The “fathers and sons” theme is strong in this season of Billions, with “Contract” getting to the heart of why Axe bailed on dinner at his Yonkers childhood home last week — and Chuck being tasked with saving his father’s life.

The long-term damage that Axe’s unnamed father caused is indisputable — we need no further proof than Damian Lewis’s voice cracking on a single line of dialogue when confronting his mother, Laurel (Patti D’Arbanville), over Papa Axelrod’s Yonkers reappearance.

being a problem, let’s take a look at what’s going on over at Taylor Mason Carbon, formerly Taylor Mason Capital.

Taylor, however, is (outwardly) willing to give Wendy the benefit of the doubt, offering her 40 percent ownership of Taylor Mason Carbon.

As for Axe, now he’s dealing with the bad optics of abandoning Savion and his mother for dinner — a local Yonkers reporter is gearing up to do a hit piece.

Savion mentions he’s used to Axe’s behavior, because it mirrors that of his own father, a guy who left the family when Savion was a child.

This layer develops further when Axe visits his mother in her Yonkers McMansion.

In gratitude, Axe purchases his old home, and finances a move for Savion and his mother to affluent Scarsdale.

Once she arrives, we find out why Mike Prince’s strategic “You are Yonkers” comments were so triggering: Axe’s dad was abusive, and young Bobby spent his childhood protecting his mother.

Having the Lexus crushed into a cube and deposited outside his dad’s place to the tune of Neil Young’s “Old Man” is only the start of what a guy like Axe’s father deserves.