OMG SHOCKING!!! Sam runs for his life in Coronation Street as terrifying ordeal overwhelms him

Sam Blakeman’s (Jude Riordan) mental health continues to spiral in Coronation Street next week, as the teen struggles to differentiate between what is real and what isn’t.

Sam’s confidence took a serious knock when he started getting manipulated by Megan Walsh (Beth Nixon). The character became the first person to discover Megan’s relationship with Will Driscoll (Lucas Hodgson-Wale), and was threatened into keeping quiet.

While Megan piled on the pressure, Sam also started taking ADHD medication, despite not being prescribed it. He believed it would help him focus at school more, but it just made his situation a whole lot worse.

His stress levels led to Sam collapsing in the street and being rushed to hospital. Afterwards, Leanne Battersby (Jane Danson) discovered what he had been going through, and what Megan has been doing to him and Will.

Even though the Driscoll family know about Megan now, things aren’t any easier for Sam. He’s finding it incredibly difficult to know just who he can trust, and is also regularly faced with an angry Will, who hates him for exposing his and Megan’s relationship.

With his paranoia at an all-time high, Sam has now started experiencing auditory and visual hallucinations. A few days ago, he ran through Weatherfield believing he was being chased by Will. Sam fell over and when he glanced behind him, he was troubled to realise no one was actually there.

The trouble continues for him in upcoming episodes. While at school, Sam’s left rattled when Will shoots him an evil look as he leaves a classroom.

A while later, as Sam sets off for the Red Rec, Will threatens him. Sam is so on edge, he drops his telescope and it smashes. Terrified, he then runs for his life.

Towards the end of the week, Nick Tilsley (Ben Price) and Toyah Battersby (Georgia Taylor) voice their concerns about Sam and wonder if counselling might help his anxiety. Sam listens in, but overhears a very different conversation.

Horrified, Sam starts to believe that his family don’t believe his comments, and that he’s entirely on his own.

Sam’s ordeal will progress over the next few weeks, as producer of the show Kate Brooks has confirmed the ITV soap will continue to explore just how badly the youngster has been impacted by Megan’s manipulation, and people refusing to believe his claims about her.

‘Getting him across the Megan story and having him be another victim of her manipulation felt like a really interesting way of telling the story’, she explained.

‘But as a result of that, his mental health has been really, really damaged by everything that’s happened – by the manipulation, by the fact that he wasn’t believed, by the fear that he felt every time he was with Megan.’

Kate added: ‘We’re going to tell a big mental health story with Sam, and he’s going to really, really struggle over the course of spring and early summer. It’s about his family realising, hopefully before it’s too late, that he’s in desperate need of help – and he’s really vulnerable.

‘It’s showcasing that Megan’s actions have not just directly impacted Will and the Driscolls, Sam’s also collateral damage.

Coronation Street‘s Sam Blakeman becomes a shadow of his former self next week, after a series of disturbing events leave him feeling terrified. Will the teenager reach out for help, or suffer in silence?

With a meteor shower due to take place, Sam tries and fails to convince Hope Dobbs to come to the Red Rec with him. But Sam’s day takes a turn for the worse when he finds himself being terrorised by Will Driscoll following their recent disputes over Megan Walsh.

“Sam is on his way to the park when he hears Will threatening him,” explains our Corrie source. “He’s so panicked by the situation that he drops his telescope, causing it to smash, then legs it.

“Earlier in the day, Sam sees Will shoot a nasty look at him, which is bad enough, but this is just awful.”

Later in the week, Leanne Battersby spots Sam and Hope looking over the broken telescope, so she probes them on what happened. At first, Hope encourages Sam to tell the story, but ultimately, the schoolgirl ends up teasing him about his fixation on Will. As Sam loses his temper with Hope, is he about to lose one of his oldest friends?

Sam then makes his way down the ginnel, where he is accosted by Will for a second time.

“Sam reaches his arms out towards Will,” our spy reveals. “It’s so unlike Sam to resort to being physical. In the past, he’s been so great at confiding in his loved ones, but now he seems intent on fighting his battles on his own.”

 Thankfully, Sam is still showing interest in his schoolwork as he goes about preparing for an upcoming maths test. But even so, it doesn’t take long for Leanne to feel worried for her surrogate son – while Nick Tilsley and Toyah Battersby voice their own concerns to each other, discussing whether the teen would benefit from counselling.

However, the couple are unaware that Sam has eavesdropped on the conversation and jumped to the conclusion that his own family don’t trust a word that he’s been saying.

Next, Nick and Toyah call on Roy Cropper, who offers to play chess with Sam, before catching sight of him looking distressed in Victoria Gardens. There, Roy learns that Sam has found a tracking device in his schoolbag, which prompts him to spiral.

Who is keeping tabs on Sam’s whereabouts? And what will this mean for his troubled mind?

Coronation Street‘s producer Kate Brooks recently announced plans to explore Sam’s mental health in a big storyline across spring and summer.

“His mental health has been really damaged by everything that has happened [with Megan] – by the manipulation, by the fact that he wasn’t believed, by the fear that he felt every time he was with Megan,” Brooks explained.

“We’re going to tell a big mental health story with Sam. He’s going to really struggle over the course of spring and early summer. It’s about his family realising, hopefully before it’s too late, that he’s in desperate need of help and he’s really vulnerable.”