Tate is definitely not the sweet, sensitive modern-day Casper he appears to be.

Yesterday's episode of "American Horror Story" finally showed what really happened to him (Evan Peters) almost 10 years ago. Of course, a lot of questions are still left unanswered, but this somehow eases things for Violet as she confirms that he's really a ghost.

Unlike in the pilot, he wasn't in his skull make-up this time. However, it doesn't strain from the fact that what he did is still freaky - gunning down some high school students in a flashback to 1994. As one of the most twisted opening scenes we've seen on TV, a sinister Tate follows his classmates to the library and shoots them one by one.

Violet (Taissa Farmiga), his girlfriend, is then shown researching the school shooting, when she accidentally stumbles upon information that her trigger-happy darling is dead. The scene intertwines with flashes of Tate being killed himself by the SWAT team as his mother Constance cries out in horror, after the group swarmed their house.

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And as for how she took it, let's just say it would take some time to sink in. As in literally sinking the shock with a boatload of pills, which also puts her mortality to question.

A close source tells E! that the fangirl-inducing ghost (Tate, that is) will gradually come to accept who he really is and what he did then, but not until the season's last three episodes, which are said to be "shocking". For now, he still would have to deal with the confusion on what really happened and just how he got trapped inside the Harmon mansion.

"American Horror Story" has enjoyed tremendous success since its Oct. 5 premiere. It has become the number 1 series premiere for FX ever among adults 18-49, following the success of AMC's 'The Walking Dead', now in its sophomore season.

The network's president, John Landgraf, says, "These final numbers confirm, without question, that the series was a bonafide success. I tip my hat to the producers, our amazing cast and crew, especially to Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk who are proven hitmakers."

The two mentioned are also responsible for the triumph of FOX's 'Glee' and the recently-concluded 'Nip/Tuck'. 

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