When Grant Ellis visited Juliana Pasquarosa in Newton during The Bachelor’s Hometowns episode, he could envision their future together.

I am a new member of Bachelor Nation — and I have no shame. Every week, usually on Tuesday evenings, my friends and I gather to view the week's episode of “The Bachelor.” We set up a projector, light a few candles and pile into one bed as Joey Graziadei appears before us, projected onto a disoriented, partially unironed bedsheet.