Headscratchers / Deadly Games

• With the exception of the practical joker villain Danny put into the game without his knowledge, Gus knows the weaknesses of all these villains; and knows full well that each and every one of them is going to show up at some point. So why didn't he immediately go out and stock up on everything that would be needed to defeat them? In the time between Killshot and Evil Shirley, he could've made up a shopping list, gone out and made a stockpile. Shirley could've had a dollhouse from Toys R Us dropped on her the instant she made an appearance, and so on and so forth. But no, Gus, Peter, and Lauren sat on their hands let themselves get caught flat-footed each week.
  • It's been some time since this troper saw the show, but the fact is that Gus, Lauren and Peter all have daily lives to deal with in addition to the new "villain of the week" situation thanks to Gus' game. Yes, Gus could have done some stockpiling, but there'd be no guarantee that the items bought would work. For example, Gus designed one character to be hit with a horse shoe "while still on a horse." It was Gus' ingenuity that lead him to use a wooden horse (used at construction sites) and attaching the horse shoe onto it for it to serve as a functional weapon, but it was still a risk because even he couldn't be sure how literal the weakness had to be. Plus, we also see that Gus is also busy not only trying to stop his game characters, but also having to deal with the University (in fact, they ask him why he took weeks to report the anti-matter device working). Much like any video gamer experiences now, it's hard to balance real life with video gaming. So, stock piling may have worked with some, but when real life gets in the way, sometimes, something as simple as shopping can become difficult.
• Okay, to be totally fair, there is definitely a certain "video game logic" in boss enemies needing to be defeated in specific ways. That said, it's still weird for each episode's villain to be basically unstoppable except for an extremely situational weakness, considering Gus was making the game as a power fantasy for himself.