'American Horror Story': Is Violet Dead? (VIDEO)

For the past couple of weeks, fans of 'American Horror Story' (Wed., 10PM ET on FX) have taken to the Internet with the question, "Is Violet dead?" They'd been analyzing her scenes in recent weeks, speculating that maybe she didn't survive her earlier suicide attempt.

As if in answer to their questions, Violet took center stage in this week's episode, where it was definitively revealed if she was indeed dead or alive. But Violet's state wasn't the only revelation.

!!SPOILER ALERT!!

While it was assumed that Larry was burned in the fire that took his family, it turns out it was instead a result of Tate's first stop before he went on a shooting rampage at school. It's still unclear if he remembers the events of that day.

As the episode progressed, truancy officers came to the house because Violet had been out of school the past 16 days. Tate revealed himself as the man in the rubber suit to Ben, and then tried to convince Violet to kill herself to be with him. As odd as it sounds, this was actually his attempt at an act of mercy.

But when she panicked and tried to run out of the house, only to find herself back in there, he had to show her the painful truth. She never survived that suicide attempt, and now her body is lying beneath the house -- and attracting flies. Why it's just been left there when other bodies have been better hidden is another unanswered question.

And now the body count in the house grew by one, as the exterminator who stumbled across Violet's body is the latest resident in haunting.