Malik spanking Altair makes sense because Altair's actions got Malik's brother, Kadar, killed and caused Malik to lose his arm. Then Altair had the audacity to act arrogant towards Malik, when Malik was the head of the Jerusalem bureau. The question I have is how would Malik be able to do that unless he drugged Altair to the point that Altair would not be aware of what Malik was doing? What good is discipline if the one needing it doesn't remember it happening?