after "sherman oaks", behr had a series of guest appearances in various television shows ("step by step", "the profiler", "7th heaven", "buffy the vampire slayer", "jag"). he was cast in the abc series "push", but the ill-fated show only aired a few times before being cancelled. then behr picked up a recurring role as the character chris wolfe in the wb's series "dawson's creek". while filming the show in north carolina, jason read the script for a pilot called "roswell high" — later shortened to "roswell" — and felt an immediate affinity for the lead alien, max evans. "roswell" had a moderately successful run on the wb for two seasons, then moved to upn for its third and final season. while the show never hit it big in the ratings, the series had an extremely loyal fan base.