FX's horror anthology series "American Horror Story" will for the first time see the return of a character from a previous season in the upcoming season 4, which is subtitled "Freak Show." The character of Pepper, who featured in Season 2, "American Horror Story-Asylum," will appear as one of the freaks who will be seen performing in a freak circus managed by Jessica Lange's character.

The actors of "American Horror Story" have returned to portray new characters in new stories but never to portray the same character. It will be for the first time that actress Naomi Grossma will be returning to reprise her "Asylum" role, the microcephalic character. Pepper's return in "American Horror Story-Freak Show" does not seem be out of place, as the character was reportedly inspired by the 1932 movie, "Freaks." Also, "Asylum" was set in 1964, a good 12 years after "Freak Show," which is set in 1952.

American Horror Story-Freak Show" is set in a time when being different -- physically or mentally -- from the society's set standard meant ending up in an asylum or jail. Jessica Lange is playing the role of a "benevolent soul," a German ex-pat who is running one of the remaining freaks shows in the U.S. She came to the U.S. after the war. Her character Elsa Mars has been rescuing the so called freaks of the society from the jails and hospitals since 1920s and 30s, according to reports.

Confirming reports about Pepper's return, Ryan Murphy, co-creator of "American Horror Story," has said to Entertainment Weekly that Pepper is "one of the members of the titular group of entertainers, managed by Elsa Mars." Murphy has said that the "Freak Show" will show "what happened to Pepper before she went to the asylum." He also said that they thought about it "long and hard" and "decided that it was interesting to do."

"American Horror Story" Season 4 is scheduled to premiere on Oct. 08. The premiere episode is titled "Monsters Among Us." The main attraction of Elsa Mar's freak circus show is expected to be Sarah Paulson's characters, the conjoined twins with two heads, called Dot and Bette Tattler.