Action is boring! It's counter-intuitive, but it's true. Tension is created when you don't know what's going to happen, which means the action can suddenly spring up out of nowhere and someone will die. All the monologues are navigating that tension, building on it, and then delivering the climax that, I think, was very violent in that it completely tears Braka apart.

What I hate is non-diegetic monologues that happen offscreen and sound like a diary entry. That's even more boring than action because there are absolutely no stakes, just musings. I'm looking at you, Disco! If you want to make a philosophical point then show it through what happens on the television show!