Coronation Street's Sam Blakeman is looks set to be diagnosed with schizophrenia following a string of emotional scenes that aired on during Monday night's episode22:04, 15 Jun 2026Coronation Street's Sam Blakeman looks set to be diagnosed with schizophrenia after emotional scenes aired on Monday night. The schoolboy, who is played by Jude Riordan, had been massively struggling with his mental health lately, especially after he was subjected to threats and bullying at the hands of teacher Megan Walsh when she was having an illicit relationship with student Will Driscoll.In very experimental scenes that have been airing in the past few weeks on the long-running soap, which has been through several format changes in recent years, Sam was seen hallucinating that an imaginary version of friendly café owner Roy Cropper (David Neilson) was instructing him to carry out evil acts.It all led to Sam, who was born off-screen in 2011 and introduced as the long-lost son of Nick Tilsey (Ben Price) almost a decade later, being sectioned at Weatherfield General and in the latest instalment of the Manchester-based serial, a nurse explained: "This isn't caused by methylphenidates. Or any drugs, as far as we're aware. We're looking into the possibility, the likelihood, that Sam has schizophrenia."‌Nick immediately asked to see his son, but as he broke down in tears, the nurse said: " I'm afraid he doesn't want to see you. You specifically. I'm sorry, Sam was very clear." Nick later broke down fully as he collapsed into the arms of Toyah in the hospital corridor and Leanne watched on. Back at the Bistro, Nick dismissed everyone before going to have a heart-to-heart with brother David as he lamented the fact that he'd lied to him in the first place.David said: "Let's imagine you didn't lie, OK? So let's run that one through. You tell him the truth. You say, 'Sam, I'm gonna take you to hospital.' What would he do? He'd kick off, wouldn't he, and he'd fight with you? I mean, he could even try and jump out of a moving car, right? Then where would we be?"We'd be in exactly the same place. You'd be sat there, looking like that, he'd be wired up to all sorts of machines at hospital, and you'd say 'David, why didn't I just lie to him? Get him to where he needed to be and let him hate me for a few weeks." Leanne, who has become a mother figure to Sam since his own mum Natasha was shot in a case of mistaken identity at a Halloween party, went to visit him in hospital.She tried to talking him but a special effect made it clear that he wasn't listening and had completely zoned out, as a nurse explained: "We've started Sam on a drug called risperidone, and it can often have that effect in the first days of treatment.‌"Finding the right medication for Sam's condition can take weeks, sometimes months. Worst-case scenario. But we're doing everything that we can. Hopefully, we'll see some improvement soon." Earlier this year, fans guessed that Sam was set to be diagnosed with the behaviour-altering mental health condition.Taking to Reddit, one fan said: "Sam has had so much to deal with. His mum was murdered, and he's been bullied by a teacher. It's no wonder his head is mashed!" whilst another said in response: "That's quite common for a traumatized teenager."A third said: "I thought perhaps he was developing schizophrenia since he’s imagining things at the moment. I’m probably wrong though," and a fourth raged: "I just don't know why Sam had to get involved in the first place. And as for the hallucination scenes.‌"They are just another weird, unnecessary spin of modern Corrie where it tries to be something it's not. The character development has been really bad and they just insist on bashing out one strange for-the-sake-of-it calamity after another."Coronation Street airs weeknights at 8:30pm on ITV1 and ITV X.* Follow Mirror Celebs and TV on TikTok , Snapchat , Instagram , Twitter , Facebook , YouTube and Threads