Eventually, Effy begins acting erratically, cutting out pictures of death and pasting them to her mother's bedroom wall while mentioning "creatures" coming for her. However, when seeing him, Effy begins to freak out, yelling at him to leave and at Freddie to make him. Cook sees this and lashes out at fellow party-goer Shankey and headbutts JJ without realizing who he has hurt. Freddie knocks on Effy's door 3 times and shakes the doorknob before she finally lets him in. Not wanting to give up on Effy yet, Freddie turns around and begins to take Effy somewhere else. Kicking the door open, he sees Effy lying on the floor unconscious with her wrists slashed. Freddie and Katie take her to visit his grandfather. In the sixth episode "Tony", it becomes clear that she is looking after Tony since his accident, where she is seen comforting him from his nightmares by reading him Greek myths. Back at home Tony receives a parcel from Michelle, which is actually the watch he gave her for her birthday, prompting him to become further frustrated with Sid. Effy and Freddie see him fighting and leave. At school Effy's art teacher appoints Effy to the task of helping new girl Pandora, and explains that she must do well on her GCSE Art coursework or else she'll be expelled. Tony sarcastically comments that she is participating in a sponsored silence, and when asked by In the third series Effy became a central character, developing into something of a femme fatale and the rebel of Roundview College. Later at a party, Effy is dancing with Freddie and kisses him. At the end of the episode, Effy's father arrives home to a clean house, and his wife in an elegant state, all presumably done by Effy. It is revealed later that Effy didn't sell it, but instead had it repaired and sent back to Michelle with the word "forever" engraved in it, softening Michelle enough to speak to Tony again. She blames Freddie and runs away. In the hospital, Effy tells Freddie to go away. Effy comes to see Cook in prison and tells him she loves Freddie. After Freddie clears the party out, Cook remains. Effy breaking the fourth wall in the aftermath of Series 2 In the finale of the second series, "Final Goodbyes", Effy is seen in the final shot before the credits, smirking at the camera and smiling while lying under Tony's duvet cover, foreshadowing her presence as the lead character in the third series. Although Effy clearly objects to the former, she allows Pandora to follow her around, and even takes her home with her. Kicking the door open, he sees Effy lying on the floor unconscious with her wrists slashed. She is taken to hospital to be treated. The amount of people in demonic looking costumes begins to freak Effy out.
She is concerned over Freddie's sudden departure and believes that her condition scared him off.
Effy comes to see Cook in prison and tells him she loves Freddie.
Freddie and Katie take her to visit his grandfather. She then hugs Cook while Freddie watches. In the following episode "Cook", Effy and Freddie kiss again and are overseen by Cook, who has become expelled and eventually arrested when admitting to selling drugs that led to a suicide. She then hugs Cook while Freddie watches. It should be noted that a full moon appears in Effy's central episodes, both in season 3 and 4; this is an obvious connection to Effy's dark state of mind and her depressive disorder. She says that Effy needs both of them now. In "Thomas", Effy does not come to the first day of school and the others assume she is still in Italy. She shares her concerns and her feeling of rejection with him. Though she is prepared to break up with Cook — which she does without informing him — and confront Freddie with her feelings, she is discouraged by Freddie's new relationship with Katie. Over the course of the episode Effy's condition deteriorates to the point where she completely forgets who she is, and who her friends are, transforming her into a whole new person. The guys are led by the irrepressible and irresponsible Cook, the daring and charismatic leader of the gang. She later ends up redeeming herself however and stops her ways eventually falling in love with Freddie McClaire, before even…
Her brother In "Effy", Tony is forced to care about someone other than himself for once when Effy – one of the only people he cares about – disappears during a night of partying with a boy named Spencer. Katie, who is dancing on a float, sees a distraught Effy and rescues her, and calls Freddie over to take care of her. I hear words go past me backwards. She decides to throw a "goodbye party", thus freaking much of the gang out. Desperate to find Effy, can Tony rely on any of his old friends, or have they all shunned him forever?