It gives the actor best known for his role as J.J. Pryor on the late NBC drama "American Dreams" a leading role in prime time again, but it is also a short-term gig.
"I didn't know that when I auditioned," he says, "but I found out later. It's OK with me. You'd be surprised how many things you find out last as an actor.
"You never know how long you'll be around on a series anyway. But, hopefully, this will be a springboard for other projects."
Because "Reunion's" story will be told at the end of what's expected to be this season's 22 episodes, a second season of "Reunion" will revolve around a different story and another cast.
"Reunion" (9 tonight, Fox) is about six friends who come together for their 20th high school reunion. One of them -- revealed last week to be Samantha (Alexa Davalos) -- is murdered, and all of them become suspects. A detective traces their turbulent and secretive lives back, spanning 20 years to find which one had the motive.
"It's a genuine coming-of-age story," Estes says, "but you also find out it's a murder mystery."
Estes plays Will Malloy, a good boy from the wrong side of the tracks who goes to prison for a crime he did not commit and can never quite get the girl.
"He's just a guy with a good sense of himself. He just makes a lot of mistakes," Estes says.
Malloy has a lot of skeletons in his closet. Before the 1980s were finished, he fooled around with his best friend's girl and orchestrated a shady real estate deal. By present day, we see Will has become a priest and is a major suspect in the murder investigation of his friend.
Estes got his start on the NBC soap opera "Santa Barbara," when he was 8 years old. Before graduating from high school, he acted in numerous TV projects such as "The New Lassie" and the cartoon "Jonny's Golden Quest."
Despite finding steady work in an unsure profession at an early age, Estes says, he almost gave up acting when he graduated from high school, which he completed mainly through tutoring.
"I was running around thinking I was cool, driving my car and listening to Carlos Santana," says the 27-year-old bachelor.
"I thought I'd give up acting ... but when I really thought about it, acting was what I wanted to do."
He dropped out of a Los Angeles-area junior college after getting a role in the submarine movie "U-571." It allowed the then-teenage Estes to live in Rome for several months.
He wanted to do "Reunion" because he knew Jon Harmon Feldman, the show's creator, who was a writer on "Dreams."
Although he'll be looking for his next series soon, Estes has no regrets.
"This is a great time in my life," he says. "I am having fun and looking ahead. As an actor, that's all you can do sometimes." -- Terry Morrow, Scripps Howard News Service
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