Tips on enjoying the show?

I'd really like to make it through this show because it's my boyfriend's all-time favorite. He watched 6 seasons of gossip girl with me, I don't want to disappoint him.

But I'm miserable. I don't really like fighting scenes and it feels like there's one episode of plot/story (which I like) followed by 5-6 episodes of posturing and fighting with the bad guys, which causes me to lose interest and stop paying attention for the rest of the arc.

I'm about 2 and a half seasons into the show, there's still a long way to go. I like the characters but I'm not that invested yet.

This isn't really uncommon for me when watching new shows, sometimes the spark doesn't hit until later and then I when it hits I become obsessed and watch the show many times to catch what I missed.

Any one experience this and get invested later in the show? Is there an arc that will hook me? Or an arc that should have hooked me that I need to rewatch?

Any tips welcome, please don't take this post as an insult to the show, I know this is a me problem.