Okay, so this is hard as heck! I'm not even sure this is remotely close. Here's my take: 1. Pages 1-12: Our intro to the main cast, the concept that they're putting on a play, and that they're now minus a cast member. Also, some vague concept that we're either dealing with a yet unknown character. 2. Pages 13-95: Shiner hired as replacement, and the play moves forward, albeit with a new power struggle between Riggan and Shiner. Cast relationships further developed. Intro to Tabitha, the critic. 3. Pages 96-99: Birdman becomes more real. Or, does Riggan? Riggan has a plan. 4. Pages 100-Close: Riggan shoots himself on stage, closes open relationship loops, and ...

doc, it's always an interesting process sorting out plot points. That's why my first thing to do is zero in on four primary plot points: Opening, Act One end, Act Two end, Ending. Here's my take for Birdman: Opening: 1-6 in which we meet Riggan, hear the mysterious V.O., intersect with Jake and get a sense of the pressure everyone is under re the play, the kitchen table read scene in which Ralph, who Riggan despises, get conked on the head. This latter occurrence sets a whole chain of events into motion, most notably: Who will replace Ralph? Act One end: 29-34 in which Shiner, having been hired as a Ralph's replacement (17-21 being the midpoint of the first act), is drunk and breaks out of character in a play rehearsal. While one could make the argument that the hiring of Shiner marks the end of Act One, I look at this plot point as The Lock, and by that I mean everything a reader needs to know about the story's setup -- all the characters, central conceit, main and secondary conflicts -- has been accomplished. And while the hiring of Shiner is key, it's not until the rehearsal scene where Shiner acts out that we get the entire lay of the land: Riggan's desperate hope for this play to succeed is dependent in large part on the performance of a gifted, yet egomaniac actor (Shiner) who is unreliable in the extreme. Act Two end: 90-94, after the humiliation of having to race outside the theater in his underwear and video uploaded to YouTube, Riggan gets a massive case of salt in the wound when at the Rum House, theater critic Dickinson tells him, "I intend to kill your play." Riggan gets good and drunk, passing out. This represents a major reversal. Everything Riggan has done with re to his play will come to naught due to Dickinson's anticipated slam in the press. It's a hopeless situation which leads to his entry into Act Three wherein he contemplates jumping to his death. Ending: 104-106 in which Riggan acts out the final scene of the play, this time the dialogue replete with double meanings given what he's gone through in his personal life -- "I don’t exist. I’m not even here. I don’t exist. None of this matters." -- and shoots himself. In my view, the entire hospital sequence is an extended denouement. Obviously there are lots of other plot points, but these four cited here form the spine of the plotline IMHO.