It certainly feels like I'm watching shows with scenes where nothing happens but everyone just "says" their motivation over and over inexplicably not saying / doing anything else ...

The Godzilla series Monarch (another show I quit on) was like that with the younger characters constantly just saying their motivation (and still inexplicably not keeping it straight, it changed randomly). But they never DO anything about it, they just use up all the time saying it. It made them seem very wishy washy / spineless dispite supposedly being adults.

Come to think of it the Lord of the Rings series has a lot time wasting repetition too...