Bored.

Lots of characters are bored.

People get bored. You get bored. I get bored.

In some scenes the two characters are just passing time. That’s their action. Their objective is to be happy. They get happy by hearing the sound of their own voices. 

They’re bored.

Iconic types in procedurals get bored doing the same job day after - week after week. So do the actors who play those roles. Saying the same kinds of lines episode after episode.

Boredom can be useful and isn’t pejorative.

Boredom creates a hum in your brain that can settle you, calm you, or, sometimes, get you rattled. All useful qualities.

Boredom is a great antidote to doing too much.

The state of being bored is deceptively active.