 These combined departures and their subsequent replacements also signaled the beginning of a major shift in focus of the "M*A*S*H" series as a whole with story and script focus emphasizing the character of Hawkeye Pierce, played by Alan Alda.The episode opens in the operating room, as the surgeons and medical staff (with the exception of Frank Burns) participate in a game of "Name That Tune".Tension between Frank, who requests silence, and the other surgeons reaches a peak, and shortly afterwards, Radar O'Reilly (Gary Burghoff) enters the O.R.