Rich Man, Poor Man, Book II is mildly interesting but not really worthy of its predecessor.
The original is a classic and truly a historic benchmark in television. It, of course benefitted from the star-making effort of Nick Nolte as Tom. It also benefitted from a great story spanning decades.
RMPM, B2 is much less compelling and is overly long though much less complex.
The cast is great though. Peter Strauss is a fine actor. I generally enjoy every he's in. Gregg Henry as Tom's son Wes ably handles the role.
Penny Peyser is great as Ramona as well.
All in all, you will probably want to watch this if you are a fan of the original miniseries. I enjoyed the follow up novel by Irwin Shaw, Beggarman, Thief more.
