Sam makes a worrying request in Coronation Street as Nick’s fears heighten
Nick Tilsley (Ben Price) worries about son Sam Blakeman (Jude Riordan) in Coronation Street soon, as he requests to see someone who inflicted a great deal of horror onto him.
Youngster Sam has spent the past few weeks in a mental health unit following a psychosis breakdown. The character had started experiencing visual and auditory hallucinations of Roy Cropper (David Neilson), and wasn’t able to tell the difference between what is real and what is not.
Before the vision of Roy appeared in his head, Sam was hallucinating Will Driscoll (Lucas Hodgson-Wale). Sam believed that Will was out to get him after he became the person to expose the abuse the teen was experiencing at the hands of Megan Walsh (Beth Nixon).
Prior to Sam speaking out and telling Leanne Battersby (Jane Danson) that Megan had been taking advantage of Will, he was being manipulated by the local school teacher into keeping quiet. All of this resulted in Sam reaching a crisis point back at the start of June.
Following an incident in the cafe involving the real Roy and Sam’s hallucination, the teen fled the cobbles and hid from everyone at the precinct. He was found by Carla Connor-Swain (Alison King), who recognised the signs of psychosis as a result of her own ordeal.
Carla called Nick, who eventually drove Sam to hospital. He was sectioned, and then diagnosed with schizophrenia.
Sam has made a lot of progress and in upcoming episodes, Nick and Toyah Battersby (Georgia Taylor) learn that there’s a high chance he will be discharged at the end of the week.
However, when Sam reveals that he’d like to attend Megan’s trial as it might help him move on, Nick can’t help but worry about the impact it might have on his lad.
Later in the week, as Megan’s trial looms, Sam frets about how it’s going to unfold. He begins to worry that she will be found not guilty, and then come after him for revenge.
With this thought in his mind, will Nick really agree to let Sam attend court?
Actor Ben Price previously praised star Jude Riordan’s performance throughout this story, saying: ‘Selfishly, I want him to be brilliant, and he is brilliant. When you’re with someone who’s discovering that power as an actor, in an adult story, it’s really amazing to watch. He is really, really good and such a nice young lad as well.
‘Super level, super diligent, but also, he’s got a bit of a Platt about him. It’s been really lovely for me. I get to work with a really good actor, and it makes me better.’
