General Hospital Spoilers Weekly Update: Sonny At Risk, Portia Plots Against Drew
Episode 15695 AIR DATE: MONDAY, APRIL 21, 2025
Carly (Laura Wright) insisted on joining Sonny (Maurice Benard) in LA for his heart surgery. Sasha (Sofia Mattsson) admitted to Jason (Steve Burton) that she took Sidwell’s (Carlo Rota) money to be independent for her baby. Lucas (Van Hansis) and Marco (Adrian Anchondo) talked things out. Deception fired Natalia (Eva LaRue), and Sonny backed their decision. Jordan (Tanisha Harper) ended things with Isaiah (Sawandi Wilson). Sidwell visited Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn) and asked her to reconsider terminating Marco. Emma (Braedyn Bruner) and Josslyn (Eden McCoy) hashed things out from their childhood.
Episode 15696 AIR DATE: TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2025
Trina (Tabyana Ali) confided in Curtis (Donnell Turner) about Kai’s (Jens Austin Astrup) surgery. Kai told Drew he decided he wants the surgery, and Drew suggested he do a documentary on his journey. Lucky (Jonathan Jackson) suggested to Kristina (Kate Mansi) that she forget what happened and move on. Willow (Katelyn MacMullen) sought out Jason for help with Carly, and he suggested she go to Germany to talk things out with Michael (Chad Duell). Carly called Diane (Carolyn Hennesy) to discuss Michael’s custody of the kids, planning to blindside Willow.
Episode 15697 AIR DATE: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2025
Carly and Jason argued over the Willow and Michael situation. Tracy (Jane Elliot) offered Ezra (Daniel Cosgrove) money, agreeing with his desire to rid Port Charles of Sonny. Dante (Dominic Zamprogna) helped Lulu (Alexa Havins) move into her new house and she revealed she got a job with the Llanview Banner writing a piece on adoption. When Willow told Drew her plan to go to Germany, he asked to go with her, then agreed to support her decision to go talk to Michael alone. Chase (Josh Swickard) and Brook Lynn (Amanda Setton) shared with Lois (Rena Sofer) and Ned (Wally Kurth) their plans to adopt. When they asked Lois the name of the adoption agency she used for her baby, Lois called Gloria (Ellen Travolta) in a panic due to their being no adoption agency, then told them that the one she used closed down years ago.
Episode 15698 AIR DATE: THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 2025
Sonny thought about his kids as he got prepped for open heart surgery. Lulu interviewed Lucas for her article, then when he told Brook Lynn about it, she stormed to Lulu’s wanting answers. Danny (Asher Antonyzyn) admitted to Jason that he misses his mom. Molly (Kristen Vaganos) visited Ric (Rick Hearst) at GH, then when Diane showed up to discuss Avery (Ava and Grace Scarola) with Ric, she may have purposefully gotten her paperwork mixed up with Molly’s, letting Molly have the papers to commit Kristina. Molly ran into Cody in the ER, being treated for a kick in the ribs by a horse, then freaked out when she read the papers.
Episode 15699 AIR DATE: FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2025
Carly and Brick (Stephen A. Smith) waited for news on Sonny. While they were told he made it through surgery with flying colors, a mysterious nurse sneaked into his room and injected his IV with something. Nina and Portia hired the prostitute to simply take photos in bed with Drew, after Portia slips him a drug. Brook Lynn and Lulu’s fight over her article was interrupted by Dante, and Brook Lynn revealed to them that she and Chase are planning to adopt. Molly and Cody hurried to show Kristina the papers Alexis drew up, while Alexis got a visit from Ava, asking for more money. Sidwell and Jordan met with Drew about their shared enemy in Sonny. When Willow got to Germany, the receptionist told her Michael didn’t want to see her. She left, then the receptionist called Drew to assure him the job was done.
In Mazda’s hometown of Hiroshima, Japan, there are artists whose families have been making traditional Japanese lacquer work for generations. Lacquer is an artistic process that starts with the resin of the native urushi tree which is then ground and mixed with pigments to create a bold, smooth coating that can be applied to wood, or spread over a paper form to create a light, strong, and very beautiful finish on furniture or housewares. It’s a time-consuming art. A single lacquer bowl can require more than 100 layers and take more than four months to complete. The result is unlike any other paint process. It’s glossy and deep, with colors like a sunset or a butterfly’s wing.
You won’t find any lacquer artists in the paint department at Mazda, but there is no doubt that Keiichi Okamoto, head of the design center, finds inspiration in that traditional Japanese craft. If you’ve ever walked past a ruby-red CX-50 in a parking lot or caught a glimpse of a bright gem of a Miata on the highway, you have Okamoto and his team to thank for that eye-catching color. To make a red so vibrant, Mazda’s paint team had to develop a whole new paint process.
Takuminuri translates in English as “artisan coloring,” and it refers to four of Mazda’s most dramatic colors: Soul Red Crystal, Machine Gray, Rhodium White Premium, and Artisan Red Premium. What makes these colors different from standard metallic finishes is the size of the metallic particles and the way the paint is applied. Where normal metallic paints use larger flakes and only a few layers, a Takuminuri color uses much smaller flake and a translucent color layer before the clear coat. This is a similar technique to the “kandy coat” colors of custom cars in the 1960s, where a layer of metalflake or pearl was sprayed over by a transparent color. Unlike those early candies, which were notorious for becoming blotchy if not applied perfectly by a skilled hand, Mazda has managed to program its factory robots to lay down thin, even coats of each layer to maximize the shine and avoid any imperfections.
To achieve the sheen without the glitter of metallic, the actual flakes in the first layer of paint are a mere 12 to 15 microns thick, barely bigger than what the human eye can see. The layer contains both metallic and light-absorbing particles, which mimics the effect of a flake sprayed over a dark base coat—a trick for creating depth under the eventual candy top coat.
For inspiration, Okamoto looked at gemstones, freshly machined metal, red wines, and, we’d guess, at local lacquerware. The result is shades that highlight the shape of the cars in unbroken lines and with an underlying glow. It’s the perfect match for Mazda’s unfussy, simple design language, much like a lacquer sake cup in a traditional black and red finish.
