<P> Murphy also revealed via his Instagram account that Freak Show character Twisty the Clown would return in the seventh season, indicating that John Carroll Lynch would reprise his role . </P> <P> In February 2017, it was announced the season would begin principal photography in June 2017 . By the next month, filming was moved to May 2017 . On May 24, 2017, writer and producer John J. Gray confirmed the show started filming . </P> <P> On October 7, 2017, it was confirmed that the sixth episode of the season would be edited as a direct result of the 2017 Las Vegas Strip shooting that occurred on October 1, 2017 . The episode originally featured a scene lasting 2 minutes and 16 seconds where Leslie Grossman's character Meadow Wilton begins to fire at Evan Peters' character, as well as a crowd, during a campaign speech . The episode was edited to de-emphasize the violence and to mostly have it featured completely off - screen - as a result the opening sequence of the episode was cut in half, several on - screen deaths were removed and two separate close - up shots of the handgun firing were removed . </P> <P> While only the edited episode was broadcast on FX, the original uncut episode was released via VOD, FXNOW and FX+ . </P>

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