Huh, well, that's a change of pace.
In our many years together, Mandy and I have shared quite a few experiences together. She made me watch the entirety of Babylon 5 (I suppose, more like she got me started watching it, and I happily went along with the rest). We've played through some video games together (Silent Hill: Shattered Memories and Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword come to mind in particular), seen lots of movies together, explored far off places together... we really enjoy sharing experiences.
Anyway, one day, several years ago (perhaps Mandy will remember exactly when better than I), we were at my parents' house, and she saw a bumper sticker sitting on a kitchen cupboard. It read:
When you're up to your ass in tribbles, it's difficult to remember that the objective was to poison the grain.
And so Mandy asks "What's a tribble?"
Needless to say, I immediately rectified this. We watched The Trouble with Tribbles, and Mandy was introduced to Star Trek.
I'd grown up on Star Trek: The Next Generation, with a healthy dose of various other Trek series along the way. Mom has a story about seeing Star Trek III. I won't repeat it here. Anyway, Mandy grew to really enjoy the original series (TOS, 1966-1969), greatly enjoying the alternating (and sometimes simultaneous) campiness and good stories. She especially enjoyed the interplay between Spock and Bones, and their rivalry which could only lead to the most beautiful friendship. When we were living apart from each other, we would simultaneously watch episodes of Star Trek, streaming to our computers, while chatting via instant messenger. We made a spreadsheet to keep track of which episodes we had watched, and which ones we wanted to be sure we watched together, etc. The spreadsheet also had the translated Japanese Titles for each episode. Why watch "Day of the Dove" when you can watch "Mystery in Space! Eating Angry!?"?
We've gone on to watch a bunch of Star Trek: TNG together as well, as well as many other TV series, sci-fi and otherwise, but I think the original series is special to us because of how it became a way for us to share time together when we were still pretty new at the living apart thing. Also, we really enjoy nerding out together.
J