The next episode of Season 4 of Arrow is going to build the tension between Oliver (Stephen Amell) and Malcolm Merlyn (John Barrowman).

The synopsis and the extended preview for the episode, entitled 'Eleven-Fifty-Nine,' was recently revealed.

In the episode Oliver and Diggle (David Ramsey) will find out about Merlyn's plans to help Damian Darhk (Neil McDonough) break out of prison.

Here's the official synopsis:

"Oliver (Stephen Amell) and Diggle (David Ramsey) learn that Merlyn (John Barrowman) is going to try to break Darhk (guest star Neal McDonough) out of prison. Meanwhile, Laurel (Katie Cassidy) gets a surprising offer and Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) has a heart-to-heart talk with Curtis (guest star Echo Kellum)."

In other recent news, Arrow's Executive Producer Marc Guggenheim has unveiled the title of the final episode of Season 4 of The CW series.

Guggenheim revealed the title, 'Lost in the Flood,' via Twitter, also revealing that Glen Winter is going to be directing the finale. The showrunner also posted a snapshot of the first page of the script for the episode.

In a recent Entertainment Weekly spoiler report, it was revealed that a bunch of The CW shows, The Flash, Arrow,Supergirl or Legends of Tomorrow, will be in for surprising returns and exits.

The shows' executive producer Andrew Kreisberg revealed to the publication that fans should prepare to be thrown some. "There are some surprise returns and some surprise exits across all the shows," he said.

In other great news about Arrow, the CW announced that Arrow has been renewed for another season.

TVLine reported that The CW head Mark Pedowitz announced early renewals for some of the network's shows.

Arrow has been renewed with other shows like The Flash, The Vampire Diaries, The Originals, Jane the Virgin andiZombie. In a press statement Pedowitz spoke about the motivation behind renewing these shows.

The episode is set to air on April 6.

Watch the preview:

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