this week, on tv. [spoilertastic]

* On 30 Rock, Liz Lemon goes back to work after The Girly Show’s summer hiatus. Jack Donaghy clashes with Jerry Seinfeld. On Heroes, Peter has an amnesia, and Nathan has an amish beard. On House M.D., House runs an elimination to see which applicants he should hire. The hottie from episode 1 is back, and sort of reminds me of the DNA girl from CSI, but not really. Kumar (Kal Penn) is an applicant, so that means both Harold and Kumar have guested in the show. On CSI, the cliffhanger to last season is resolved. On Prison Break, the producers pull a “Veronica” on Tancredi. Yeah. And they pull a Se7en too, if you know what I mean. On Family Guy, Brian loses the airhead girlfriend. On The Simpsons, there’s a scene that channels Mrs. Robinson’s seduction. (Yes, and I spotted it.) ** If anyone has one of those DVD players with a USB port that also plays .AVI files, — does it play videos directly from there? I’m thinking that’s gonna make download video viewing a bit ...