Same virtues, same faults. This is a very uneven work which does seem to trade off the FL's popularity, but does have bright patches in the look of it, the way many of the secondary (especially the older) actors do so well, some of the humour and the fact that there seems to be less cliched catfighting among the female characters, the grudges that drive the story have more depth towards the end.
There are still some painful lapses in characterization and plotting, though much of the script is pretty good, and the acting is likewise very uneven, with many of the supporting cast outshining the leads.