreams and buttons and bows. 465 00:38:21,716 --> 00:38:24,836 Saltwater kisses and hot sand between toes. 466 00:38:31,142 --> 00:38:33,892 My mom in her summer dress and the smell of her hair. 467 00:38:39,943 --> 00:38:43,033 The sounds of July and life without care. 468 00:39:20,025 --> 00:39:23,235 NARRATOR: Amid Jack and Karen's honeymoon of bloodshed, 469 00:39:23,361 --> 00:39:25,611 the law was hot on their tail. 470 00:39:27,323 --> 00:39:31,793 They were traced to a motel only seven hours from the reservation 471 00:39:31,911 --> 00:39:35,291 where they had signed into the guest registrar with phony names. 472 00:40:05,570 --> 00:40:07,490 Having been informed that his client 473 00:40:07,614 --> 00:40:10,284 was on the precipice of a nervous breakdown, 474 00:40:10,408 --> 00:40:12,658 Colonel Tom Parker flew to Los Angeles 475 00:40:12,786 --> 00:40:17,496 in hopes of interceding a mental collapse and protecting investments. 476 00:40:24,839 --> 00:40:26,219 Hey. 477 00:40:29,427 --> 00:40:32,047 What did I teII you about sungIasses where I can't see your eyes? 478 00:40:32,180 --> 00:40:34,310 - Take 'em off. - Yes, sir. 479 00:40:36,976 --> 00:40:41,186 Now, what's this I hear from Charlie about you not hitting your notes? 480 00:40:43,775 --> 00:40:46,235 Tour starts in two days, EIvis. 481 00:40:48,113 --> 00:40:50,163 How is everything? 482 00:40:53,409 --> 00:40:55,489 CoIoneI, you remember when we first met? 483 00:40:55,620 --> 00:40:57,200 Of course. 484 00:40:59,374 --> 00:41:02,674 You toId me I'd be the brightest star ever did shine. 485 00:41:02,794 --> 00:41:04,554 Yes, I did. 486 00:41:05,713 --> 00:41:07,013 And I was. 487 00:41:07,132 --> 00:41:10,632 You are stiII the brightest star, EIvis. 488 00:41:10,760 --> 00:41:13,430 No, sir, I... I think... 489 00:41:13,555 --> 00:41:17,345 What do they caII them oId dead stars burned out a Iong time ago? 490 00:41:17,475 --> 00:41:22,395 Dwarfs. I'm Iike... I'm Iike a dwarf star. 491 00:41:23,189 --> 00:41:25,189 What are you taIking about? 492 00:41:27,193 --> 00:41:30,453 Sir, I'm taIking about quitting. Quitting the whoIe racket. 493 00:41:33,283 --> 00:41:37,493 Do you have any idea what kind of money is tied up in this tour? 494 00:41:37,620 --> 00:41:40,580 Contracts, the tickets, the paychecka? 495 00:41:40,707 --> 00:41:43,417 Not to mention that canceIing such an event 496 00:41:43,543 --> 00:41:47,253 wouId cause an irreparabIe rift between you and the pubIic, 497 00:41:47,380 --> 00:41:50,010 and we don't need any more of that. 498 00:41:53,678 --> 00:41:55,798 EIvis, Iisten. 499 00:41:57,515 --> 00:42:03,395 Once this tour is through, by aII means, take some time off. 500 00:42:03,521 --> 00:42:06,731 That Lisa Marie, she ain't gonna be a IittIe girl forever. 501 00:42:09,903 --> 00:42:14,743 Mama came to see me in a dream. CoupIe of nights back. 502 00:42:17,285 --> 00:42:20,945 I think she was trying to teII me something but I don't understand what. 503 00:42:26,711 --> 00:42:29,591 Things just ain't the same since she passed, sir. 504 00:42:30,590 --> 00:42:34,930 - That's when aII this reaIIy started. - AII what started? 505 00:42:40,183 --> 00:42:42,103 Just aII this sorrow. 506 00:43:37,240 --> 00:43:39,700 NIXON ON TV: ...that l weIcome this kind of examination, 507 00:43:39,826 --> 00:43:43,446 because people have got to know whether or not their president's a crook. 508 00:43:43,579 --> 00:43:47,789 Well, I'm not a crook. l've earned everything l've got. 509 00:44:20,325 --> 00:44:22,485 (MUSIC PLAYS IN BACKGROUND) 510 00:44:37,592 --> 00:44:39,222 Can I heIp you? 511 00:44:39,344 --> 00:44:42,974 - HeIIo. My name's Jack BIuebIood. - What do you want? 512 00:44:43,097 --> 00:44:46,267 WeII, sir, I don't know if you remember me but we met a few years back. 513 00:44:46,392 --> 00:44:50,232 Sioux FaIIs EIvis convention. You gave me your address here 514 00:44:50,355 --> 00:44:52,975 and toId me you might be abIe to heIp me find Elvis. 515 00:44:54,192 --> 00:44:55,692 Yeah. 516 00:44:56,778 --> 00:45:01,108 Jack BIuebIood. We got shithoused that night, didn't we? 517 00:45:01,240 --> 00:45:03,780 - Yeah, we certainIy did, sir. - How are you, man? 518 00:45:03,910 --> 00:45:09,160 - Doing good. Do you mind if we come in? - Yeah, you can aII come in. Come on in. 519 00:45:09,290 --> 00:45:12,290 It's been a whiIe since I've been on that convention circuit. 520 00:45:12,418 --> 00:45:15,208 I don't know, been what, four or five years, Jack? 521 00:45:15,338 --> 00:45:18,298 Oh, that was... That was 1970, sir. 522 00:45:18,424 --> 00:45:22,224 - Long time. - AwfuI cooI pIace you got here, man. 523 00:45:22,345 --> 00:45:26,005 Yeah, thank you. My wife had a reaI eye for things. 524 00:45:27,058 --> 00:45:31,478 It's reaIIy aII herjunk. Yeah. 525 00:45:32,438 --> 00:45:34,398 She's in a better pIace. 526 00:45:35,733 --> 00:45:39,193 So, what brings you out west? Where y'aII heading? 527 00:45:39,320 --> 00:45:41,860 Oh, we're just passing through on our way to LA. 528 00:45:41,989 --> 00:45:44,659 Ooh! City of AngeIs. 529 00:45:44,784 --> 00:45:47,794 Who's this girl standing next to EIvis? 530 00:45:48,996 --> 00:45:53,746 Oh, yeah. That wouId be Miss Dixie Locke. 531 00:45:53,876 --> 00:45:57,456 Yes. That was EIvis's high-schooI sweetheart. 532 00:45:57,588 --> 00:46:01,678 Mr X knew EIvis way back when, Karen. Ain't that something? 533 00:46:01,801 --> 00:46:04,851 Yeah. OId, oId friends. 534 00:46:04,971 --> 00:46:06,431 And where is she now? 535 00:46:06,556 --> 00:46:10,056 I don't know. Suppose just another name in the phonebook. 536 00:46:11,269 --> 00:46:15,559 Just a footnote in the Iife story of a boy that she Ioved when she was 16. 537 00:46:17,900 --> 00:46:22,990 Huh. I'm getting aII sentimentaI. Sorry about that. 538 00:46:25,908 --> 00:46:29,488 Let's taIk shop. What can I do you for, Mr Jack? 539 00:46:29,620 --> 00:46:34,370 WeII, I came here to get the name of the hoteI EIvis stays at in LA. 540 00:46:34,500 --> 00:46:36,250 (LAUGHS) 541 00:46:36,377 --> 00:46:39,747 As weII as his room number and whatever name he uses for the reservation. 542 00:46:39,881 --> 00:46:42,971 Why wouId you need that information, son? 543 00:46:43,092 --> 00:46:46,512 You toId me a coupIe of years ago I couId buy that information off of you. 544 00:46:46,637 --> 00:46:49,757 80 bucka. That's what you toId me a few years back. 545 00:46:49,891 --> 00:46:52,391 Jack, we was Iaid out drunk. 546 00:46:52,518 --> 00:46:54,848 I might have said a few things that I reaIIy couIdn't... 547 00:46:56,939 --> 00:46:59,769 Look, man, we both know I didn't drive out here 548 00:46:59,901 --> 00:47:02,901 in the middIe of goddamn nowhere to shoot the shit with you. 549 00:47:04,947 --> 00:47:06,617 What's the name of the hoteI? 550 00:47:12,914 --> 00:47:16,504 I heard about y'aII on the radio. Oh, yeah. 551 00:47:16,626 --> 00:47:21,296 I heard your name, Jack BIuebIood. I remembered our IittIe conversation. 552 00:47:21,422 --> 00:47:24,012 You son of a bitch. I teII you what. 553 00:47:24,133 --> 00:47:28,013 I was mad at EIvis way back then but I'm not now. I found it in my heart-- 554 00:47:28,137 --> 00:47:29,217 (GUNSHOTS) 555 00:47:32,558 --> 00:47:34,348 Come again? 556 00:47:40,358 --> 00:47:44,568 PresidentiaI suite. Beverly Canyon HoteI. 557 00:47:44,695 --> 00:47:45,695 (CLICK) 558 00:47:52,119 --> 00:47:53,789 Directory assistance. 559 00:47:53,913 --> 00:47:58,713 I need the Beverly Canyon HoteI in Los AngeIes, CaIifornia, pIease. 560 00:47:59,794 --> 00:48:04,054 Hi, uh... Can I be connected to... What's the name on the room? 561 00:48:04,173 --> 00:48:05,843 Mr X: Woodrow WiIson. 562 00:48:05,967 --> 00:48:08,257 To Woodrow WiIson's suite? 563 00:48:09,512 --> 00:48:12,102 One second, darling. Password? 564 00:48:13,516 --> 00:48:16,806 - Sea saIt. - Sea saIt. 565 00:48:18,688 --> 00:48:20,478 (CHUCKLES) 566 00:48:21,482 --> 00:48:25,782 That wasn't so hard, was it? AII right, deaI's a deaI, man. 80 bucka. 567 00:48:25,903 --> 00:48:27,573 I'm gonna need to take your phone. 568 00:48:27,697 --> 00:48:31,577 I'm aIso gonna sIash the tires on your Dodge out there. 569 00:48:31,701 --> 00:48:33,451 I'm reaIIy sorry about that. 570 00:48:33,578 --> 00:48:36,788 So here's 140. That shouId cover it. 571 00:48:36,914 --> 00:48:39,004 That shouId pay for everything. Let's go. 572 00:48:44,255 --> 00:48:46,205 He's just a man, Jack. 573 00:48:51,178 --> 00:48:55,808 He's just a sad, poor oId man. 574 00:49:20,625 --> 00:49:22,915 NARRATOR: That afternoon, Karen felt a sensation in her gut 575 00:49:23,044 --> 00:49:25,464 she hadn't felt for a long time. 576 00:49:29,091 --> 00:49:32,891 She looked for familiar shapes and daces in the desert clouds, 577 00:49:33,012 --> 00:49:35,062 but there were none to be found. 578 00:49:39,352 --> 00:49:41,772 At a truck stop in Mexican Hat, Utah, 579 00:49:41,896 --> 00:49:46,476 she stole from the book rack a "Vixen" magazine for Jack, 580 00:49:46,609 --> 00:49:50,029 a "Total Teen" for Teijo, 581 00:49:50,154 --> 00:49:53,624 and a picture book on Ancient Egypt for herself. 582 00:50:00,581 --> 00:50:04,171 on their long car ride to the Grand Canyon, 583 00:50:04,293 --> 00:50:07,843 she wrote a short memoir about herself in hieroglyphics. 584 00:50:09,215 --> 00:50:11,835 She didn't share it with Jack or Teijo, 585 00:50:11,967 --> 00:50:14,717 and when she arrived at the Grand Canyon later that day 586 00:50:14,845 --> 00:50:16,965 she ripped it up into a million pieces 587 00:50:17,098 --> 00:50:21,728 and watched as her biography fell to the bottom of the earth like snow. 588 00:50:37,493 --> 00:50:40,253 KAREN: Did you know the sun's gonna burn out one day? 589 00:50:40,371 --> 00:50:43,871 - TEIJO: My God. ReaIIy? - KAREN: True story. 590 00:50:43,999 --> 00:50:45,789 When? 591 00:50:45,918 --> 00:50:48,208 About five biIIion years, give or take. 592 00:50:49,463 --> 00:50:50,803 That's crazy. 593 00:50:50,923 --> 00:50:56,973 Yeah, once it runs out of hydrogen, it'II become, Iike, a red giant, 594 00:50:57,096 --> 00:51:01,596 and then expand and swaIIow the Earth and aII the other pIanets. 595 00:51:01,726 --> 00:51:04,726 And then it'II expIode and turn into a bIack dwarf or something. 596 00:51:04,854 --> 00:51:07,234 BIack dwarf? No, thank you. 597 00:51:08,357 --> 00:51:11,897 Yeah. It used to reaIIy scare me when I was a IittIe girl, but... 598 00:51:12,695 --> 00:51:15,405 Now five biIIion years seems Iike an eternity. 599 00:51:25,666 --> 00:51:28,746 Teijo, can I teII you something? You promise you won't teII anyone eIse? 600 00:51:28,878 --> 00:51:31,628 Oh, my God, secrets. Yes. 601 00:51:35,718 --> 00:51:37,428 I missed my monthIies. 602 00:51:39,889 --> 00:51:42,469 WeII, when were you supposed to get 'em? 603 00:51:42,600 --> 00:51:47,350 I don't know. CoupIe of days ago. I haven't reaIIy been keeping track. 604 00:51:53,319 --> 00:51:56,989 Baby Jack. Imagine that. 605 00:52:01,202 --> 00:52:04,832 I... I think you're gonna make a great mama one day, Karen. 606 00:52:06,624 --> 00:52:07,794 Thank you. 607 00:52:09,335 --> 00:52:15,585 I Iook at you and you're just... You're so cooI and confident and pretty. 608 00:52:18,844 --> 00:52:22,854 You're an inspiration to someone Iike me who doesn't have a Iot of confidence. 609 00:52:22,973 --> 00:52:24,933 No, that's not true, Teijo. 610 00:52:26,185 --> 00:52:31,975 It is. 611 00:52:38,531 --> 00:52:42,121 You know what? You don't need to worry anymore, Teijo. 612 00:52:42,243 --> 00:52:44,993 Cos in CaIifornia everything's gonna be different. 613 00:52:45,120 --> 00:52:50,880 There's a Iot of peopIe Iike you there. A Iot of peopIe Iike us. 614 00:53:08,394 --> 00:53:13,064 # There's a city of light 615 00:53:13,190 --> 00:53:17,990 # Where there cometh no night 616 00:53:18,112 --> 00:53:22,072 # For the sun never sets 617 00:53:22,199 --> 00:53:27,409 # ln the sky 618 00:53:27,538 --> 00:53:31,998 # In the Bible we are told 619 00:53:32,126 --> 00:53:36,836 # That the streets are pure gold 620 00:53:36,964 --> 00:53:41,724 # And a cool genfle river 621 00:53:41,844 --> 00:53:46,064 # Runs by 622 00:53:46,181 --> 00:53:48,771 # oh, l'm bound for that city 623 00:53:48,893 --> 00:53:52,943 # God's holy white city 624 00:53:53,063 --> 00:53:55,113 # oh, yes, l am 625 00:53:55,232 --> 00:53:57,612 # I'll never turn back 626 00:53:57,735 --> 00:54:04,025 # To this world anymore 627 00:54:04,158 --> 00:54:08,618 # No matter how rough may be the way 628 00:54:08,746 --> 00:54:12,866 # No matter how oft l stop to pray 629 00:54:13,000 --> 00:54:15,420 # l'm bound for that city 630 00:54:15,544 --> 00:54:22,434 # on that evergreen shore 631 00:54:25,930 --> 00:54:27,680 (BUOY BELL RINGS) 632 00:54:33,771 --> 00:54:35,271 (LIFT BELL DINGS) 633 00:54:35,397 --> 00:54:37,187 (DOORS SLIDE OPEN) 634 00:54:40,736 --> 00:54:43,446 - Daddy! - Hey, babies. 635 00:54:43,572 --> 00:54:46,822 - You aII right? - Yeah. 636 00:54:46,951 --> 00:54:49,871 The CoIoneI said you were having a nervous speII or something. 637 00:54:49,995 --> 00:54:52,325 No, I ain't having any damn nervous speII. 638 00:54:52,456 --> 00:54:53,956 AII right. 639 00:54:57,962 --> 00:55:00,592 Hope you're being heaIthy. 640 00:55:00,714 --> 00:55:04,434 Yeah. I am, PrisciIIa. 641 00:55:05,886 --> 00:55:08,756 Good. Let's go, sweetie. 642 00:55:10,474 --> 00:55:12,564 WeII, hoId on there. Where you going? 643 00:55:12,685 --> 00:55:14,845 It's Lisa's bedtime. Got a big day tomorrow. 644 00:55:14,979 --> 00:55:16,019 (BELL DINGS) 645 00:55:16,146 --> 00:55:18,646 We're gonna go to the beach before Daddy's show, aren't we, Lisa? 646 00:55:18,774 --> 00:55:20,154 Mm-hmm. 647 00:55:20,275 --> 00:55:23,185 AII right, why don't you put her on the bed and come on back for a whiIe? 648 00:55:23,320 --> 00:55:24,740 EIvis, I can't. 649 00:55:26,532 --> 00:55:28,452 Enjoy your party. 650 00:55:28,575 --> 00:55:31,535 - Night, Injun. - Good night, Daddy. 651 00:55:36,834 --> 00:55:38,584 Party's this way, EIvis. 652 00:55:44,258 --> 00:55:45,968 Want one of these? 653 00:55:46,093 --> 00:55:47,473 What's that? 654 00:55:47,594 --> 00:55:49,434 Doctor dropped by this afternoon. 655 00:55:49,555 --> 00:55:51,885 - Which doc? - New guy. 656 00:55:53,851 --> 00:55:55,021 (MUSIC PLAYS) 657 00:55:55,144 --> 00:55:57,604 - You go ahead, I'II be right in. - AII right. 658 00:56:15,080 --> 00:56:17,920 (PSYCHEDELIC MUSIC PLAYS) 659 00:57:09,218 --> 00:57:11,218 (ENGINE HUMS) 660 00:57:28,695 --> 00:57:31,025 Jack, I need to say something. 661 00:57:35,285 --> 00:57:37,865 I don't think you shouId kiII EIvis. 662 00:57:39,248 --> 00:57:41,578 (CHUCKLES) 663 00:57:41,708 --> 00:57:44,038 You're a reaI riot, Karen. 664 00:57:45,045 --> 00:57:47,045 I ain't kidding. 665 00:57:52,678 --> 00:57:56,258 Mr X's story and the photos on the waII, 666 00:57:56,390 --> 00:57:59,980 it made me reaIize EIvis is reaI. 667 00:58:00,978 --> 00:58:04,478 He's got bIood in his veins and Iove in his heart just Iike us. 668 00:58:04,606 --> 00:58:09,236 Thank you, Karen. I know that. 669 00:58:09,361 --> 00:58:12,911 I think the Iaw wiII Iet you off easy for kiIIing Sanborn. 670 00:58:13,031 --> 00:58:15,951 He was a perv and you protected me. 671 00:58:16,076 --> 00:58:17,486 And your daddy... 672 00:58:18,495 --> 00:58:21,575 WeII, he treated you wrong your whoIe Iife and he got what was coming. 673 00:58:23,584 --> 00:58:25,174 But EIvis is an innocent man. 674 00:58:25,294 --> 00:58:29,214 Karen, there ain't nobody that's innocent. AII right? 675 00:58:29,339 --> 00:58:30,799 Jack, you Iove EIvis. 676 00:58:30,924 --> 00:58:33,304 - That man is a fucking phony! - Phony? 677 00:58:33,427 --> 00:58:35,967 You know that I have strict orders from my mama to do this. 678 00:58:36,096 --> 00:58:37,386 Your mama's dead. 679 00:58:37,514 --> 00:58:39,144 (TIRES SCREECH) 680 00:58:42,102 --> 00:58:44,152 You better take it back. 681 00:58:44,271 --> 00:58:46,651 What? It's the truth. 682 00:58:46,773 --> 00:58:48,863 You take it back right now. 683 00:58:50,694 --> 00:58:51,694 No. 684 00:58:54,239 --> 00:58:57,029 Let go. Let go! 685 00:59:03,707 --> 00:59:04,957 You shouIdn't have done that. 686 00:59:07,336 --> 00:59:10,336 I'm sorry. AII right? I'm sorry. 687 00:59:10,464 --> 00:59:12,094 Karen, wiII you get back in the goddamn car? 688 00:59:12,216 --> 00:59:13,296 - PIease? - No! 689 00:59:13,425 --> 00:59:17,465 Karen, honey. Get back in the car. 690 00:59:19,598 --> 00:59:23,098 TurtIe dove. Most beautifuI girl I've ever seen. 691 00:59:23,227 --> 00:59:26,227 WiII you pIease get back in the fucking car right now? 692 00:59:28,106 --> 00:59:29,686 Karen, when you joined this thing, 693 00:59:29,816 --> 00:59:31,566 you knew fuII weII what you were getting into 694 00:59:31,693 --> 00:59:34,903 and now you're just as much a part of it as anybody eIse! 695 00:59:37,783 --> 00:59:41,583 Not true. I ain't kiIIed no one. 696 00:59:45,165 --> 00:59:46,955 - (LOUD GUNSHOT) - (GASPS) 697 00:59:48,210 --> 00:59:50,420 - (ENGINE REVS) - (LOUD METALLIC THUD) 698 00:59:55,259 --> 00:59:56,719 (GRUNTS) 699 01:00:13,694 --> 01:00:16,654 Teijo! Get back in the goddamn car! 700 01:00:21,493 --> 01:00:23,413 - (GRUNTS) - AII right, BIuebIood. 701 01:00:23,537 --> 01:00:27,997 On the count of three, I'm gonna shoot your queer IittIe companion. 702 01:00:30,585 --> 01:00:35,965 Three... two... one. 703 01:00:36,091 --> 01:00:37,221 JACK: OK! 704 01:00:44,558 --> 01:00:45,848 (METALLIC CLUNK) 705 01:00:59,448 --> 01:01:00,448 (COCKS GUN) 706 01:01:15,672 --> 01:01:19,052 # I don't know if 707 01:01:20,552 --> 01:01:26,852 # We're in a garden 708 01:01:32,064 --> 01:01:34,774 # or on 709 01:01:34,900 --> 01:01:41,610 # A crowded avenue 710 01:01:46,870 --> 01:01:48,250 # Sha bop sha bop 711 01:01:48,372 --> 01:01:50,712 # You are here 712 01:01:50,832 --> 01:01:51,832 # Sha bop sha bop 713 01:01:51,958 --> 01:01:54,878 # And so am I 714 01:01:55,003 --> 01:01:56,173 # Sha bop sha bop 715 01:01:56,296 --> 01:01:58,956 # Maybe millions of people 716 01:01:59,216 --> 01:02:00,256 # Sha bop sha bop 717 01:02:00,384 --> 01:02:02,264 # Go by 718 01:02:02,386 --> 01:02:07,846 # But they all disappear 719 01:02:09,684 --> 01:02:13,444 # From view 720 01:02:18,318 --> 01:02:25,658 # And l only have eyes 721 01:02:25,784 --> 01:02:28,584 # For you 722 01:02:28,703 --> 01:02:37,803 # Sha bop sha bop 723 01:02:42,217 --> 01:02:44,927 WouId you guys Iike the Shangri-La Suite? 724 01:02:48,765 --> 01:02:50,595 It's for Iovers. 725 01:02:53,854 --> 01:02:55,234 Yeah, OK. 726 01:03:08,326 --> 01:03:22,916 (SIGHS) 727 01:03:28,555 --> 01:03:30,175 This is your thing. 728 01:03:31,933 --> 01:03:34,643 Your whoIe Iife's pIan, not mine. 729 01:03:35,729 --> 01:03:38,399 I thought maybe it was but it ain't. 730 01:03:41,234 --> 01:03:43,074 I aIways make that mistake. 731 01:03:49,826 --> 01:03:52,616 PIus I think I'm pregnant. 732 01:04:04,799 --> 01:04:06,589 How Iong have you known? 733 01:04:08,094 --> 01:04:10,014 I don't know-know. 734 01:04:11,264 --> 01:04:14,064 I just haven't had my Iady time in a whiIe. 735 01:04:14,184 --> 01:04:16,564 It's been on my mind. 736 01:04:20,357 --> 01:04:23,227 I'm sorry if this interferes with your destiny. 737 01:04:26,363 --> 01:04:28,073 It don't reaIIy. 738 01:04:30,033 --> 01:04:32,543 I'd just adopt it into my whoIe pIan. 739 01:04:33,662 --> 01:04:36,082 Destiny pIus baby. 740 01:04:37,958 --> 01:04:39,498 (EXHALES) 741 01:04:46,341 --> 01:04:47,341 (KNOCKS) 742 01:04:48,468 --> 01:04:51,098 - MAN: Yeah. Who is it? - The CoIoneI. 743 01:04:58,562 --> 01:05:00,402 He's not in good shape, CoIoneI. 744 01:05:09,155 --> 01:05:11,065 COLONEL: Open the goddamn bIinds. 745 01:05:12,784 --> 01:05:15,664 Things got crazy. I made sure he had a good time. 746 01:05:15,787 --> 01:05:18,617 I asked you to get his spirits up, not Iay him out. 747 01:05:19,499 --> 01:05:22,079 EIvis. Wake up, son. 748 01:05:22,919 --> 01:05:25,629 EIvis, you got a concert in seven hours. 749 01:05:25,755 --> 01:05:28,665 Hey. Daddy. 750 01:05:29,676 --> 01:05:31,466 Just fkying... 751 01:05:34,472 --> 01:05:37,472 If he is not at the sports arena for that soundcheck, 752 01:05:37,601 --> 01:05:39,271 you and the rest are fired. 753 01:05:39,394 --> 01:05:42,564 And I wiII bIackIist every singIe one of you. Do you understand me? 754 01:05:42,689 --> 01:05:44,729 Loud and cIear, sir. 755 01:05:48,486 --> 01:05:51,606 Elvis! Hey! Come on, man, you gotta work with me, brother. 756 01:05:51,740 --> 01:05:53,030 Gotta heIp me out. 757 01:06:02,876 --> 01:06:06,456 # ooh-ooh! ooh-ooh! 758 01:06:06,588 --> 01:06:09,968 # ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh! 759 01:06:10,091 --> 01:06:13,471 # When they gave out 760 01:06:13,595 --> 01:06:17,215 # Eyes like diamonds 761 01:06:17,766 --> 01:06:20,476 # That would shame... 762 01:06:20,602 --> 01:06:22,562 Are you sisters? 763 01:06:22,687 --> 01:06:26,017 Y'aII Iook Iike sisters. You Iook Iike twins. 764 01:06:26,149 --> 01:06:27,519 # My darlin'... 765 01:06:27,651 --> 01:06:29,231 I'm a twin. 766 01:06:29,361 --> 01:06:32,701 # My darlin' 767 01:06:33,990 --> 01:06:41,290 # You were the first in line 768 01:06:41,414 --> 01:06:44,214 I had a brother, Jesse, he was... 769 01:06:44,334 --> 01:06:48,924 He was number one, he come first, but he's... he's dead. 770 01:06:49,047 --> 01:06:55,337 # That hold a new thrill every time 771 01:06:56,179 --> 01:07:04,309 # My darlin' 772 01:07:04,437 --> 01:07:10,817 # You were the first in line 773 01:07:10,944 --> 01:07:14,614 # There may be others 774 01:07:14,739 --> 01:07:19,449 # That knew you longer 775 01:07:19,577 --> 01:07:26,497 # Who pledge their hearts to you 776 01:07:26,626 --> 01:07:30,046 # But there's no other 777 01:07:30,171 --> 01:07:35,591 # Could love you stronger... 778 01:07:35,719 --> 01:07:37,849 Are we going to the ocean, Jack? 779 01:07:39,097 --> 01:07:41,217 Soon as I get back, baby. 780 01:07:42,142 --> 01:07:45,562 - Don't you go without me, OK? - OK. 781 01:07:45,687 --> 01:07:50,187 I put a .22 in the desk drawer next to the BibIe, just in case. 782 01:07:54,821 --> 01:07:56,491 I Iove you. 783 01:07:57,407 --> 01:07:59,657 I Iove you too, baby. 784 01:08:05,290 --> 01:08:11,590 # The first and the last in line 785 01:08:11,713 --> 01:08:15,303 # There may be others 786 01:08:15,425 --> 01:08:19,885 # That knew you longer 787 01:08:20,013 --> 01:08:26,893 # Who pledge their hearts to you 788 01:08:28,229 --> 01:08:30,109 # The first 789 01:08:30,231 --> 01:08:37,861 # And the last in line 790 01:08:37,989 --> 01:08:39,569 (STARTS ENGINE) 791 01:08:44,120 --> 01:08:47,330 ANNOUNCER: And here comes the biggest news in entertainment history, 792 01:08:47,457 --> 01:08:52,287 for here in person comes the singing sensation Elvis Presley in person. 793 01:08:52,420 --> 01:08:55,300 WeII, I just think he's stiII the King, you know? 794 01:08:55,423 --> 01:08:58,633 Once the King, aIways the King. 795 01:08:58,760 --> 01:09:02,810 I just... I just... 796 01:09:02,931 --> 01:09:04,351 (GIGGLES) 797 01:09:04,474 --> 01:09:07,184 I just... I Iove him so much. 798 01:09:07,310 --> 01:09:12,190 Eer since that first time I saw him sing on TV, I feIt the hoIy spirit, man. 799 01:09:12,315 --> 01:09:15,145 I saw the Iight, brother. It was amazing. 800 01:09:15,276 --> 01:09:20,236 I Iove him so much. I Iove him so much. 801 01:09:35,129 --> 01:09:36,879 NARRATOR: The Pacific ocean was larger 802 01:09:37,006 --> 01:09:39,676 and more inspiring than Karen had ever imagined. 803 01:09:39,801 --> 01:09:43,391 Looking upon it, she thought of all the counfless waves 804 01:09:43,513 --> 01:09:45,973 which had crashed along the beach throughout history. 805 01:09:46,099 --> 01:09:50,479 A natural process, happening constanfly and endlessly, 806 01:09:50,603 --> 01:09:53,523 without her involvement or observation. 807 01:09:53,648 --> 01:09:56,858 This thought made her both happy and sad at the same time. 808 01:09:59,362 --> 01:10:04,952 And then Karen said a prayer for herseIf, and for EIvis, 809 01:10:05,076 --> 01:10:08,576 and for Teijo, and for Jack. 810 01:10:30,852 --> 01:10:33,852 - Pretty neat sandcastIe you got there. - Thanka. 811 01:11:00,590 --> 01:11:02,420 Lisa. Hey. 812 01:11:30,203 --> 01:11:32,083 HeIIo. 813 01:11:32,205 --> 01:11:36,455 I'm Iooking for a Mr, uh... Woodrow WiIson. 814 01:11:38,044 --> 01:11:41,174 KAREN: Dear Jack, it's not easy for me to write this letter, 815 01:11:41,297 --> 01:11:44,167 though l feel it's unlikely you'll ever read it. 816 01:11:44,300 --> 01:11:47,510 I don't beIieve we have a guest here by that name, sir. 817 01:11:51,015 --> 01:11:52,715 Sea saIt? 818 01:11:52,850 --> 01:11:56,480 lt's been a whirlwind couple of months, and this last week especially. 819 01:11:56,604 --> 01:11:58,314 I need your car keys. 820 01:11:58,439 --> 01:12:00,109 l love you, and l'm sorry. 821 01:12:00,233 --> 01:12:01,403 Now, pIease. 822 01:12:01,526 --> 01:12:06,026 But eternity anywhere sounds like hell. KB. 823 01:12:07,240 --> 01:12:10,580 Mr WiIson can be accessed via the service eIevator in the basement. 824 01:12:10,702 --> 01:12:13,162 That gentIeman at the veIvet rope can show you the way. 825 01:12:13,287 --> 01:12:17,747 - And what's your name, sir? - My name's Jack BIuebIood. 826 01:12:22,880 --> 01:12:26,170 P.S. l hope you found whatewer it was you were looking for. 827 01:12:28,386 --> 01:12:30,506 XOXO. 828 01:12:32,098 --> 01:12:40,108 # I'm so hurt 829 01:12:44,027 --> 01:12:48,817 # To think that you, you lied to me 830 01:12:52,785 --> 01:12:58,415 # I'm hurt 831 01:12:59,751 --> 01:13:05,461 # Way down deep inside of me 832 01:13:10,678 --> 01:13:14,558 # You said your love was true 833 01:13:16,893 --> 01:13:22,653 # And we'd never, never, ever part 834 01:13:27,236 --> 01:13:31,696 # Now you want someone new 835 01:13:33,534 --> 01:13:38,874 # And it breaks my heart 836 01:13:38,998 --> 01:13:40,918 # whoa-oh 837 01:13:41,042 --> 01:13:47,842 # I'm so hurt 838 01:13:49,217 --> 01:13:53,677 # Much more than you'll ever know 839 01:13:57,892 --> 01:14:01,942 # Yes, darling, l'm so hurt 840 01:14:05,191 --> 01:14:08,321 # Because l still love you so 841 01:14:12,406 --> 01:14:13,406 # But 842 01:14:15,451 --> 01:14:22,871 # But even though you hurt me 843 01:14:23,668 --> 01:14:29,878 # Like nobody else could ever do 844 01:14:32,135 --> 01:14:35,045 # I would never 845 01:14:36,514 --> 01:14:43,194 # Ever hurt 846 01:14:44,188 --> 01:14:50,318 # Hurt you 847 01:15:05,626 --> 01:15:07,286 (SILENCE) 848 01:15:23,603 --> 01:15:25,103 (GUNSHOT) 849 01:15:52,548 --> 01:15:56,678 NARRATOR: Looking into Elvis's eyes, it aII became cIear to Jack. 850 01:15:56,802 --> 01:16:00,812 This was the man who sang "That's All Right" and "Blue Moon of Kentucky" 851 01:16:00,932 --> 01:16:04,982 and "Mystery Train." This was his hero. 852 01:16:05,102 --> 01:16:09,062 lt was a voice that had gotten him through many lonely nights. 853 01:16:09,190 --> 01:16:12,360 This was Elvis Aaron Presley. 854 01:16:12,485 --> 01:16:14,395 They were dream brothers, 855 01:16:14,528 --> 01:16:18,448 and they were connected by some inextricable cosmic force. 856 01:16:23,454 --> 01:16:26,214 And then Jack died. 857 01:16:42,223 --> 01:16:44,143 lf you're just joining us, we have breaking news 858 01:16:44,267 --> 01:16:45,847 from the Beverly Canyon Hotel, 859 01:16:45,977 --> 01:16:48,687 where there has been an assassination attempt on Elvis. 860 01:16:48,813 --> 01:16:50,523 Elvis's unidentified assailant 861 01:16:50,648 --> 01:16:53,858 was shot down by one of the Memphis Mafia, Judd Feathers, 862 01:16:53,985 --> 01:16:57,105 who we're hearing died soon after by wounds sustained to his chest. 863 01:16:57,238 --> 01:16:59,608 We're going live to an interview with Elvis now. 864 01:16:59,740 --> 01:17:02,490 My old friend J Feathers is, uh... 865 01:17:04,453 --> 01:17:07,543 Well, he's a hero and he saved my life. 866 01:17:08,833 --> 01:17:10,883 We're gonna dedicate tonight's show to him. 867 01:17:11,002 --> 01:17:13,552 NARRATOR: The whole thing was covered up by RCA and the Colonel, 868 01:17:13,671 --> 01:17:15,841 who feared that the incident might tarnish 869 01:17:15,965 --> 01:17:19,585 Elvis's already tenuous relationship with the public and his fans. 870 01:17:19,719 --> 01:17:23,429 The incident lives on in Elvis's can of urban legends, 871 01:17:23,556 --> 01:17:26,346 along with his supposed abduction by aliens 872 01:17:26,475 --> 01:17:30,095 and the faking of his own death three years later. 873 01:17:30,521 --> 01:17:33,771 (ALSo SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA PLAYS) 874 01:18:03,846 --> 01:18:06,386 (AUDIENCE CHEERING) 875 01:18:09,226 --> 01:18:10,886 (WILD CHEERING) 876 01:18:37,671 --> 01:18:41,591 Elvis played to the Los Angeles crowd that evening like he was 18. 877 01:18:43,010 --> 01:18:45,760 He had found his Shangri-La. 878 01:18:45,888 --> 01:18:50,808 He had found saIvation. He had found the righteous path. 879 01:18:52,728 --> 01:18:54,598 And so had Jack. 880 01:18:58,859 --> 01:19:04,159 As for Karen, some say her car slid off the highway and into the ocean, 881 01:19:04,281 --> 01:19:08,911 where she's still trapped underwater, entombed by the sea. 882 01:19:09,036 --> 01:19:13,246 Others speculate she moved to Canada, gave birth to Jack's child, 883 01:19:13,374 --> 01:19:18,174 and became what she ran away from in the first place, her mother. 884 01:19:20,589 --> 01:19:23,879 The most popular story is that she changed her name, 885 01:19:24,009 --> 01:19:27,469 laid low for a few years and re-emerged a decade later 886 01:19:27,596 --> 01:19:33,346 as recording artist Jennifer Fever, whose minor 1988 hit "Shangri-La Suite" 887 01:19:33,477 --> 01:19:36,977 was said to have been about her brief affair with Jack Blueblood. 888 01:19:38,315 --> 01:19:41,725 As dar as the evidence is concerned, she was Iast seen 889 01:19:41,861 --> 01:19:45,411 entering a gas-station bathroom in Tulsa, oklahoma. 890 01:19:46,365 --> 01:19:49,275 Billy Freehall, a transient male prostitute 891 01:19:49,410 --> 01:19:51,410 and the last person to see her alive, 892 01:19:51,537 --> 01:19:54,827 claimed he would never forget the look on her dace. 893 01:19:54,957 --> 01:19:57,827 A mixture of freedom and despair. 894 01:19:57,960 --> 01:20:01,300 lt would stay with him for the rest of his short life. 895 01:20:37,124 --> 01:20:40,844 Sure, the sun would burn out one day 896 01:20:40,961 --> 01:20:44,421 but that wasn't for a very, very long time. 897 01:20:44,548 --> 01:20:47,838 The future was an endless highway, 898 01:20:47,968 --> 01:20:52,348 and Karen would follow the sun untiI its end.