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Absurdities, or absurd equations, are those for which there is no solution.

Blomkvist finishes editing the completed portion of Dag’s manuscript. Like Blomkvist in financial reporting, Dag is exposing criminals who are usually protected by the media. Everyone in the office is gone for Easter vacation, and Blomkvist smokes and goes through Lisbeth’s bag. He has not been able to contact Lisbeth, but he finds a notebook filled with equations in the bag. The last equation is (Blond Hulk + Magge) = NEB, but Blomkvist does not understand it.

Berger considers a job offer from Svenska Morgon-Posten, a large, conservative newsgroup. She loves working at Millennium with Blomkvist, but she does not want to miss the opportunity to become a more serious player in Swedish news.

Blomkvist has dinner with his sister’s family and gets a call from Dag, who wants to investigate Zala for his book. Blomkvist says that he cannot add something so close to the deadline, but they agree to meet and hand off materials later.

Lisbeth visits Dag and Mia, who do not know who she is.