Watched it last night, thought it was very well done. I can remember the news stories at the time, and can also remember 15 and 16 year olds at my school who had permanent 5 o'clock shadows and looked much older. My daughter is 16 and when I put it on last night she asked what I was watching, told her the basic premise of a 32 yo posing as a 16 yo to go back to school, her immediate response "was it for paedo reasons?" Tbh that would have made more sense than all the lies that Brandon/Brian came up with.
The whole thing was and still is utterly bizarre, both in the fact that he continues to be very economical with the truth imo, and that he duped so many people in the first place.