Coronation Street’s Sam plays a trick on terrified Lily in revenge plot
Young Sam Blakeman (Jude Riordan) was recently traumatised by a terrifying incident in Coronation Street. Murderer Mick Michaelis (Joe Layton) had escaped from prison, and turned up at Weatherfield High looking for his daughter Joanie (Savanna Pennington).
As the menacing figure appeared in the school, some of the pupils recognised him and fled in fear for their lives.
Lily Platt (Grace Ashcroft-Gardner) rushed into a nearby classroom and locked the door. Sam was right behind her, but as he made for the safety of the classroom, Lily refused to let him in. Sam was left in the corridor at the mercy of Mick.
Luckily Mick was focused on the hunt for Joanie and Sam wasn’t hurt, but the fear he experienced has stayed with him and is seriously affecting him.
Having heard about Lily’s actions, Nick (Ben Price), Toyah (Georgia Taylor) and Leanne (Jane Danson) have been left concerned about what happened and worried that Sam’s ordeal will have affected him, especially given that his mother died at the hands of an escaped prisoner – an event that left him deeply traumatised.
In upcoming episodes Sam is unable to cope when the family assemble at the bistro for Audrey (Sue Nicholls)’s birthday tea. He hides in the office, shaking with fear.
There’s worse to come when David (Jack P Shepherd) and Shona (Julia Goulding) try to get Lily to apologise to Sam for her actions, but she tells him that she locked him out of the classroom on purpose. Sam can’t believe she would be so callous and the pair argue furiously.
Peace seems to have been restored later when the two cousins both attend Eco Club and Nick and Toyah are relieved that they’re getting on again.
But Sam has other ideas. Lily has made a poster and Sam isn’t very impressed by it. After sneering at the poster, Sam tells Lily that there have been six burglaries in the area in recent days. He says that the burglars move the furniture around.
When Lily gets home she’s spooked to find the door ajar. When she goes inside, she sees that the furniture has been moved around. Fearing that they’ve been burgled, she screams in panic.
Has Sam just got his revenge on Lily? And if so, will that be the end of their feud?
It’s not the end of Sam’s ordeal.
As he opens up to Toyah about how the incident in the school affected him, he tells her he’s been having panic attacks and is living with constant anxiety, it seems he’s still feeling deeply troubled by everything that’s happened.