Effie Morales is Tariq's ex-girlfriend from Choate, she sold drugs with Tariq and the two started a relationship until she got him expelled.
Effie appeared as a central character and minor antagonist in Season 6.
She returns in Power Book II: Ghost as a supporting character in season 1 and one of the deuteragonists of season 2.
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Biography
Season 6
She meets Tariq St. Patrick at Choate and tells him to stop dealing drugs until she agrees to work with him. The pair grow towards each other and later begins a relationship. However it doesn’t last long as she betrays him by getting him expelled.
Power Book Il: Ghost
She gets into Yale university and she reunited with Tariq wanting to make amends. She gives condolences about the death of his father and explains why she did what she did. Tariq takes the drugs with her as payback and she leaves, despite her pleading.
She later arrives at Tariq’s room which makes Lauren jealous. She explains to Tariq that she needs his help, though because of her betrayal in the original series, he tells her he doesn’t deal drugs anymore and she walks away. After getting into debt with 2-bit, Tariq has no choice but to work with Effie and later both of them have sex. Tariq helps her sell drugs on campus but later lies to her that he has to meet his mother’s lawyer but in fact has to meet 2-bit. After believing that he ditched her, she tells Brayden that Tariq was selling her drugs and she leaves to go back to Yale. Tariq later meets Effie the next day and apologized for lying to her but tells her that he tried to keep her safe as he was nearly killed by Barz. She is accepting and brings out his inner-ghost and kisses him goodbye.
Season 2
Goals
- Be rich (ongoing)
- Take out the competition at Choate (succeeded)
- Rekindle her relationship with Tariq (trying)
- Sell drugs with Tariq during homecoming (succeeded)
Trivia
- She was a love interest for Tariq in season 6 of Power.
- It was revealed in season 2 that Effie is bisexual.
Appearances
| Power Book II: Ghost, Season 1 | |||||
| #01 | "The Stranger" | #05 | "The Gift of the Magi" | #09 | "Monster" |
| #02 | "Exceeding Expectations" | #06 | "Good vs Evil" | #10 | "Heart of Darkness" |
| #03 | "Play the Game" | #07 | "Sex Week" | ||
| #04 | "The Prince" | #08 | "Family First" | ||
