The thing I think they want you to take away from the scene is that Neal is the person who got the message to Hook.
Don’t think that’s the only thing you are supposed to take away from it. You’re also supposed to recognize that if had Neal not fought off what his father wanted and left Rumple’s body everything Snow and Charming and Regina just did would have been for nothing. The last thing Snow and Regina knew, Zelena cursed their spell to forget the past year and that the whole killing Charming thing would have been in vain. He might be alive thanks to Snow sacrifice and Regina’s magic, but the only reason their baby is going to be okay is because Neal was a hero. If Neal in that moment hadn’t left his father and ensured that someone went to get Emma then Zelena would have them all trapped in SB, taken the baby and changed time.