In the story, aspects of which parody the 1980 film The Shining,[1] Randy Marsh purchases a Blockbuster video store and demands that his reluctant family work in it on Halloween with him.
His family is skeptical of this idea, since online video streaming and Redbox-DVD vending machines have made brick and mortar rental stores obsolete.
He experiences a vision of an old Blockbuster employee who warns him that the store will never succeed as long as Sharon and Stan's negative attitudes hinder it, and that Randy must do something "extreme" about them.
The boys report the Redbox Killers' crime to the police and are later reunited with Stan after Kyle's iPad is found and brought to the hospital.
The following morning, after the Blockbuster store has burned down, Sharon finds Randy half-frozen in the snow but still alive—and tells him that they will be able to recover some of their money from the insurance company.
[1] Max Nicholson of IGN gave the episode an 8.6/10 "Great" rating, saying "this week's South Park delivered an admirable riff on The Shining, as well as some spot-on streaming media commentary".