faithfire replied to your post:
I loved it when Matthew called her Ma. The mining episode, where they’re calling out for him and he just starts crying for her makes me choke up.
Omg, yes! And that was in Season 2-- one of the first times Matthew ever calls her Ma. He's just so terrified and needs his mother. Aahh...It breaks my heart!
At times I wish that by the end of the series the writers would have had him call her Ma all the time, like Colleen eventually does. But then again, the moments when he does call her Ma are so special because of their rarity and that would have been lost.
I do love that those moments always have a purpose-- it's either because he's hurt, like in "Crossing the Line" and "The Offering," or he's comforting her, or he's just really grateful for her in that moment, but they always indicate a strong emotional moment between them as mother and son.